Explanation:

• The Constituent Assembly appointed a number of committees to deal with different tasks of constitutionmaking.
Out of these, eight were major committees and the others were minor committees.
o Union Powers Committee - Jawaharlal Nehru. Hence pair 1 is correctly matched.
o Union Constitution Committee - Jawaharlal Nehru
o Provincial Constitution Committee - Sardar Patel. Hence pair 3 is not correctly matched.
o Drafting Committee - Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
o Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and Tribal and Excluded Areas - Sardar
Patel.
? This committee had the following five sub-committees:
? Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee - J.B. Kripalani
? Minorities Sub-Committee - H.C. Mukherjee
? North-East Frontier Tribal Areas and Assam Excluded & Partially Excluded Areas Sub-
Committee -Gopinath Bardoloi
? Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas (other than those in Assam) Sub-Committee - A.V.
Thakkar
? North-West Frontier Tribal Areas Sub-Committee8a
o Rules of Procedure Committee - Dr. Rajendra Prasad
o States Committee (Committee for Negotiating with States) - Jawaharlal Nehru.
o Steering Committee - Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Hence pair 2 is not correctly matched.
• Hence option (a) is the correct answer.