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Indian Polity (Easy) Evolution and Features of Constitution

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Consider the following statements regarding the composition of the Constituent Assembly:

There presentative swere to be elected from the four constituents – Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Christian.
The chairman of the Union Constitution Committee was Sardar VallabhbhaiPatel.
The total strength of the Constituent Assembly was389.
The Drafting Committee under the chairmanship of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar consisted of eight members.

Which of these is/are correct?

1, 2, 3 and 4

1, 2 and 4

3 only

1only

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Explanation:

Seats allocated to each British province were to be decided among the three principal communities Muslim, Sikhs and general (all except Muslims and Sikhs), in proportion to their population. The chairman of the Union constitution committee wasJawaharlalNehru. The total strength of constituent Assembly was to be 389. Drafting Committee was consisted of seven members.

Constituent Assembly of India was set up under Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946. It consisted of 385 members, of which 292 were elected by the elected members of the provincial Legislative Assemblies while 93 members were nominated by the Princely States.It also had one representative each from the four chief Commissioners provinces of Delhi, Ajmer-Marwar, Coorg and British Baluchistan.
B N Rao was the Constitutional Advisor of the Assembly. Dr. Rajendra prasad was elected as its president.