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  1. The number of members included in the constitution Drafting Committee was :
    1. Seven
    2. Nine
    3. Eleven
    4. Thirteen
Correct Option: A

The number of members included in the Constitution Drafting Committee was seven. On 29 August 1947, the Drafting Committee was appointed, with Dr B.R. Ambedkar as the Chairman along with six other members assisted by a constitutional advisor. These members were Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (K M Munshi, Ex- Home Minister, Bombay), Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer (Ex- Advocate General, Madras State), N Gopalaswami Ayengar (Ex-Prime Minister, J&K and later member of Nehru Cabinet), B L Mitter (Ex- Advocate General, India), Md. Saadullah (Ex- Chief Minister of Assam, Muslim League member) and D P Khaitan (scion of Khaitan Business Family and a renowned lawyer).



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