RAS question
The Constituent Assembly took how long to complete the Constitution?
Correct answer: (D) 2 years, 11 months, and 18 days.
The Constituent Assembly took 2 years, 11 months and 18 days to complete the Indian Constitution.
Explanation
The Constitution was completed over 2 years, 11 months and 18 days, from 9 December 1946 to 26 November 1949. The Constituent Assembly held 11 sessions across 165 days. The Press Information Bureau, Government of India Constitution page supports the key idea behind this duration: the Constitution was not written casually, but emerged from hard and selfless work by the Constituent Assembly, with expertise, deep thought, collaboration, debate and discussion. That is why the precise duration matters in polity questions. It shows both the length of the process and the deliberative character of constitution-making, making option D the only answer that matches the historically accepted time span.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Three years exactly is wrong because the recorded duration was just short of three years: 2 years, 11 months and 18 days.
- (B) Five years exaggerates the constitution-making period and does not match the stated dates from 9 December 1946 to 26 November 1949.
- (C) One year is far too short for the recorded process, which ran through 11 sessions over 165 sitting days.
Concept
This tests the basic chronology of the Constituent Assembly and the making of the Constitution. RAS repeatedly asks such facts because they anchor larger themes such as constitutional development, deliberation and institutional design.