Match List-I with List-II.List-IList-II(A) Gopalaswami Ayyangar(I) In…

Match List-I with List-II.

List-I	List-II
(A) Gopalaswami Ayyangar	(I) In a few years the provinces would rise in revolt against the Centre
(B) B.R. Ambedkar	(II) The Centre is likely to break since powers are excessively centralised
(C) K. Santhanam	(III) The Centre should be made as strong as possible
(D) A member from Orissa	(IV) A strong and united Centre, much stronger than the one under the 1935 Act

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Gopalaswami Ayyangar	(III) The Centre should be made as strong as possible	Ayyangar reacted to the demands for provincial power. He wanted the <strong>Centre made as strong as possible</strong>.
(B) B.R. Ambedkar	(IV) A strong and united Centre, much stronger than the one under the 1935 Act	Ambedkar wanted a strong and united Centre. It was to be <strong>stronger than the Centre of the Government of India Act of 1935</strong>.
(C) K. Santhanam	(I) In a few years the provinces would rise in revolt against the Centre	Santhanam felt the states would be crippled by the division of powers. He predicted that the <strong>provinces would revolt against the Centre</strong>.
(D) A member from Orissa	(II) The Centre is likely to break since powers are excessively centralised	The Orissa member feared too much centralisation. He warned that <strong>the Centre is likely to break</strong>.

Note: Block 1815-136 is thin; the item uses the neighbouring lines of the same debate on pages 335.

NCERT (2026-27): “4.1 “The centre is likely to break” …
As for the states, Santhanam felt that the proposed allocation of powers would cripple them. The fiscal provisions would impoverish the provinces since most taxes, except land revenue, had been made the preserve of the Centre. Without finances how could the states undertake any project of development? “I do not want any constitution in which the Unit has to come to the Centre and say ‘I cannot educate my people. I cannot give sanitation, give me a dole for the improvement of roads, of industries.’ Let us rather wipe out the federal system and let us have Unitary system.” Santhanam predicted a dark future if the proposed distribution of powers was adopted without further scrutiny. In a few years, he said, all the provinces would rise in “revolt against the Centre”.”

“Many others from the provinces echoed the same fears. They fought hard for fewer items to be put on the Concurrent and Union lists. A member from Orissa warned that “the Centre is likely to break” since powers had been excessively centralised under the Constitution.”

“The argument for greater power to the provinces provoked a strong reaction in the Assembly. The need for a strong centre had been underlined on numerous occasions since the Constituent Assembly had begun its sessions. Ambedkar had declared that he wanted “a strong and united Centre (hear, hear) much stronger than the Centre we had created under the Government of India Act of 1935”. Reminding the members of the riots and violence that was ripping the nation apart, many members had repeatedly stated that the powers of the Centre had to be greatly strengthened to enable it to stop the communal frenzy. Reacting to the demands for giving power to the provinces, Gopalaswami Ayyangar declared that “the Centre should be made as strong as possible”. …”