Which of the following statements are correct about Objectives Resolution?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru introduced the 'Objectives Resolution' in the Constituent Assembly.
(B) It was introduced on December 13, 1948.
(C) It was a resolution that outlined the defining ideals of the Constitution of Independent India.
(D) It provided the framework within which the work of Constitution making had to proceed.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (C) and (D) only
The Objectives Resolution was the first major resolution placed before the Constituent Assembly. It set out the aims of the Constitution to be framed, and was later the basis of the Preamble.
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru introduced the ‘Objectives Resolution’ in the Constituent Assembly. Correct. Jawaharlal Nehru moved the resolution in the Constituent Assembly, which had first met on 9 December 1946.
(B) It was introduced on December 13, 1948. Incorrect. It was introduced on 13 December 1946, four days after the Assembly first met, and was adopted on 22 January 1947. The day and month are right, but the year is wrong.
(C) It was a resolution that outlined the defining ideals of the Constitution of Independent India. Correct. It declared India an independent sovereign republic and promised its people justice, equality, freedom and safeguards for minorities.
(D) It provided the framework within which the work of Constitution making had to proceed. Correct. The Assembly framed the Constitution within the aims laid down in this resolution, and its ideals were carried into the Preamble.