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The Indian Constitution came into effect on which date?Read the answer and worked solution →The Constitution was framed between December 1946 and which month?Read the answer and worked solution →How many sessions did the Constituent Assembly hold, over how many sitting days?Read the answer and worked solution →How were members of the Constituent Assembly chosen?Read the answer and worked solution →Roughly what share of Constituent Assembly members were also Congress members?Read the answer and worked solution →How many members did the Constituent Assembly have?Read the answer and worked solution →Who moved the Objectives Resolution and the resolution on the National Flag?Read the answer and worked solution →Who served as President of the Constituent Assembly?Read the answer and worked solution →Who chaired the Drafting Committee of the Constitution?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Constitutional Advisor prepared background papers on other countries' political systems?Read the answer and worked solution →Nehru introduced the Objectives Resolution in the Constituent Assembly on which date?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Communist member said the Constituent Assembly worked under the shadow of British guns?Read the answer and worked solution →Even in 1935, what share of the adult population could vote in provincial elections?Read the answer and worked solution →Who made a powerful plea on 27 August 1947 for continuing separate electorates?Read the answer and worked solution →Who called separate electorates a poison that has entered the body politic of our country?Read the answer and worked solution →Which socialist peasant leader argued that the real minorities were the poor and downtrodden?Read the answer and worked solution →Which gifted orator spoke for the Adibasis, saying they had been neglected for 6,000 years?Read the answer and worked solution →The Draft Constitution divided subjects into how many lists?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Article gave the Centre power to take over a state administration on the Governor's recommendation?Read the answer and worked solution →Who from Madras most eloquently defended the rights of the states, warning provinces would revolt?Read the answer and worked solution →The Language Committee decided Hindi in Devanagari would be the official language, with English continuing for how long?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Congressman from the United Provinces aggressively demanded Hindi in the Assembly, telling others to leave?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Assembly membersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the drafting teamRead the answer and worked solution →Run the datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the listsRead the answer and worked solution →Strong Centre or statesRead the answer and worked solution →Who spoke for whomRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Constituent Assembly bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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The Indian Constitution came into effect on which date?

  1. 26 January 1950
  2. 15 August 1947
  3. 26 November 1949
  4. 13 December 1946
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Correct answer: A. 26 January 1950

1. It was signed in December 1949. 2. It came into effect on 26 January 1950. 3. It is the longest in the world. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 15, Framing the Constitution: The Beginning of a New Era._

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The Constitution was framed between December 1946 and which month?

  1. March 1948
  2. November 1949
  3. August 1947
  4. January 1950
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Correct answer: B. November 1949

1. Drafts were debated clause by clause. 2. Framing ran from December 1946 to November 1949. 3. It took about three years. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 15, Framing the Constitution: The Beginning of a New Era._

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How many sessions did the Constituent Assembly hold, over how many sitting days?

  1. Eleven sessions, 165 days
  2. Five sessions, 100 days
  3. Twenty sessions, 300 days
  4. Three sessions, 50 days
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Correct answer: A. Eleven sessions, 165 days

1. Committees revised drafts between sessions. 2. There were eleven sessions over 165 days. 3. The debates fill eleven volumes. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 15, Framing the Constitution: The Beginning of a New Era._

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