Consider the following statements with reference to the Constituent Assembly 1 Dr Sachchidanand Sinh...........

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Consider the following statements with reference to the Constituent Assembly:

1.Dr Sachchidanand Sinha was elected as the temporary President of the Assembly.

2.It ratified India's membership of the Commonwealth.

3.The idea of a Constituent Assembly for India was put forward for the first time by M. N. Roy.

4.British Government accepted the demand of a constituent assembly in August Offer of 1940.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

Only One

Only Two

Only Three

All Four

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Explanation:

Correct. Dr. Sachchidanand Sinha was indeed the temporary President of the Constituent Assembly in its first meeting. He was the oldest member, and as per the convention, he was elected as the temporary president.

Correct. The Constituent Assembly ratified India's membership of the Commonwealth in its session held in May 1949.

Correct. The idea of a Constituent Assembly for India was indeed first put forward by M. N. Roy, a pioneer of the communist movement in India, in 1934.

Incorrect. The British Government did not accept the demand for a Constituent Assembly in the August Offer of 1940. The August Offer proposed the expansion of the Executive Council and a war advisory council, but it did not mention a Constituent Assembly. The idea of a Constituent Assembly was officially accepted by the British Government later in the Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946.

Therefore, three of the statements are correct.