MCQ on Constituent Assembly of India (1946)

MCQ on Constituent Assembly of India (1946)
Question 1.  Which one of the following gave the idea of Constituent Assembly for India?

(A) Wavell Plan

(B) Cabinet Mission Plan

(C) Rajaji Formula

(D) Simon Commission

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(B) Cabinet Mission Plan

Question 2.  Under the Cabinet Mission Plan, the total number of seats allotted to each province in the Constituent Assembly was roughly in the ratio of one representative to the population of ________.

(A) 12 lakh persons

(B) 11 lakh persons

(C) 10 lakh persons

(D) 8 lakh persons

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(C) 10 lakh persons

Question 3.  Which one of the following first mooted the idea of a Constituent Assembly to frame a Constitution for India? 

(A) All Parties Conference in 1946

(B) Muslim League in 1942

(C) Congress Party in 1936

(D) Swaraj Party in 1935

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(C) Congress Party in 1936

Question 4.  The Constituent Assembly that framed India’s constitution was set up ________.

(A) Under the Cabinet Mission Plan

(B) By the Queen’s Proclamation

(C) Under the Government of India Act, 1935

(D) Under the Indian Independence Act

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(A) Under the Cabinet Mission Plan

Question 5.  The first session of the Constituent Assembly was held on ________.

(A) 26th November, 1946

(B) 9th December, 1946

(C) 26th January, 1948

(D) 16th August, 1947

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(B) 9th December, 1946

Question 6.  Who among the following was the President of the Indian Constituent Assembly?

(A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

(B) Sardar Patel

(C) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

(D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

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(D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Question 7.  The first President of the Sovereign Constituent Assembly for the Dominion of India was __________.

(A) Sachchidananda Sinha

(B) Rajendra Prasad

(C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

(D) C. Rajagopalachari

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(B) Rajendra Prasad

Question 8.  Which one of the following statements is correct? 

(A) The Constitution of India was adopted on 26th January, 1950

(B) The first session of the Constituent Assembly of India was held in January, 1947

(C) Jawaharlal Nehru, M.A. Jinnah and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel were members of the Constituent Assembly of India

(D) The Constituent Assembly of India was elected by the Provincial Assemblies in the year 1946

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(D) The Constituent Assembly of India was elected by the Provincial Assemblies in the year 1946

Question 9.  Sachchidananda Sinha was associated with ______.

(A) Quit India Movement

(B) Civil Disobedience Movement

(C) Dandi March

(D) None of the above

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(A) Quit India Movement

Question 10.  Who among the following held the Office of Speaker in Central Legislative Assembly of British era and the Parliament of free India?

(A) Vithalbhai Patel

(B) Ananat Shayanam Ayanger

(C) G.V. Mavlankar

(D) Sir Abdur Rahim

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(C) G.V. Mavlankar