Question

Q. With reference to the Constituent Assembly, Consider the following Statements:

Which of the above given statements is/are correct?

• A.
  1 and 3 only
• B.
  2 and 3 only
• C.
  1 and 2 only
• D.
  3 only

Answer 1

The correct option is B

2 and 3 only
Explanation:

Statement 1 is incorrect: The Constituent Assembly held its first sitting on 9th December, 1946. Its members were chosen by indirect election by the members of the Provincial Legislative Assemblies that had been established under the Government of India Act, 1935.

Statement 2 is correct: The Constituent Assembly was composed roughly along the lines suggested by the plan proposed by the committee of the British cabinet, known as the Cabinet Mission.

Statement 3 is correct: Perhaps the best summary of the principles that the nationalist movement brought to the Constituent Assembly is the Objectives Resolution (the resolution that defined the aims of the Assembly) moved by Nehru in1946. This resolution encapsulated the aspirations and values behind the Constitution. What the previous section terms as substantive provisions of the constitution is inspired by and summed up by the values incorporated in the Objectives Resolution.