This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Constitution > Drafting > Constituent Assembly – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Constituent Assembly Quiz 1 (46 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the total membership of the constituent assembly after partition of India? A) 289. B) 399. C) 199. D) 299. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 299. 2. When did Jawaharlal Nehru pass the "Objective Resolution" in the assembly? A) Dec 20, 1946. B) Dec 13, 1946. C) Nov 20, 1946. D) Jan 13, 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dec 13, 1946. 3. How many amendments were considered before adopting the Constitution? A) Around 500. B) Around 2000. C) Around 1550. D) Around 1550. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Around 2000. 4. When was the first meeting of the assembly conducted? A) Dec 9, 1947. B) Dec 9, 1946. C) Nov 9, 1946. D) Nov 9, 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dec 9, 1946. 5. How many members are there in Constituent Assembly? A) 299. B) 297. C) 298. D) 289. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 299. 6. Which of the following statements was NOT posed by the critics? A) Dominated by Muslims. B) Time-consuming. C) Not a representative body. D) Dominated by Congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dominated by Muslims. 7. Which of the following is NOT a minor committee? A) Urdu Translation Committee. B) Press Gallery Committee. C) Commission on Linguistic Provinces. D) Provincial Constitution Committee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Provincial Constitution Committee. 8. Who was elected as the vice president of the assembly in 1946? A) B N Rau. B) H C Mukherjee. C) Dr Sachchidanand Sinha. D) Dr Rajendra Prasad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) H C Mukherjee. 9. The national anthem was adopted by the constituent assembly on which of the following day? A) 29 August 1947. B) 24 January 1947. C) 26 November 1949. D) 22 July 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 24 January 1947. 10. The constitution of India was passed by the constituent assembly on ..... A) 26 November 1949. B) In the early 17's. C) 21 October 1949. D) 1 March 2020. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 26 November 1949. 11. January is celebrated as ..... A) Republic day. B) Diwali. C) Holi. D) Martyr's day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Republic day. 12. The constitution of India was framed by a ..... A) Secular state. B) Democratic republic. C) Constituent assembly. D) Socialist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constituent assembly. 13. When there was a change in the position of the assembly the legislative body was chaired by A) G V Mavlankar. B) Alladi Krishnaswamy Ayyar. C) B Pattabhi Sitaramayya. D) S Varadachariar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) G V Mavlankar. 14. Which of these features were accepted by all the Indian leaders much before they sat down to make the Constitution? A) Universal adult franchise. B) Right to freedom. C) Protection of the rights of minorities. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 15. Purna Swaraj was celebrated in the year A) 1903. B) 1931. C) 1913. D) 1930. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1930. 16. How many sessions of the Indian Constituent Assembly were conducted for the formulation of Indian constitution? A) 11. B) 12. C) 7. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 11. 17. The Princely States and the Chief Commissioner's Provinces contributed ..... and ..... members of the Constituent Assembly A) 89 and 5. B) 94 and 6. C) 89 and 4. D) 93 and 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 93 and 4. 18. How many minor committees were appointed by the assembly? A) 16. B) 14. C) 15. D) 17. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 15. 19. The all-important drafting committee had 2 distinguished jurist and lawyers along with the chairman Dr B R Ambedkar. They were? A) B N Rau and Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer. B) B N Rau and S N Mukherjee. C) Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer and K M Munshi. D) K M Munshi and S N Mukherjee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer and K M Munshi. 20. The first meeting of the constituent assembly was held on ..... A) 7 december 2020. B) 9 december 1950. C) 3 october 1820. D) 9 december 1946. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 9 december 1946. 21. Where was the 1931 session of Indian National Congress held? A) Calcutta. B) Delhi. C) Karachi. D) Nagpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karachi. 22. Mention the minimum seats allotted to Princely states? A) 92. B) 94. C) 93. D) 91. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 93. 23. On 9 December ....., the Constituent Assembly sat for the first time. A) 1945. B) 1947. C) 1948. D) 1946. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1946. 24. How many major committees were appointed by the constituent assembly? A) 5. B) 8. C) 6. