Which two lawyers served with B.R. Ambedkar in the Constituent Assembly and gave crucial inputs in the drafting of the Constitution?
(A) K.M. Munshi
(B) B.N. Rau
(C) Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar
(D) S.N. Mukherjee
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) and (C) only
(A) K.M. Munshi Correct. K.M. Munshi from Gujarat was one of the two lawyers who served with Ambedkar, the Chairman of the Drafting Committee, and made important contributions to the drafting of the Constitution.
(B) B.N. Rau Incorrect. B.N. Rau was a civil servant, not a member-lawyer: as Constitutional Advisor to the Government of India, he prepared background papers on the political systems of other countries.
(C) Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar Correct. Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar from Madras was the other lawyer who served with Ambedkar.
(D) S.N. Mukherjee Incorrect. S.N. Mukherjee was the second civil servant, the Chief Draughtsman, who put complex proposals in clear legal language.
Note: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| – | 30-05 S1 | – | 22-06 S3* | – |
* A similar question.
NCERT (2026-27): “1.2 The dominant voices … Besides this Congress trio, a very important member of the Assembly was the lawyer and economist B.R. Ambedkar. During the period of British rule, Ambedkar had been a political opponent of the Congress; but, on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi, he was asked at Independence to join the Union Cabinet as law minister. In this capacity, he served as Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution. Serving with him were two other lawyers, K.M. Munshi from Gujarat and Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar from Madras, both of whom gave crucial inputs in the drafting of the Constitution. These six members were given vital assistance by two civil servants.… …One was B. N. Rau, Constitutional Advisor to the Government of India, who prepared a series of background papers based on a close study of the political systems obtaining in other countries. The other was the Chief Draughtsman, S. N. Mukherjee, who had the ability to put complex proposals in clear legal language.…” |