MPPSC 2021 Prelims Paper-I · Question 76 of 100

No official answer — this question was CANCELLED by the Commission (grace marks to all candidates). Based on the four governors' documented biographies, only ONE of the four — Niranjan Nath Wanchoo (2), a career civil servant (ICS-track, not an elected politician) — was NOT a member of the Constituent Assembly of India. H. V. Pataskar (elected from Bombay), Satyanarayan Sinha (elected from Bihar) and K. C. Reddy (a Constituent Assembly member from Mysore) were all elected members. Because every option here pairs TWO names as the 'not-member' set, none of the four given options matches the actual record (which has only one non-member) — a data mismatch that is a plausible reason the Commission withdrew the question rather than adjudicate a contested answer.

• (a)Only 1 and 2 are correct — Wrong on Pataskar (1) — he WAS an elected Constituent Assembly member from Bombay; only Wanchoo (2) fits 'not a member'.
• (b)Only 2 and 3 are correct — Wrong on Sinha (3) — he WAS an elected Constituent Assembly member from Bihar; only Wanchoo (2) fits 'not a member'.
• (c)Only 1 and 4 are correct — Wrong on both names — Pataskar and Reddy were both elected Constituent Assembly members; neither belongs in a 'not a member' pairing.
• (d)Only 3 and 4 are correct — Wrong on both names — Sinha and Reddy were both elected Constituent Assembly members; neither belongs in a 'not a member' pairing.

Madhya Pradesh's early Governors were drawn from two different pools: veteran freedom-movement politicians who had sat in the Constituent Assembly of India (1946–1950) and later moved into gubernatorial roles, and senior career civil servants who never contested elections or sat in any legislature. H. V. Pataskar (2nd Governor, 1957–1965), Satyanarayan Sinha (4th Governor, 1971–1977) and K. C. Reddy (3rd Governor, 1966–1971) belonged to the first group — all three were elected Constituent Assembly members before becoming Governor. Niranjan Nath Wanchoo (5th Governor, 1977–1978) belonged to the second group — a senior civil servant who was never part of the Constituent Assembly.

MPPSC likes to test the link between the freedom-movement/Constituent-Assembly generation and the post-Independence Governors and Chief Ministers who followed it — this question tried that pattern, but with a factual mismatch (only one, not two, of the four names fits 'not a member') that most likely triggered the cancellation.

• H. V. Pataskar — 2nd Governor of MP (1957–1965); elected Constituent Assembly member from Bombay
• K. C. Reddy — 3rd Governor of MP (1966–1971); elected Constituent Assembly member from Mysore
• Satyanarayan Sinha — 4th Governor of MP (1971–1977); elected Constituent Assembly member from Bihar
• Niranjan Nath Wanchoo — 5th Governor of MP (1977–1978); a career civil servant, not a Constituent Assembly member

• Assuming a 'who was NOT a member' question always yields a clean two-name pairing — verify each individual rather than pattern-matching the options
• Confusing having held the office of Governor with having sat in the Constituent Assembly — many Governors, especially former ICS officers, never sat in it

MPPSC frequently tests Madhya Pradesh's Governors and Chief Ministers against their pre-Independence Constituent-Assembly or freedom-movement credentials; check each name against the record rather than assuming a pattern.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly of India?

  • (a)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  • (b)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
  • (c)Jawaharlal Nehru
  • (d)C. Rajagopalachari

  Answer(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  The Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India, which prepared the draft Constitution, was chaired by:

  • (a)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
  • (b)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  • (c)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
  • (d)K. M. Munshi

  Answer(a) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.