During a school exhibition on the making of the Constitution, Riya prepares a chart of the important committees of the Constituent Assembly. Beside each committee she has to write the name of the member who presided over it. While working, she notices that a few senior leaders headed more than one committee or sub-committee, and that the work of drafting, procedure, rights, minorities and the states was divided among different members. Her teacher asks her to check every name against the list of committees and their presidents before the chart is put up.
Riya has to write one name beside the Union Power Committee, the Union Constitution Committee and the States Committee. Which name should she write?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Jawaharlal Nehru
Option (1) Vallabhbhai Patel — Incorrect. Vallabhbhai Patel presided over the Provincial Constitution Committee and the Advisory Committee.
Option (2) Jawaharlal Nehru — Correct. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru presided over the Union Power Committee, the Union Constitution Committee and the States Committee, so his name goes beside all three.
Option (3) Rajendra Prasad — Incorrect. Rajendra Prasad, President of the Assembly, headed the Rules of Procedure Committee and the Steering Committee.
Option (4) B. R. Ambedkar — Incorrect. B. R. Ambedkar was Chairman of the Drafting Committee, which turned the decisions into the text of the Constitution.
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