How should the relation between the Drafting Committee and the Constituent Assembly be understood?

The Drafting Committee prepared the draft and the Assembly debated it

Direct answer: D is correct. The Drafting Committee worked within the constitution-making process to prepare a draft on the basis of decisions and discussions of the Constituent Assembly. The Assembly then considered, debated and amended provisions before adopting the Constitution. Thus, the Committee had a specialised drafting role, while the full Assembly had the wider representative and deliberative role. A is wrong because the Committee did not conduct elections. B is wrong because the Assembly did not abolish it; it used its work. C is wrong because the Committee was not a separate government. Remember the sequence: the Committee prepared wording, and the Assembly discussed and approved the constitutional text.

This is a Class 9 Civics question. Chapter: Constitutional Design. Topic: Making of the Indian Constitution (Constituent Assembly).