1. Who first put forward the idea of a Constituent Assembly for India and in what year?
3. What did Jawaharlal Nehru declare in 1938 regarding the Constitution of free India?
4. When was the demand for a Constituent Assembly accepted in principle by the British Government?
5. Who came to India in 1942 with a draft proposal for an independent Constitution?
6. Why were the Cripps Proposals rejected by the Muslim League?
8. When was the Constituent Assembly constituted and under what scheme?
9. What was the total strength of the Constituent Assembly as per the Cabinet Mission Plan?
11. How were the 296 seats allotted to British India distributed?
12. How were seats allocated to each province and princely state in the Constituent Assembly?
13. How were seats allocated to each British province divided among the three principal communities?
14. How were the representatives of each community elected in the provincial legislative assembly?
15. How were the representatives of the princely states selected for the Constituent Assembly?
16. What was the nature of the Constituent Assembly in terms of election and nomination?
17. How were the members of the provincial assemblies elected?
18. When were the elections to the Constituent Assembly held for British Indian Provinces?
20. Why were the 93 seats allotted to the princely states not filled?
21. What sections of Indian society were represented in the Constituent Assembly?
22. Which important personality was not included in the Constituent Assembly?
23. When did the Constituent Assembly hold its first meeting?
24. Why did the Muslim League boycott the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly?
25. How many members attended the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly?
26. Who was elected as the temporary Chairman of the Constituent Assembly?
27. When was Dr. Rajendra Prasad elected permanent Chairman (President) of the Assembly?
28. Who was elected as the Vice-President of the Assembly on January 25, 1947?
29. Who was elected as the second Vice-President of the Assembly on July 16, 1947?
30. When did Jawaharlal Nehru move the ‘Objectives Resolution’ in the Assembly?
31. What did the ‘Objectives Resolution’ lay down?
32. What was the resolve declared by the Constituent Assembly in the Objectives Resolution?
37. What safeguards were to be provided according to the Objectives Resolution?
38. What was the objective for India’s place in the world according to the Objectives Resolution?
39. When was the Objectives Resolution unanimously adopted by the Assembly?
40. What part of the present Constitution was influenced by the Objectives Resolution?
41. When did the representatives of six princely states join the Constituent Assembly?
43. What power was given to the Assembly as a fully sovereign body?
44. What were the two separate functions assigned to the Assembly?
46. When did the task of making the Constitution get completed?
49. How many sessions did the Constituent Assembly have, and over what period?
50. How many countries’ Constitutions were gone through by the Constitution-makers?
51. What was the total expenditure incurred on making the Constitution?
52. When did the Constituent Assembly hold its final session?
53. How did the Constituent Assembly continue after January 26, 1950?
54. How many major committees and minor committees were appointed by the Constituent Assembly?
55. Who was the Chairman of the Union Powers Committee?
56. Who was the Chairman of the Union Constitution Committee?
57. Who was the Chairman of the Provincial Constitution Committee?
58. Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee?
