MPPSC 2021 Prelims Paper-I · Question 37 of 100

Correct — D, Fifth. Jawaharlal Nehru moved the Objective Resolution in the Constituent Assembly on 13 December 1946 — the fifth sitting of the Assembly's first session, which had opened on 9 December 1946. The Resolution was debated over the following days and finally adopted, in a revised form, on 22 January 1947.

• (a)Second — The Assembly's second sitting (11 December 1946) elected Dr. Rajendra Prasad as its permanent Chairman — the Objective Resolution came two sittings later, not here.
• (b)Third — The Assembly was still on preliminary/procedural business at the third sitting; Nehru had not yet moved the Resolution.
• (c)Fourth — The Resolution followed one sitting later — at the fifth sitting, on 13 December 1946 — not the fourth.

The Constituent Assembly of India first met on 9 December 1946, with Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha as temporary Chairman; Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected permanent Chairman at the second sitting (11 December 1946). At the fifth sitting, on 13 December 1946, Jawaharlal Nehru moved the 'Objective Resolution' — a foundational statement declaring India a sovereign independent republic and pledging justice, liberty, equality and fraternity, with safeguards for minorities and backward classes. It was debated through mid-December and adopted, with revisions, on 22 January 1947.

MPPSC/UPSC test both the DATE (13 December 1946) and the SITTING NUMBER (fifth) — students often recall the date but not that it maps to the Assembly's fifth sitting of its first session.

• Constituent Assembly's first sitting: 9 December 1946 (temporary Chairman: Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha)
• Second sitting (11 December 1946): Dr. Rajendra Prasad elected permanent Chairman
• Objective Resolution moved by Nehru: 13 December 1946 — the fifth sitting of the first session
• Adopted, in revised form, on 22 January 1947; its language later shaped the Constitution's Preamble

• Confusing the date the Resolution was MOVED (13 December 1946) with the date it was ADOPTED (22 January 1947)
• Mixing up sitting numbers of the first session with session numbers

Direct date/sitting-number recall, or 'match the Constituent Assembly event to its date' style questions.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  The Objective Resolution moved by Jawaharlal Nehru in the Constituent Assembly was adopted, in a revised form, on:

  • (a)13 December 1946
  • (b)22 January 1947
  • (c)26 November 1949
  • (d)26 January 1950

  Answer(b) 22 January 1947 — the Resolution was moved on 13 December 1946 but adopted, after debate and revision, on 22 January 1947.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  The Constituent Assembly of India first met (its first sitting) on:

  • (a)9 December 1946
  • (b)15 August 1947
  • (c)26 November 1949
  • (d)26 January 1950

  Answer(a) 9 December 1946 — its first sitting; the Objective Resolution followed at the fifth sitting, on 13 December 1946.