Who said the following words about Fundamental Rights: "A Fundamental Right should be looked upon, not from the point of view of any particular difficulty of that moment, but as something that you want to make permanent in this Constitution"?
- (a)Justice P. N. Bhagwati
- (b)Jawaharlal Nehru
- (c)Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
- (d)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Correct — B, Jawaharlal Nehru. Nehru made this remark during the Constituent Assembly debates on Fundamental Rights, arguing that a Fundamental Right must not be shaped by the passing difficulty of the moment but should be treated as a lasting guarantee, written permanently into the Constitution.
- (a)Justice P. N. Bhagwati — A Supreme Court judge known for expanding Fundamental Rights through judicial activism and PILs decades after the Constitution was framed — he was not a member of the Constituent Assembly and made no such remark during its debates.
- (c)Dr. S. Radhakrishnan — A Constituent Assembly member remembered for a different, equally famous line on Fundamental Rights — that they were 'a pledge to our people and a pact with the civilized world' — not this remark about permanence.
- (d)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar — Chairman of the Drafting Committee and the principal architect of the Fundamental Rights chapter, but this particular remark on treating rights as permanent (not tied to the moment's difficulty) is attributed to Nehru, not Ambedkar.
The Constituent Assembly debated Fundamental Rights at length, and several members are remembered for distinct one-line characterisations of why these rights matter. Nehru's contribution here was to argue that rights should not be diluted to solve a temporary problem — they had to be framed as permanent guarantees for the Constitution's life.
Exam-setters like to test 'who said this famous line' questions on Fundamental Rights because several Constituent Assembly members (Nehru, Radhakrishnan, Ambedkar, Patel) each have a well-known quote — the trap is mixing up which figure said which particular line.
- Nehru: Fundamental Rights should be permanent, not shaped by the difficulty of the moment.
- Radhakrishnan (separately): Fundamental Rights are 'a pledge to our people and a pact with the civilized world.'
- Ambedkar chaired the Drafting Committee and is the principal architect of the Fundamental Rights chapter.
- These remarks were made during the Constituent Assembly's debates on the Fundamental Rights chapter (Part III of the Constitution).
- Mixing up which Assembly member said which famous line about Fundamental Rights
- Assuming any strong statement on rights must be Ambedkar's, since he drafted the chapter
MPPSC frequently quotes a specific line verbatim and asks who said it; UPSC tends to ask about the Sub-Committee/drafting process instead of exact quotations.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Who among the following described the Fundamental Rights as "a pledge to our people and a pact with the civilized world"?
- (a)Jawaharlal Nehru
- (b)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
- (c)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- (d)Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Answer(d) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Sub-Committee on Fundamental Rights of the Constituent Assembly was chaired by:
- (a)J. B. Kripalani
- (b)Jawaharlal Nehru
- (c)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
- (d)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer(a) J. B. Kripalani — chaired the Sub-Committee on Fundamental Rights, which reported to the Advisory Committee headed by Patel.