● The Constituent Assembly appointed a total of 22 committees to deal with different tasks of constitution-making. Out of these, eight were major committees and the others were minor committees.

● Some Major Committees and their Chairman are as follows:

â Drafting Committee – B. R. Ambedkar

â Union Power Committee – Jawaharlal Nehru

â Union Constitution Committee – Jawaharlal Nehru

â Provincial Constitution Committee – Vallabhbhai Patel

â Committee on Fundamental Rights and Minority Rights– Vallabhbhai Patel.

â Steering Committee – Rajendra Prasad. Hence Option D is correct.

A quasi-federal form of government and the idea of residual powers is borrowed from Canadian Constitution. Hence statement 1 is incorrect.

First past the post, Parliamentary form of government, the idea of the rule of law, institution of the Speaker etc are borrowed from British Constitution. Hence statement 2 is incorrect.

United States Constitution gave us the charter of fundamental rights, power of judicial review and independence of the judiciary. Hence statement 3 is incorrect.

The Constituent Assembly appointed a number of committees to deal with different tasks of constitution-making.

● Minorities Sub-Committee – H.C. Mukherjee. Hence, pair 1 is incorrect.

● Union Constitution Committee – Jawaharlal Nehru. Hence, pair 2 is incorrect.

● Committee on the Functions of the Constituent Assembly – G.V. Mavalankar. Hence, pair 3 is incorrect.

• Canadian Constitution: Federation with a strong centre, Residuary powers with the centre, Appointment of state governors by the centre, Advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.

• US Constitution: Fundamental Rights, Independence of Judiciary, Judicial Review, Impeachment of the President, Post of Vice-President, Removal of Supreme Court and High Court judges.

• Australian Constitution: Concurrent List, Freedom of trade, Commerce and Intercourse, Joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament.

• Irish Constitution: Directive Principles of State Policy, Method of the election of President, Nomination of members to Rajya Sabha.

Making of constitution was the primary function performed by constituent assembly. Besides that following functions were performed by it-

1) It ratified India’s membership of the Commonwealth on May 1949. Therefore in statement 2 mentioned is chronologically incorrect.

2) It adopted the national flag on July 22, 1947. Therefore statement 3 is correct.

3) It elected Dr Rajendra Prasad as first president of India on January 24, 1950.

Therefore statement 4 is correct.

4)It had also adopted national anthem and national song.

The Constituent Assembly of India came into existence in December 1946 as per the provisions of the Cabinet Mission Plan of May 1946.

The total strength of the Constituent Assembly was to be 389. Of these, 296 seats were to be allotted to British India and 93 seats to the Princely states. Out of 296 seats allotted to British India, 292 members were to be drawn from the eleven Governors’ Provinces, four from the four Chief Commissioners’ Provinces, one from each Province and Princely state (or group of states in case of small states) were to be allotted seats in proportion to their respective population. Roughly, one seat was to be allotted for every million population.

In 1946, the Cabinet Mission came to India and, in the course of its stay, recommended the forming of the Constituent Assembly, and an interim government. Hence statement 1 is correct.

In order to consider Draft Constitution, a Drafting Committee under the chairmanship of Dr B.R. Ambedkar (the law minister at the time) was set up. The other members were: Alladi Krishnaswami Iyer, N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar, K.M. Munshi, Saiyad Mohammad Saadulla, Sir B.L. Mitter and D.P. Khaitan. After the first meeting Sir B.L. Mitter resigned and in his place N. Madhava Rao was nominated, and T.T. Krishnamachari took the place of D.P. Khaitan on the latter’s death in 1948. Hence statement 2 is correct.

• Union Powers Committee – Jawaharlal Nehru

• Union Constitution Committee – Jawaharlal Nehru

• States Committee (To Negotiate with States) - Jawaharlal Nehru

• Provincial Constitution Committee – Sardar Patel

Article 1 of the constitution says that India, that is Bharat, shall be a union of states and the territory.

First session was held on 9^th December 1946 therefore statement 1 is correct. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was not member of drafting committee of constituent assembly. K M Munshi ,N. Gopalswami Ayyangar, D P Khaitan , A K Ayyar, B R

Ambedkar , Mohammad Saadullah , B L Mitter are total seven members of drafting committee, therefore statement 2 is wrong. Constituent assembly was constituted as per the Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946 and not according to Indian Independence Act 1947 , therefore statement 3 is wrong.