Question

President of the Constituent Assembly with whose signature the Indian Constitution was adopted was________________
A. Dr. Amdedkar
B. Dr.Rajendra Prasad
C. Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
D. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Answer 1

Hint
1. He was elected as a permanent president of the Constituent Assembly after Dr. Sachchidanand Sinha, who was elected as a temporary president of the Constituent Assembly.
2. He was the first president of independent India. He has a tenure of 12 years.
The constitution of India was adopted on November 26, 1949, after the signature of all the members of the constituent assembly.

Complete answer:
What?
1. The constituent assembly was formed to draft a constitution for independent India.
2. Membership of the Constituent Assembly Originally, the number of members was 389. 3.Some of the members went to Pakistan after partition, and the number dropped to 299.
The assembly elected Dr. Rajendra Prasad as its chairman on December 11, 1946, and Dr. H.C. Mukherjee as Vice President and B.N. Rau was named as a constitutional advisor.

When & How?
1. Drafting committee headed by Dr. Ambedkar for the first reading introduced the final draft of the constitution in assembly on November 4, 1948.
2. The second reading of the constitution held on November 15, 1948, and ended on October 17, 1949
3. The third reading of the constitution held on November 14, 1949
4. Dr. Ambedkar moved the motion –`the constitution as framed by the assembly to be passed’.
5. The motion on draft constitution was declared as passed on November 26, 1949, and received the signature of the president including all the members of assembly presented on that day.

(B) Dr.Rajendra prasad is the correct option


Note
1. The constitution adopted on November 26, 1949, contained 395articles and 8 schedules including a preamble
2. Only 284 members out of 299 members of the constituent Assembly were presented on the day of signature.