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SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 46

SSC CGL - 11 April 2022 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q46

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With reference to the Constituent Assembly, which of the following statements is correct?

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is option 1 i.e. The Constituent Assembly adopted the National Anthem in January 1950.

About the Constituent Assembly:

  • The idea for a Constituent Assembly was proposed in December 1934 by M. N. Roy.

  • The members of the Constituent Assembly were indirectly elected on the basis of adult suffrage whose election was held in July 1946.

  • After partition, out of the total members (389), only 299 remained in India. Out of which 296 were selected. There were 70 nominated. In which the total number of women members was 15, 26 from Scheduled Castes, and 33 from Scheduled Tribes.

  • The Republic is governed in terms of the Constitution of India which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November 1949 and came into force on 26th January 1950.

  • On 24 January 1950, India's Constituent Assembly adopts the Indian national anthem from a song written and composed by the Nobel Prize winner, Rabindranath Tagore.

  •  It ratified India's membership of the Commonwealth in May 1949.

  • The design of the National Flag was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India on 22 July 1947.