Card 01
On which date did the Constituent Assembly adopt the national flag?
Answer
22 July 1947
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Card 02
Who was co-opted as member and convener of the Congress Experts Committee?
Answer
Krishna Kripalani
Card 03
Through which announcement did the British Government accept the demand for a Constituent Assembly in principle?
Answer
The August Offer of 1940
Card 04
By which method were the representatives of each community elected to the Constituent Assembly?
Answer
Proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote
Card 05
Who described the Constituent Assembly as 'a body of Hindus'?
Answer
Lord Viscount Simon
Card 06
Which one of the following powers did the Indian Independence Act of 1947 confer on the Constituent Assembly?
Answer
Power to abrogate or alter any law made by the British Parliament in relation to India
Card 07
Out of the total membership of the Assembly, how many members were actually present and signed the Constitution on 26 November 1949?
Answer
284
Card 08
How many of the amendments proposed during the second reading were actually discussed in the Assembly?
Answer
2,473
Card 09
Which one of the following correctly represents the chronological order of developments in the demand for a Constituent Assembly?
Answer
M.N. Roy's proposal, Congress demand, August Offer, Cripps Proposals
Card 10
On which date was the Drafting Committee set up?
Answer
29 August 1947
Card 11
How many of the committees appointed by the Constituent Assembly were regarded as major committees?
Answer
Eight
Card 12
Which one of the following best describes the character of the Constituent Assembly under the Cabinet Mission scheme?
Answer
A partly elected and partly nominated body
Card 13
Which Act of 1949 continued in force even after the commencement of the Constitution?
Answer
The Abolition of Privy Council Jurisdiction Act
Card 14
On which date did the major part of the Constitution come into force?
Answer
26 January 1950
Card 15
Which one of the following was a Chief Commissioners' province represented in the Constituent Assembly?
Answer
Coorg
Card 16
Of the 296 seats allotted to British India, how many were to be drawn from the eleven governors' provinces?
Answer
292
Card 17
Who chaired the Provincial Constitution Committee?
Answer
Sardar Patel
Card 18
At what stage was the Preamble enacted in relation to the rest of the Constitution?
Answer
After the entire Constitution had already been enacted
Card 19
Which member of the British Cabinet came to India in 1942 with a draft proposal on framing an independent Constitution?
Answer
Sir Stafford Cripps
Card 20
After taking public comments and criticism into account, the Drafting Committee published its second draft when?
Answer
October 1948
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