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Constitutional Design — Social Studies STD 9 — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 9Social StudiesConstitutional Design1 Mark
MCQ
The Constituent Assembly was elected by the $.......$
  • A
    People of India directly.
  • ✓
    Members of the existing provincial legislatures.
  • C
    Universal adult franchise.
  • D
    Viceroy in consultation with the congress.
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Answer

Correct option: B.
Members of the existing provincial legislatures.
The Constitution of India was drafted by the Constituent Assembly, and it was implemented under the Cabinet Mission Plan on $16$ May $1946.$ The members of the Constituent Assembly were elected by the provincial assemblies by a single, transferable$-$vote system of proportional representation. The total membership of the Constituent Assembly was $389: 292$ were representatives of the states$, 93$ represented the princely states and four were from the chief commissioner provinces of Delhi, Ajmer$-$Merwara, Coorg and British Baluchistan.

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