Consider the following statements about Jawaharlal Nehru:

1. He was the President of the Congress Party in 1947.
2. He presided over the Constituent Assembly.
3. He formed the first Congress Ministry in United Province before India’s independence.

Of these statements:

1. I, II and III are correct
2. I and III are correct
3. I and II are correct
4. None is correct

Explanation

Option (d) is the correct answer

• Jawaharlal Nehru led the Interim Government (1946–47) and moved the Objectives Resolution in the Constituent Assembly, but he was not its presiding officer.
• He actively participated in debates and chaired an Experts Committee to prepare material for the Assembly, rather than presiding over it. He headed the central interim ministry, not a provincial Congress ministry in the United Provinces before Independence.
• In 1947, the Congress President was J. B. Kripalani.

Answer: (d) None is correct