Read the passage and answer the questions:
Besides this Congress trio, a very important member of the Assembly was the lawyer and economist B.R. Ambedkar. He 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.
Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Commission of the Constitution?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → B.R. Ambedkar
As law minister, B.R. Ambedkar served as Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution, with K.M. Munshi and Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar serving with him.
Note 1: It seems that there is a mistake in the original NTA paper, which prints ‘Drafting Commission’ when it should read ‘Drafting Committee’.
Note 2: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
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| 25-05 S1* | 23-05 S1 02-06 S1* | – | 02-06 S3 09-06 S1* 23-06 S3 | – |
* A similar question.
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.…” |