Question

The Constituent Assembly which had been elected for the framing of the Constitution held its first meeting on ___________.
1. 15 December 1947 
2. 15 August 1947
3. 9 December 1946 
4. 9 December 1947 

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : 9 December 1946 

The correct answer is 9 December 1946.

•  The Constituent Assembly came together for the first time on 9 December 1946 and gathered again on 14 August 1947 as a sovereign body and successor to the British parliament's authority in India.
• Under the Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946, elections were held for the Constituent Assembly.
• The members were chosen by the members of the provincial assemblies by the method of a single transferable vote of proportional representation.