Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Framing the Constitution

Question:

Which of the following were part of the recommendations made by the Constituent Assembly?

A. Seats in the legislature and jobs in government offices be reserved for the lowest caste.
B. Separate electorates for Depressed Classes.
C. Hindu temples be thrown open to all castes.
D. Permanently segregate them from the society.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

A, B only

B, C only

A, C only

C, D only

Correct Answer:

A, C only

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → A, C only

Given statements:

A. Seats in legislature and jobs in government offices be reserved for the lowest caste. (CORRECT)
B. Separate electorates for Depressed Classes.
C. Hindu temples be thrown open to all castes. (CORRECT)
D. Permanently segregate them from the society.

After the Partition violence, Ambedkar too no longer argued for separate electorates. The Constituent Assembly finally recommended that untouchability be abolished, Hindu temples be thrown open to all castes, and seats in legislatures and jobs in government offices be reserved for the lowest castes. Many recognised that this could not solve all problems: social discrimination could not be erased only through constitutional legislation, there had to be a change in the attitudes within society. But the measures were welcomed by the democratic public.