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B.R. Ambedkar was elected to the Constituent Assembly from:

  1. West Bengal
  2. the Bombay Presidency
  3. the then Madhya Bharat
  4. Punjab

Explanation

Option (b) is correct
  • He was initially elected to the Constituent Assembly from Bengal but his seat went to Pakistan following the Partition of India. He was subsequently elected from the Bombay Presidency. Since Dr Ambedkar was elected from the East part of undivided Bengal, not West Bengal, option (b) is the correct answer.
Answer: (b) the Bombay Presidency
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