Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Framing the Constitution

Question:

Who among the following was not a lawyer in the constituent assembly?

 

Options:

K.M. Munshi 

Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar 

B.N. Rau

B.R. Ambedkar

Correct Answer:

B.N. Rau

Explanation:

Besides the Congress trio, a very important member of the Assembly was the lawyer and economist B.R. Ambedkar. K.M. Munshi from Gujarat and Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar from Madras, both of whom gave crucial inputs in the drafting of the Constitution. These six members were given vital assistance by two civil servants. One was B. N. Rau, Constitutional Advisor to the Government of India, who prepared a series of background papers based on a close study of the political systems obtained in other countries.