Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Framing the Constitution

Question:

Who proposed that the National Flag of India should be in horizontal tricolor of saffron, white and green in equal proportion with a wheel in Navy blue at the Centre?

Options:

Vallabh Bhai Patel

Rajendra Prasad

Mahatma Gandhi

Jawahar Lal Nehru

Correct Answer:

Jawahar Lal Nehru

Explanation:

The Constituent Assembly had 300 members. Of these, six members played particularly important roles. Three were representatives of the Congress, namely, Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabh Bhai Patel, and Rajendra Prasad. It was Nehru who moved the crucial “Objectives Resolution”, as well as the resolution proposing that the National Flag of India be a “horizontal tricolor of saffron, white and dark green in equal proportion”, with a wheel in navy blue at the center.