Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Framing the Constitution

Question:

Look at the image and answer the question:

The photograph was taken when and where is the person speaking shown in the picture?

Options:

19 December 1929, Lahore Session of Indian National Congress

7 September 1931, Second Round Table Congress

14 August 1947, Constituent Assembly

26 January 1950, Red fort on Republic Day

Correct Answer:

14 August 1947, Constituent Assembly

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3 - 14 August 1947, Constituent Assembly

Jawaharlal Nehru speaking in the Constituent Assembly at midnight on 14 August 1947.

It was on this day that Nehru gave his famous speech that began with the following lines: “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.”