Question

The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly was held on __________.
(A) 26th January,1950
(B) 26th November,1949
(C) 10th February,1948
(D) 09th December,1946

Answer 1

Hint: On the basis of the framework provided by the Cabinet Mission, a Constituent Assembly was constituted on 9th December, 1946. The Constitution making body was elected by the Provincial Legislative Assembly consisting of 389 members who included 93 from Princely States and 296 from British India.

Complete Step by Solution: The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of India took place in Constitutional Hall, New Delhi, on 9th December 1946. Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha was the first president of the Constituent Assembly. In the first meeting, the assembly adopted an ‘objective resolution’ which later became the preamble of the constitution.
It's 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 elections to the Constituent Assembly for 296 seats allotted to the British Indian Provinces were held in July-, August 1946. The Indian National Congress won 208 seats, The Muslim League 73 seats.
However, the 93 seats allotted to the princely states were not filled as they decided to stay away from the Constituent Assembly.

It was held on 09 December 1946. Correct answer is (D).

Note: Later The Objective Resolution was moved on December 13, 1946 by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, which provided the philosophy and guiding principles for framing the Constitution and later took the form of Preamble of the Constitution of India. This Resolution was unanimously adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 22 January 1947.