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8. 25. Who was elected the TEMPORARY president of the constituent assembly in 1946? A) Dr Rajendra Prasad. B) Dr Sachchidanand Sinha. C) Dr B R Ambedkar. D) Dr KM Munshi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dr Sachchidanand Sinha. 26. When was the objective resolution adopted? A) Jan 22, 1947. B) Nov 22, 1947. C) Dec 22, 1947. D) April 22, 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jan 22, 1947. 27. Which of the following MAJOR committees was headed by Jawaharlal Nehru? A) Steering committee, drafting committee and states committee. B) Union powers committee, union constitution committee and states committee. C) Steering committee, drafting committee and Union powers committee. D) Union constitution committee, provincial constitution committee and rules of procedure committee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Union powers committee, union constitution committee and states committee. 28. What is the total number of membership in the constituent assembly before partition of India? A) 589. B) 489. C) 389. D) 289. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 389. 29. Constituent Assembly had 11 sessions and sat for a total of ..... days. A) 144. B) 166. C) 189. D) 294. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 166. 30. ..... % of seats in the Assembly were belonged to Congress. A) 80. B) 84. C) 81. D) 82. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 82. 31. How many members were appointed to the drafting committee of the constitution? A) 8. B) 9. C) 7. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7. 32. Who was a member of the drafting committee? A) Dr K M Munshi. B) Jawaharlal Nehru. C) G V Mavlankar. D) S Varadachariar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dr K M Munshi. 33. Constituent Assembly In the span of ..... years and ..... months, it completed its task of framing the Indian Constitution. A) 2 year and 5 months. B) 2 years and 11 months. C) 3 years and 5 months. D) 3 years and 11 months. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2 years and 11 months. 34. When was the final draft of the constitution drafted? A) Dec 4, 1948. B) Jan 4, 1948. C) Feb 4, 1948. D) Nov 4, 1948. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nov 4, 1948. 35. ..... set up the constituent assembly of India. A) Cabinet planning committee. B) The cabinet mission plan. C) The Drafting committee. D) The Indian assembly plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cabinet mission plan. 36. The constituent assembly included all important personalities, except A) M A Jinnah. B) Jawaharlal Nehru and B R Ambedkar. C) M A Jinnah and Mahatma Gandhi. D) The assembly did not include important personalities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) M A Jinnah and Mahatma Gandhi. 37. Which of the following articles did NOT come into force on 6 Nov 1949? A) 324. B) 72. C) 5. D) 60. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 72. 38. The Constituent Assembly had ..... members from SC A) 27. B) 26. C) 29. D) 28. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 28. 39. Name the body which framed the Constitution of India. A) People's Assembly. B) Constitutional Assembly. C) Constituent Assembly. D) General Assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constituent Assembly. 40. The Constituent Assembly met for how many days? A) 218. B) 114. C) 411. D) 118. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 114. 41. The constitution contained a preamble of A) 399 articles and 6 schedules. B) 425 articles and 7 schedules. C) 395 articles and 8 schedules. D) 288 articles and 5 schedules. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 395 articles and 8 schedules. 42. H C Mukherjee and V T Krishnamachari were elected in the assembly as the ..... of the assembly. A) Presidents. B) Vice-presidents. C) Temporary presidents. D) Temporary vice-presidents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vice-presidents. 43. The Constitution begins with a short statement of its basic values. What is it called? A) Preamble. B) Introduction. C) Article. D) Preface. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preamble. 44. The constitution took around ..... years to complete it's task A) 3 years. B) 4 years. C) 7 years. D) 2 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3 years. 45. The constituent assembly of India was step up under the framework of? A) Cripps mission (1942). B) Cabinet mission (1946). C) Simon Commission (1927). D) None of theses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cabinet mission (1946). 46. Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution of India which came into force on ..... A) 26 November 1949. B) 26 December 1949. C) 26 January 1949. D) 26 January 1950. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 26 January 1950. Related QuizzesConstitution QuizzesIndian Polity QuizzesMaking Of The Constitution Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books