Question

The Constituent Assembly which framed The Constitution for Independent India was set up in___________________.
A. 1945
B. 1946
C.1947
D. 1949

Answer 1

Hint: The Constituent Assembly named a drafting committee by resolution on 29 August 1947. The drafting committee consisted of seven members: Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar, N. Gopalaswami; B.R. Ambedkar, K.M. Munshi, Mohammad Saadulla, B.L. Mitter and D.P. Khaitan. Khaitan. The Drafting Committee elected B.R Ambedkar as its chairman at its first meeting, on 30 August 1947.During the committee processes and the proceedings of the Constituent Assembly, the Drafting Committee and its members were very prominent in Indian constitution-making. In the Constituent Assembly, the bulk of debates revolved around the draught Constitution prepared by the Drafting Committee. Of the 166 Constituent Assembly sittings, 114 were spent discussing the Draft Constitution.

Complete answer:
 On 9 December 1946, in the Constitution Hall, which is now known as the Central Hall of Parliament House, the Constituent Assembly convened for the first time in New Delhi. Sir Benegal Narsing Rau was appointed constitutional advisor to the assembly. The B.N. Draft Rau consisted of 243 articles and 13 schedules that came after meetings, debates, and modifications to 395 articles and 8 schedules. The eight-person drafting committee, which was formed on 29 August 1947 with B, considered, debated, and amended Rau's draught. As chairman, R. Ambedkar. It took almost three years (two years, eleven months and to be exact, seventeen days) for the Constituent Assembly to complete the drafting of the Independent India Constitution. It held eleven sessions during this time, covering a total of 165 days. On 26 November 1949, the final draft was approved in the Constituent Assembly and it came into force on 26th January, 1950.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D).

Note:A variety of sources were used to draw the constitution. Considering the needs and conditions of India, its farmers borrowed features from previous legislation, such as the 1858 Government of India Act, the 1861, 1892 and 1909 Indian Councils Acts, the 1919 and 1935 Government of India Acts, and the 1947 Indian Independence Act. The latter, which led to India and Pakistan being established, split the former Constituent Assembly into two. Each new assembly had sovereign power to draft and enact a new constitution for the separate states.