Question

Which of the following statements regarding the Constituent Assembly are true?
1. It was based on adult franchise.
2. It resulted from direct elections.
3. It was a multi-member body.
4. It worked through several committees.

• A. 1 and 2
• B. 1, 3 and 4
• C. 3 and 4
• D. All of these

Answer 1

The correct option is C 3 and 4

The representatives of each community were to be elected by members of that community in the provincial legislative assembly and voting was to be by the method of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote. The representatives of princely states were to be nominated by the heads of the princely states. It is thus clear that the Constituent Assembly was to be a partly elected and partly nominated body. Moreover, the members were to be indirectly elected by the members of the provincial assemblies, who themselves were elected on a limited franchise. The total strength of the Constituent Assembly was to be 389. Of these, 296 seats were to be allotted to British India and 93 seats to the Princely States. The Constituent Assembly appointed a number of committees to deal with different tasks of constitution-making. Out of these, eight were major committees and the others were minor committees. So only statements 3 and 4 are correct.