Indian Polity PYQ 9 of 375 · Committees of the Constituent Assembly

Who among the following was the first chairman of the Business Committee of the Constituent Assembly?

  1. AJawaharlal Nehru
  2. BSachchidanand Sinha
  3. CKanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
  4. DHarendra Kumar Mukherjee

B.P.S.C. (CDPO) (Pre) 2009

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Correct answer: (c) Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi

Explanation

The first Chairman of the Constituent Assembly’s Order of Business Committee was Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi. He was elected to the Constituent Assembly from Bombay (Mumbai) on the Congress party ticket. The question calls it the “Business Committee”, but its full name was the Order of Business Committee.

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