Find out the group of members who were responsible for drafting of the Constitution of India?
(A) B.R. Ambedkar
(B) B.N. Rau and S.N. Mukherjee
(C) K.M. Munshi and Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
(E) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A), (B), (C) only
(A) B.R. Ambedkar Correct. As law minister in the Union Cabinet, Ambedkar served as Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution and guided the Draft Constitution through the Assembly.
(B) B.N. Rau and S.N. Mukherjee Correct. These two civil servants assisted the Assembly’s leading members. B.N. Rau, Constitutional Advisor to the Government of India, prepared a series of background papers on the political systems of other countries; S.N. Mukherjee, the Chief Draughtsman, put complex proposals in clear legal language.
(C) K.M. Munshi and Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar Correct. These two lawyers served with Ambedkar and made important contributions to the drafting of the Constitution.
(D) Mahatma Gandhi Incorrect. Gandhiji had no part in the drafting. It was on his advice that Ambedkar was asked at Independence to join the Union Cabinet as law minister, the post in which Ambedkar chaired the Drafting Committee.
(E) Muhammad Ali Jinnah Incorrect. Jinnah is not among the members who drafted the Constitution; the drafting rested with Ambedkar, Munshi and Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar, helped by B.N. Rau and S.N. Mukherjee.
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. Ambedkar himself had the responsibility of guiding the Draft Constitution through the Assembly.…” |