61. Who was the Chairman of the Rules of Procedure Committee?
62. Who was the Chairman of the States Committee (Committee for Negotiating with States)?
63. Who was the Chairman of the Steering Committee?
64. Who was the Chairman of the Finance and Staff Committee?
65. Who was the Chairman of the Credentials Committee?
66. Who was the Chairman of the House Committee?
67. Who was the Chairman of the Order of Business Committee?
68. Who was the Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee on the National Flag?
69. Who was the Chairman of the Committee on the Functions of the Constituent Assembly?
70. Who was the Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee on the Supreme Court?
71. Who was the Chairman of the Committee on Chief Commissioners’ Provinces?
73. Who was the Chairman of the Linguistic Provinces Commission?
74. Who was the Chairman of the Special Committee to Examine the Draft Constitution?
75. Who was the Chairman of the Press Gallery Committee?
76. Who was the Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee on Citizenship?
77. When was the Drafting Committee set up?
78. What was the primary task of the Drafting Committee?
79. How many members did the Drafting Committee consist of?
80. Who were the seven members of the Drafting Committee?
81. When was the first draft of the Constitution of India published by the Drafting Committee?
82. When was the second draft of the Constitution published?
83. How long did the Drafting Committee take to prepare its draft?
84. When did Dr. B.R. Ambedkar introduce the final draft of the Constitution in the Assembly?
86. How many amendments were proposed and discussed during the second reading?
87. When did the third reading of the draft Constitution start?
88. When was the motion on Draft Constitution declared as passed?
89. How many members were present and signed the Constitution on November 26, 1949?
90. What is the significance of November 26, 1949?
91. What did the Constitution as adopted on November 26, 1949, contain?
92. When was the Preamble enacted in relation to the rest of the Constitution?
93. Who piloted the Draft Constitution in the Assembly?
94. What is Dr. B.R. Ambedkar recognised as in relation to the Constitution of India?
96. What was the purpose of celebrating “Constitution Day”?
97. What provisions of the Constitution came into force on November 26, 1949, itself?
98. When did the remaining provisions (major part) of the Constitution come into force?
99. What is January 26 referred to as in the Constitution?
100. Why was January 26 specifically chosen as the ‘date of commencement’ of the Constitution?
101. What acts were repealed with the commencement of the Constitution?
102. Which act was continued despite the commencement of the Constitution?
104. Who was the Chairman of the Experts Committee of the Congress?
105. Who were the members of the Experts Committee of the Congress?
106. Who was co-opted as a member and convener of the Experts Committee?
107. What did Granville Austin observe about the role of the Congress Experts Committee?
108. What were the grounds of criticism against the Constituent Assembly?
109. Why was the Constituent Assembly criticised as ‘Not a Representative Body’?
110. Why was the Constituent Assembly criticised as ‘Not a Sovereign Body’?
111. What was the criticism regarding the time taken by the Constituent Assembly?
112. What new name did Naziruddin Ahmed coin for the Drafting Committee?
113. What did Granville Austin remark about the Constituent Assembly’s domination by Congress?
114. What was the criticism regarding Lawyer–Politician Domination in the Constituent Assembly?
115. What was the criticism regarding the Constituent Assembly being ‘Dominated by Hindus’?
116. What was adopted as the symbol (seal) of the Constituent Assembly?
117. Who was appointed as the constitutional advisor (Legal Advisor) to the Constituent Assembly?
118. Who was the Secretary to the Constituent Assembly?
119. Who was the chief draftsman of the constitution in the Constituent Assembly?
120. Who was the calligrapher of the Indian Constitution?
121. Who beautified and decorated the original version of the Constitution?
122. Who illuminated, beautified and ornamented the original Preamble?
123. Who did the calligraphy of the Hindi version of the original constitution?
125. What does Article 394-A contain?
129. What was the total number of seats in the Constituent Assembly (1946)?
130. How many seats did the Congress win in the Constituent Assembly Elections (July–August 1946)?
133. What was the strength of Hindus in the Constituent Assembly (1946)?
134. What was the strength of Muslims in the Constituent Assembly (1946)?
135. What was the strength of Scheduled Castes in the Constituent Assembly (1946)?
136. What was the strength of Indian Christians in the Constituent Assembly (1946)?
137. What was the strength of Backward Tribes in the Constituent Assembly (1946)?
138. What was the strength of Sikhs in the Constituent Assembly (1946)?
139. What was the strength of Anglo-Indians in the Constituent Assembly (1946)?
140. What was the strength of Parsees in the Constituent Assembly (1946)?
141. What was the total strength in the Constituent Assembly (1946)?
142. How many women members were there in total in the Constituent Assembly?
143. What was the First Session of the Constituent Assembly?
144. What was the Second Session of the Constituent Assembly?
145. What was the Third Session of the Constituent Assembly?
146. What was the Fourth Session of the Constituent Assembly?
147. What was the Fifth Session of the Constituent Assembly?
148. What was the Sixth Session of the Constituent Assembly?
149. What was the Seventh Session of the Constituent Assembly?
150. What was the Eighth Session of the Constituent Assembly?
151. What was the Ninth Session of the Constituent Assembly?
152. What was the Tenth Session of the Constituent Assembly?
153. What was the Eleventh Session of the Constituent Assembly?
154. When did the Assembly meet again for members to append their signatures to the Constitution?
159. What does Article 393 of the Constitution deal with?
160. What does Article 394 of the Constitution deal with?
161. What does Article 394A of the Constitution deal with?
162. What does Article 395 of the Constitution deal with?
163. When did the Cabinet Mission arrive in India?
164. When did the Provisional Parliament cease to exist?
165. When did the first elected Parliament with the two Houses come into being?
167. What did Granville Austin state about the Indian Constitution?
168. What did J.R. Siwach state about the Dynamics of Indian Government and Politics?