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Indian PolityMediumAsked in: SSC CHSL · 2 Aug 2023, Shift 4

Who among the following personalities was appointed as the legal advisor of the Constituent Assembly that drafted the document of the Constitution?

  1. A.HVR Iyengar
  2. B.S.N. Mukherjee
  3. C.B.R. Ambedkar
  4. D.BN Rau

Correct answer

D. BN Rau

Explanation

The correct answer is B.N. Rau. Sir Benegal Narsing Rau was appointed the constitutional (legal) adviser to the Constituent Assembly. He studied the constitutions of other countries and prepared the initial draft of the Constitution, which the Drafting Committee then worked on before publishing its own draft in February 1948.

B.R. Ambedkar is the most likely wrong pick: he chaired the Drafting Committee and steered the Constitution through the Assembly, but he was not the Assembly's adviser. H.V.R. Iyengar served as the Secretary of the Constituent Assembly, an administrative office, and S.N. Mukherjee was its chief draftsman. The distinction the question tests is between the adviser who prepared the first draft (Rau) and the committee chairman who guided the final text (Ambedkar). Questions sometimes use the words "legal adviser" and sometimes "constitutional adviser"; both point to B.N. Rau.

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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

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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.

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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

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