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Polity topics

Constitution Structure (29)Union Legislature (29)Constitutional Development (8)Constitution of India (8)

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The Constituent Assembly held its first sitting on:Read the answer and worked solution →The Assembly reassembled for a divided India on:Read the answer and worked solution →Members of the Constituent Assembly were chosen by:Read the answer and worked solution →Those Provincial Assemblies had been set up under the Government of India Act of:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The Constituent Assembly held its first sitting on:

  1. 9 December 1946
  2. 9 December 1947
  3. 9 November 1946
  4. 9 November 1947
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Correct answer: A. 9 December 1946

1. The Assembly was elected for undivided India. 2. It held its first sitting on 9 December 1946. 3. So the correct answer is 9 December 1946. _Source: syllabus Political Science, 'Indian Constitution at Work', Ch 1 'Constitution: Why and How?'_

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The Assembly reassembled for a divided India on:

  1. 14 October 1946
  2. 14 August 1947
  3. 14 August 1946
  4. 14 October 1947
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Correct answer: B. 14 August 1947

1. Partition changed the membership of the Assembly. 2. It reassembled as Constituent Assembly for divided India on 14 August 1947. 3. So the correct answer is 14 August 1947. _Source: syllabus Political Science, 'Indian Constitution at Work', Ch 1 'Constitution: Why and How?'_

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Members of the Constituent Assembly were chosen by:

  1. Indirect election
  2. Indirect elevation
  3. Indirect selection
  4. Indirect extension
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Correct answer: A. Indirect election

1. The people did not vote for them directly. 2. Its members were chosen by indirect election. 3. So the correct answer is indirect election. _Source: syllabus Political Science, 'Indian Constitution at Work', Ch 1 'Constitution: Why and How?'_

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