MPPSC 2022 Prelims Paper-I · Question 87 of 100

Correct — D, 13 December 1946. Jawaharlal Nehru moved the Objectives Resolution in the Constituent Assembly on 13 December 1946, laying down India's aims as an independent, sovereign republic guaranteeing justice, liberty, equality and fraternity — language that later shaped the Preamble.

• (a)9 December 1946 — This is the date the Constituent Assembly first convened, not the date Nehru moved the Objectives Resolution.
• (b)28 April 1947 — Not a date associated with the moving or adoption of the Objectives Resolution.
• (c)22 January 1947 — This is the date the Resolution was finally adopted after weeks of debate — a close but distinct milestone from the date it was moved.

The Objectives Resolution was the blueprint Nehru placed before the Constituent Assembly, declaring India an independent sovereign republic and laying down the values — justice, liberty, equality, fraternity — the future Constitution would embody. Moved on 13 December 1946, it was debated for weeks and adopted, with amendments, on 22 January 1947. Its language directly shaped the Preamble.

Exams like to separate the 'moved' date from the 'adopted' date — a classic close-option trap — and sometimes pair it with the Assembly's first-meeting date (9 December 1946) as a decoy.

• Moved by Jawaharlal Nehru on 13 December 1946.
• Adopted, with amendments, on 22 January 1947.
• Constituent Assembly's first sitting: 9 December 1946.
• Its ideals were later distilled into the Preamble of the Constitution.

• Confusing the 'moved' date (13 December 1946) with the 'adopted' date (22 January 1947)
• Conflating the Objectives Resolution itself with the Preamble it later shaped

Exact dates around Constituent Assembly milestones — first meeting, Objectives Resolution moved/adopted, Constitution adopted/commenced — are a recurring MPPSC/UPSC favourite.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  The Constituent Assembly of India first met on:

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

  Answer(a) 9 December 1946.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  The Objectives Resolution, whose ideals were later distilled into the Preamble, was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on:

  • (a)13 December 1946
  • (b)22 January 1947
  • (c)26 November 1949
  • (d)24 January 1950

  Answer(b) 22 January 1947 — the adoption date, distinct from the 13 December 1946 date it was moved.