The Draft Constitution of India had how many volumes?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Eleven
B.R. Ambedkar guided the Draft Constitution through the Constituent Assembly. This took three years in all, with the printed record of the discussions taking up eleven bulky volumes.
Note: It seems that there is a mistake in the original NTA question, which asks how many volumes the Draft Constitution had. The eleven bulky volumes were the printed record of the Assembly’s discussions on the Draft, not the Draft itself. Eleven is still the only number among the options that goes with the volumes the chapter speaks of, and it is the answer as per the NTA answer key.
NCERT (2025-26): “1.2 The dominant voices … Ambedkar himself had the responsibility of guiding the Draft Constitution through the Assembly. This took three years in all, with the printed record of the discussions taking up eleven bulky volumes. But while the process was long it was also extremely interesting. The members of the Constituent Assembly were eloquent in expressing their sometimes very divergent points of view.…” |