FRAMING THE CONSTITUTION

Question 1

________ asked that the constitution be based on principles laid down in ancient hindu works.

Answer 1

Varnashrama Swarajya Sangh (Calcutta).

Question 2

______was appointed the Constitutional Adviser to the Constituent Assembly in formulating the Indian Constitution in 1946.

Answer 2

B. N.Rau.

Question 3

Chief Draughtsman, ________, of the drafting committee who had the ability to put complex proposals in clear legal language.

Answer 3

S.N. Mukherjee.

Question 4

Members of the interim government?

Answer 4

RJ BIG JALVA CJC
1. Rajendra Prasad
2. John Mathai
3. Baldev Singh
4. I.I. Chundrigar
5. Ghanzafar Ali Khan
6. Jagjivan Ram
7. Asaf Ali
8. Liaquat Ali Khan
9. Vallabhbhai Patel
10. Abdur Nishtar
11. C.H. Bhabha
12. Jawaharlal Nehru
13. C Rajagopalachari

Question 5

Author of Montague Chelmsford Reforms of 1919?

Answer 5

Edwin Montague.

Question 6

On 27 August 1947, ________ from Madras made a powerful plea for continuing separate electorates Minorities exist in all lands.

Answer 6

B. Pocker Bahadur.

Question 7

Separate electorates was a poison that has entered the body politic of our culture. Who said it?

Answer 7

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

Question 8

Muslims who did not supported the demand for separate electorates?

Answer 8

Not all Muslims supported the demand for separate electorates, Begam Aizaz Rasul, for instance, felt that separate electorates were self destructive since they isolated the minorities from the majority.
By 1949, most Muslim members of the Constituent Assembly were agreed that separate electorates were against the interests of the minorities.