Q – The first draft of the Constitution was prepared by-
(a) B.R. Ambedkar
(b) B.N. Rau
(c) K. Santhanam
(d) K.M. Munshi
U.P. Lower (Pre) 2009
Ans. (b)
Explanation – The first draft of the Constitution was prepared by the constitutional advisor B.N. Rau which was put before drafting committee for opinion, discussion and changes in it. Original draft proposed by Mr. Rau included 243 Articles and 13 Schedules.
| The first draft of the constitution of India was prepared in October, 1947 by the Advisory Branch of the Office of the Constituent Assembly under Sir B.N. Rau ( Sir Benegal Nursing Rau ). Before the preparation of this draft, voluminous background material had been collected and supplied to the members of the assembly in the shape of three series of ‘Constitutional Precedents’ which gave salient texts from the constitutions of about 60 countries. The Constituent Assembly on 29 August 1947 appointed the Drafting Committee with Dr. B.R. Ambedkar as the Chairman to scrutinise the draft of the text of the constitution of India prepared by the Constitutional Adviser (B.N. Rau) giving effect to the decisions taken in the assembly.
Source : Our Constitution – Subhash C. Kashyap |