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Indian PolityEasyAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 15 Feb 2019, Shift 3

When did the Indian Constituent assembly adopt the constitution?

  1. A.26 November 1949
  2. B.26 January 1950
  3. C.26 November 1950
  4. D.26 January 1949

Correct answer

A. 26 November 1949

Explanation

The correct answer is 26 November 1949. On that day the Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution, and the date is now observed every year as Constitution Day. Some provisions, such as those on citizenship, elections, the provisional Parliament and temporary and transitional matters, took effect on 26 November 1949 itself.

26 January 1950 is the trap in this question: it is the date the Constitution came into force, now celebrated as Republic Day, not the date it was adopted. The day was chosen because the Congress had observed 26 January as Purna Swaraj Day in 1930. The other two options, 26 November 1950 and 26 January 1949, simply swap the years and match no event in the making of the Constitution. When you revise, keep the pair together in the right order: adopted on 26 November 1949, in force from 26 January 1950.

Read the full article: Making of the Indian Constitution: Notes, Key Dates and PYQs

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Q1.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC MTS · 4 May 2023, Shift 1Easy

The constituent assembly was formed on the recommendation of the Cabinet Mission which visited India in______.

  1. A.1962
  2. B.1959
  3. C.1952
  4. D.1946
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Correct answer: D. 1946

The Cabinet Mission came to India in 1946 to work out how power would be handed over, and its plan laid down how a Constituent Assembly would be formed: 389 seats in all, 296 for British India and 93 for the princely states, with the members from the provinces elected…

Q2.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC MTS · 18 Oct 2021, Shift 1Easy

When did the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly take place?

  1. A.January 1950
  2. B.August 1945
  3. C.December 1946
  4. D.July 1948
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Correct answer: C. December 1946

The Constituent Assembly met for the first time on 9 December 1946. The Muslim League boycotted the sitting and pressed its demand for a separate Pakistan, and Dr Sachchidananda Sinha, the oldest member, presided as temporary President.

Q3.Indian PolityMedium

Who presided over the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly as its temporary President?

  1. A.Dr Rajendra Prasad
  2. B.Dr Sachchidananda Sinha
  3. C.Jawaharlal Nehru
  4. D.G.V. Mavalankar
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Correct answer: B. Dr Sachchidananda Sinha

When the Constituent Assembly met for the first time on 9 December 1946, Sinha, its oldest member, was made the temporary President, following the French practice of letting the senior-most member preside until a regular head is chosen.