In which meeting of the Constituent Assembly of India did Jawaharlal Nehru lay down the Objective Resolution?

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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.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) 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) The Assembly was still on preliminary/procedural business at the third sitting; Nehru had not yet moved the Resolution.  (c) The Resolution followed one sitting later — at the fifth sitting, on 13 December 1946 — not the fourth.

Concept: 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.

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