CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1946 - Constitutional Proposals - Cabinet Mission Plan
The Muslim League interpreted Nehru's 10 July statement as evidence that:
A. Congress would fully enforce compulsory grouping
B. Congress intended to alter or disregard essential parts of the Plan
C. Britain had accepted Pakistan
D. The princely states had joined the League
Correct Answer: B
The League feared Congress would use its strength in the Constituent Assembly to weaken the grouping safeguards.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1946 - Constitutional Proposals - Cabinet Mission Plan
Which Congress leader's 10 July 1946 press conference intensified the crisis over the Plan?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Sardar Patel
D. Maulana Azad
Correct Answer: B
Nehru stated that the Constituent Assembly would be sovereign and not permanently bound by external limitations.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1946 - Constitutional Proposals - Cabinet Mission Plan
Congress accepted participation in the Constituent Assembly but strongly disputed:
A. The end of British paramountcy
B. The compulsory character of provincial grouping
C. The creation of any constitution
D. The inclusion of defence at the Union level
Correct Answer: B
Congress objected to provinces being bound initially into Sections B and C against their wishes.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1946 - Constitutional Proposals - Cabinet Mission Plan
Why did Muhammad Ali Jinnah initially persuade the Muslim League to accept the Plan?
A. It immediately created a fully sovereign Pakistan
B. The weak centre and Muslim-majority groupings could provide the constitutional basis for Pakistan-like autonomy
C. It abolished the Muslim League
D. It guaranteed Congress rule in Punjab
Correct Answer: B
Jinnah saw the limited Union and Sections B and C as offering substantial Muslim autonomy and a possible constitutional foundation for Pakistan.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1946 - Constitutional Proposals - Cabinet Mission Plan
The All-India Muslim League formally accepted the Cabinet Mission Plan on:
A. 6 June 1946
B. 10 July 1946
C. 29 July 1946
D. 16 August 1946
Correct Answer: A
The Muslim League Council accepted the 16 May scheme on 6 June 1946.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1946 - Constitutional Proposals - Cabinet Mission Plan
Which proposal was central to both the long-term constitutional plan and the immediate transition?
A. Abolition of the provinces
B. Formation of an interim government
C. Permanent continuation of the Viceroy's Executive Council
D. Immediate partition of Punjab
Correct Answer: B
The Mission paired constitution-making with an immediate broadly based interim government.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1946 - Constitutional Proposals - Cabinet Mission Plan
Under the proposed interim arrangement, all portfolios, including the War Member's portfolio, were to be held by:
A. British officials
B. Indian leaders
C. Princely rulers only
D. Provincial governors
Correct Answer: B
The statement envisaged Indian leaders holding all portfolios, including the War Member's.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1946 - Constitutional Proposals - Cabinet Mission Plan
During constitution-making, administration was to be carried on by:
A. A military government
B. An interim government
C. Provincial governors without ministers
D. The British Parliament directly
Correct Answer: B
The Plan attached great importance to forming an interim government supported by major parties.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1946 - Constitutional Proposals - Cabinet Mission Plan
What did the Plan say about British paramountcy over princely states?
A. It would continue permanently
B. It would pass automatically to the Union
C. It could neither be retained by Britain nor transferred automatically to the new government
D. It would pass to provincial groups
Correct Answer: C
British paramountcy was to lapse; the States' future relations required negotiation.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1946 - Constitutional Proposals - Cabinet Mission Plan
The Cabinet Mission Plan proposed negotiation of a treaty between the Union Constituent Assembly and:
A. The United States
B. The United Kingdom
C. The Soviet Union
D. Afghanistan
Correct Answer: B
A treaty with the United Kingdom would settle matters arising from the transfer of power.
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1946 - Constitutional Proposals - Cabinet Mission Plan
At the request of a majority of either major community, the Assembly Chairman could consult:
A. The Privy Council only
B. The Federal Court
C. The United Nations
D. The governors' conference
Correct Answer: B
The Plan allowed consultation with the Federal Court on classification of a major communal issue.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1946 - Constitutional Proposals - Cabinet Mission Plan
Who would initially decide whether a resolution raised a major communal issue?
A. The British Prime Minister
B. The Chairman of the Constituent Assembly
C. The Viceroy alone
D. The Chief Justice of England
Correct Answer: B
The Chairman of the Assembly would decide, subject to possible consultation with the Federal Court.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1946 - Constitutional Proposals - Cabinet Mission Plan
The Advisory Committee was also to consider administration of:
A. European settlements
B. Tribal and excluded areas
C. Foreign embassies
D. Military cantonments only
Correct Answer: B
Its mandate expressly included a scheme for tribal and excluded areas.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1946 - Constitutional Proposals - Cabinet Mission Plan
Which body was proposed to examine fundamental rights and minority protections?
A. Federal Court
B. Advisory Committee
C. Council of Princes
D. Viceroy's Secretariat
Correct Answer: B
An Advisory Committee was to report on rights, minorities, and tribal and excluded areas.
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1946 - Constitutional Proposals - Cabinet Mission Plan
After sectional deliberations, representatives of the sections and the Indian States were to reassemble to frame:
A. The Union constitution
B. Separate constitutions for Britain
C. Only a defence treaty
D. A constitution for Burma
Correct Answer: A
The full body would reassemble to settle the Union constitution.
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1946 - Constitutional Proposals - Cabinet Mission Plan
The sections were responsible for framing:
A. Only the Union constitution
B. Provincial constitutions and deciding whether to establish group constitutions
C. A new British constitution
D. Only princely-state treaties
Correct Answer: B
Each section would settle provincial constitutions and determine the subjects, if any, administered at group level.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1946 - Constitutional Proposals - Cabinet Mission Plan
After the preliminary meeting, provincial representatives were first to:
A. Elect the British Prime Minister
B. Divide into Sections A, B and C
C. Declare complete independence
D. Dissolve the provincial assemblies
Correct Answer: B
After electing officers and creating an advisory committee, provincial representatives divided into the three sections.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1946 - Constitutional Proposals - Cabinet Mission Plan
The representative of British Baluchistan was attached to:
A. Section A
B. Section B
C. Section C
D. No section
Correct Answer: B
British Baluchistan's one representative was added to Section B.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1946 - Constitutional Proposals - Cabinet Mission Plan
Which Chief Commissioners' Provinces each added one representative to Section A?
A. Delhi, Ajmer-Merwara and Coorg
B. Baluchistan, Delhi and Sindh
C. Assam, Coorg and Bengal
D. Delhi, Kashmir and Hyderabad
Correct Answer: A
Delhi, Ajmer-Merwara and Coorg each added one representative to Section A.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1946 - Constitutional Proposals - Cabinet Mission Plan
Section C was allocated how many representatives?
A. 35
B. 70
C. 93
D. 187
Correct Answer: B
Bengal and Assam together were assigned 70 representatives.