Which of the following provinces had maximum representation in the constituent assembly of India as on 31st December , 1947?

Correct option is C

The correct answer is: (c) United Provinces

Explanation:

As of 31st December, 1947, the United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh) had the maximum representation in the Constituent Assembly of India.

Information Booster:

Statewise Membership of the Constituent Assembly of India as on 31st December, 1947

The Constituent Assembly took nearly three years (two years, eleven months, and seventeen days) to draft the Constitution of Independent India, holding eleven sessions over 165 days.

Of these, 114 days were spent on the Draft Constitution. Members were elected indirectly by the Provincial Legislative Assemblies, as per the Cabinet Mission’s recommendations: 292 members were elected from the provinces, 93 represented the Princely States, and 4 represented other groups.

Important Committees of Constituent Assembly and Their Chairman:​

•  Drafting Committee – Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
• Union Power Committee – Jawaharlal Nehru
• Union Constitution Committee – Jawaharlal Nehru
• Provincial Constitution Committee – Vallabhbhai Patel
• Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and Tribal and Excluded Areas – Vallabhbhai Patel. This committee had the following subcommittees:
• Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee – J. B. Kripalani
• Minorities Sub-Committee – Harendra Coomar Mookerjee,
• North-East Frontier Tribal Areas and Assam Excluded & Partially Excluded Areas Sub-Committee – Gopinath Bordoloi
• Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas (Apart from those in Assam) Sub-Committee – A V Thakkar
•  States Committee (Committee for negotiating with states) – Jawaharlal Nehru
•  Steering Committee – Rajendra Prasad
•  Ad hoc Committee on the National Flag[15] – Rajendra Prasad
• Committee for the function of the Constitution Assembly – G V Mavlankar