Constituent Assembly and Making of the Constitution

Total Questions: 70

1. Who gave the idea of a Constituent Assembly firstly for the formation of Constitution for India? [U.P.S.C. (Pre)1996]

(a) Swaraj party in 1934.
(b) Congress party in 1936
(c) Muslim League in 1942
(d) All Parties conference in 1946

Correct Answer: (a) Swaraj party in 1934.

Solution:The Swaraj Party, in its conference at Ranchi in May 1934, presented the policy of Constituent Assembly. It was to be composed of Indian representatives elected on the basis of adult suffrage. It was the first occasion when Indians demanded for a Constituent Assembly.

2. Who in the begining, presented the idea of Indian Constituent Assembly in pre independence days? [U.P.P.S.C. (GIC) 2017]

(a) M.N. Roy
(b) B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Correct Answer: (a) M.N. Roy

Solution:The idea of the constituent assembly was put forward for the first time by M.N. Roy in the year 1934. The first formal demand for the constituent assembly was made by Swaraj Party at a conference in Ranchi held in May, 1934.

3. Who said, "The constituent Assembly alone can produce a Constitution indigenous to the country and truly and fully representing the will of the people"? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2022]

(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Annie Besant

Correct Answer: (a) Mahatma Gandhi

Solution:Mahatma Gandhi wrote an article, "The Only Way", in the Harijan of 19 November 1939, in which he expressed the view that the "Constituent Assembly alone can produce a Constitution indigenous to the country and truly and fully representing the will of the people."

4. The proposal for framing of the Constitution of India by an elected Constituent Assembly was made by [U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Mains) 2008 ]

(a) Simon Commission
(b) Government of India Act, 1935
(c) Cripps Mission
(d) British Cabinet Delegation

Correct Answer: (c) Cripps Mission

Solution:The proposal for framing of the Constitution of India (after the end of the Second World War) by an elected Constituent Assembly was made by the Cripps Mission (1942).

5. With reference to the proposals of Cripps Mission, consider the following statements: [U.P.S.C. (Pre) 2022]

1. The Constituent Assembly would have members nominated by the Provincial Assemblies as well as the Princely States.

2. Any Province, which is not prepared to accept the new Constitution would have the right to sign a separate agreement with Britain regarding its future status.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Correct Answer: (b) 2 only

Solution:The Cripps mission was sent by the British government to India in March, 1942 which had the following proposals

Setting up Dominion status.

Any province unwilling to join the Indian dominion could form a separate union and have a separate constitution.

A Constituent Assembly would be formed to frame new constitution for the country.

This assembly would have members elected by provincial assemblies and nominated by princely states. Thus statement (1) is incorrect.

6. As per Cabinet Mission plan, in the Constituent Assembly to decide allotted members seat in each province, one representative was in ratio to which population? [U.P. P.C.S (Pre) 2003]

(a) 8 Lakh
(b) 10 Lakh
(c) 12 Lakh
(d) 15 Lakh

Correct Answer: (b) 10 Lakh

Solution:The Cabinet Mission arrived in India in 1946. The Mission proposed a plan for the formation of a Constituent Assembly to frame a Constitution for the Indian Union. The representation of provinces was based on the population, roughly one representative over 10 lakh population.

7. Who among the following persons was not a member of the Cabinet Mission? [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015]

(a) William Wood
(b) Pethick-Lawrence
(c) Stafford Cripps
(d) A.B. Alexander

Correct Answer: (a) William Wood

Solution:The members of the Cabinet Mission were Sir Pethick- Lawrence (Secretary for India), Stafford Cripps (Chairman- Board of Trade) and A. V. Alexander (Navy Minister). William Wood was not a member of the Cabinet Mission.

8. Indian Constituent Assembly was established under- [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2012]

(a) Government of India Act, 1935
(b) Cripps Mission, 1942
(c) Cabinet Mission, 1946
(d) Indian Independence Act, 1947

Correct Answer: (c) Cabinet Mission, 1946

Solution:U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2009 The Constituent Assembly of India was constituted under the Cabinet Mission, 1946, on the basis of Indirect election.

9. Through which plan was the Constituent Assembly created? [M.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2023]

(a) Cripps Mission Plan
(b) Cabinet Mission Plan
(c) Simon Commission
(d) None of the above

Correct Answer: (b) Cabinet Mission Plan