Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Framing the Constitution

Question:

On which date did the Constituent Assembly begin its sessions?

Options:

6 December 1946

9 December 1946

15 July 1946

16 July 1946

Correct Answer:

9 December 1946

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → 9 December 1946

Major events of 1946:

16 May 1946: Cabinet Mission announces its constitutional scheme
16 June 1946: Muslim League accepts Cabinet Mission’s constitutional scheme
16 June 1946: Cabinet Mission presents a scheme for the formation of an Interim Government at the Centre
16 August 1946: Muslim League announces Direct Action Day
2 September 1946: Congress forms Interim Government with Nehru as the Vice-President
13 October 1946: The Muslim League decides to join the Interim Government
3-6 December 1946: British Prime Minister, Attlee, meets some Indian leaders; talks fail
9 December 1946: Constituent Assembly begins its sessions