indian constitutional development quiz set 5 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

Cabinet Mission Plan gave the idea of Constituent Assembly for India. In 1946, British Prime Minister Clement Attlee formulated a Cabinet Mission to India.

‘Rajaji’ formula was formulated by C. Rajagopalchari to solve the political dead-lock between All India Muslim League and Indian-National Congress. Wavell plan (1945) was talks between these two political parties.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (d)

The Constitution was enacted/adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949 and came into effect on 26 January 1950.

The date 26 January was chosen to commemorate the Purna Swaraj declaration of independence of 1930. With its adoption, the Union of India officially became the modern and contemporary Republic of India and it replaced the Government of India Act 1935 as the country’s fundamental governing document.

Answer: (d)

The first temporary 2-day president of the Constituent Assembly was Dr Sachidanand Sinha.

Later, Rajendra Prasad was elected president of the Constituent Assembly.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (b)

The members of the Drafting Committee were

• Dr B R Ambedkar (Chairman),
• Krishnaswamy Aiyar,
• Dr K M Munshi,
• N Gopalaswamy Aiyanger,
• Syed Mohammad Saadullah,
• B L Mitter and
• D P Khaitan.

Later in place of Mitter and Khaitan new members, N Madhava Rau and T T Krishnamachari joined the committee as members.