Consider the following statements about the Constituent Assembly of India 1 It was constituted in 19...........

Indian Polity Evolution of Constitution

Consider the following statements about the Constituent Assembly of India.

1) It was constituted in 1946 under the scheme formulated by the Cabinet Mission Plan.

2) Each province and princely state was to be allotted equal number of seats irrespective of their population.

3) The representatives of princely states were to be nominated by the heads of the princely states.

4) One-third of the seats from each British province were to be reserved for members of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe.

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Explanation:

As to its composition, members were chosen by indirect election by the members of the Provincial Legislative Assemblies, according to the scheme recommended by the Cabinet Mission:-

The Constituent Assembly consisted of 389 members, of which 292 were elected by the elected members of the provincial Legislative Assemblies while 93 members were nominated by the Princely States.
To these were to be added a representative each from the four chief Commissioners provinces of Delhi, Ajmer-Marwar, Coorg and British Baluchistan.
Each Province and each Indian state or Group of States were allotted the total number of seats proportional to their respective population roughly in the ratio of one to a million.
Seats allocated to each British Province were to be decided among the three principal communities - Muslims, Sikhs and General in proportion to their population.