MCQ Questions for Class 12 History: Ch 15 Framing the constitution
1. The Constitution of India came into effect on
(a) 26 January 1947.
(b) 26 January 1949.
(c) 26 January 1950.
(d) 26 January 1953.
► (c) 26 January 1950.
2. The number of members in the Constituent Assembly of Independent India was
(a) 389
(b) 290
(c) 300
(d) 380
► (c) 300
3. The group that initially refused to join the Constituent Assembly, as it was a British creation, was that of
(a) Socialists.
(b) Tribals.
(c) Depressed Classes.
(d) Muslim League.
► (a) Socialists.
4. The Constituent Assembly member who pleaded for continuing separate electorates, after independence, was
(a) Begum Aizaas Rasul.
(b) R.V. Dhulekar.
(c) Govind Ballabh Pant.
(d) B. Pocker Bahadur
► (d) B. Pocker Bahadur
5. The political group which viewed the Constituent Assembly as a British institution was
(a) Socialists.
(b) Muslim League.
(c) Indian National Congress.
(d) Depressed Classes.
► (a) Socialists.
6. The nationalist who prepared the Draft Constitution of India was
(a) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
(b) Dr. B.R.Amedekar.
(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
(d) Dr. Rajendera Prasad.
► (b) Dr. B.R.Amedekar.
7. The Congress had accepted that Hindustani ought to be the national language by the
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1930s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) 1950s.
► (b) 1930s.
8. The First Law Minister of India was
(a) Dr. Rajendera Prasad.
(b) Dr. B.R.Amedekar.
(c) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
► (b) Dr. B.R.Amedekar.
9. The Vice-President of the interim government in India was
(a) Dr. Rajendera Prasad.
(b) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.
(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
(d) Dr. S Radhakrishnan.
► (b) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.
10. India’s new constitution was signed in
(a) July 1949.
(b) January 1950
(c) August 1948.
(d) December 1948.
► (b) January 1950
11. Who did move the crucial ‘Objectives Resolution’?
(a) Dr. Rajendera Prasad.
(b) Dr. S Radhakrishnan.
(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
(d) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.
► (d) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.
12. Under which scheme the Constituent Assembly was formed?
(a) Drafting Committee.
(b) Cabinet Mission Scheme.
(c) Objectives Resolution.
(d) All India States People’s Conference
► (b) Cabinet Mission Scheme.
13. The members of the Constituent Assembly were chosen on the basis of the provincial elections of ____.
(a) 1942.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1948.
► (c) 1946.
14. Under the which act the elections were held in 1937?
(a) Government of India Act of 1919
(b) Government of India Act of 1935
(c) Government of India Act of 1942
(d) Government of India Act of 1944
► (b) Government of India Act of 1935