CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
The reconstituted council was intended to represent:
A. Only provincial governors
B. The main political communities
C. Only princely states
D. Only the British services
Correct Answer: B
Communal balance was essential to the design.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
The Commander-in-Chief would continue as:
A. War Member
B. External Affairs Member
C. Finance Member
D. Home Member
Correct Answer: A
Defence and wartime military operations remained under British command.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
Which offices remained outside complete Indianisation?
A. Finance and Home members
B. External Affairs and Education
C. Congress and League presidents
D. Viceroy and Commander-in-Chief
Correct Answer: D
These offices retained imperial and military authority.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
Except for two members, the Executive Council was to consist of:
A. British officials
B. Princely rulers
C. Indians
D. Provincial governors
Correct Answer: C
The Viceroy and Commander-in-Chief were the two principal British exceptions.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
The central feature of the plan was the reconstitution of the:
A. Federal Court
B. Viceroy's Executive Council
C. Council of State
D. Provincial governors' council
Correct Answer: B
The proposed Executive Council was the core of the Wavell Plan.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
Which phrase best describes the legal design?
A. Political Indianisation without complete constitutional sovereignty
B. Immediate independence
C. Permanent dyarchy in provinces
D. Abolition of British authority
Correct Answer: A
The plan transferred offices to Indians but preserved imperial constitutional control.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
The plan was therefore not equivalent to:
A. An Indianised executive
B. An interim arrangement
C. A representative conference
D. Full parliamentary government at the centre
Correct Answer: D
The Viceroy was not made a ceremonial head responsible to an elected legislature.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
Which body remained constitutionally above the Executive Council?
A. The Muslim League Council
B. Congress Working Committee
C. The Viceroy
D. Provincial assemblies
Correct Answer: C
The council advised and assisted the Viceroy under the existing Act.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
The plan did not prejudge whether India's future constitution would be:
A. Written by Britain alone
B. One constitution or more than one
C. Military in nature
D. Limited to provinces
Correct Answer: B
The statement referred to a future constitution or constitutions, leaving the final form open.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
If Indian leaders rejected the plan, Britain stated that:
A. Existing arrangements would continue
B. India would become independent immediately
C. Congress would form the government
D. The League would receive Pakistan
Correct Answer: A
Implementation depended on sufficient general agreement among Indian leaders.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
The Wavell Plan represented the greatest interim change considered practicable under the:
A. Lahore Resolution
B. Cabinet Mission Plan
C. Indian Independence Act
D. Existing constitution
Correct Answer: D
The British presented it as the maximum immediate advance within current law.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
Was the proposed council fully responsible to the Central Legislative Assembly?
A. Yes
B. Only on defence
C. No
D. Only after independence
Correct Answer: C
It remained an Executive Council under the Government of India Act, 1935.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
The Wavell Plan did not automatically reduce the Viceroy's:
A. Military rank
B. Existing constitutional powers
C. Foreign citizenship
D. Provincial governorship
Correct Answer: B
The proposed council remained legally the Viceroy's Executive Council.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
The Viceroy's freedom of choice among names was officially described as:
A. Unrestricted
B. Subject to Congress veto
C. Subject to League veto
D. Transferred to provincial premiers
Correct Answer: A
The official statement preserved the Viceroy's discretion.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
Who retained the legal responsibility for recommending Executive Council members?
A. Congress president
B. Muslim League president
C. Central Legislative Assembly
D. The Viceroy
Correct Answer: D
The conference could suggest names, but the Viceroy retained formal constitutional responsibility.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
Why did the Ninth Schedule need amendment?
A. To abolish the Viceroy
B. To create a federal court
C. To appoint political leaders rather than mainly career officials
D. To introduce universal franchise
Correct Answer: C
The plan sought a politically representative council.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
The Ninth Schedule normally required at least three members with:
A. Five years in Congress
B. Ten years of Crown service in India
C. Ten years in the League
D. Twenty years in the army
Correct Answer: B
This requirement would have restricted the appointment of representative political leaders.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
Which legal schedule required amendment to allow broader Executive Council appointments?
A. Ninth Schedule of the Government of India Act, 1935
B. First Schedule of the 1919 Act
C. Communal Award Schedule
D. Indian Independence Schedule
Correct Answer: A
The Ninth Schedule imposed service qualifications on some council members.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
The plan left the 1942 Cripps constitutional offer:
A. Withdrawn
B. Limited to princely states
C. Replaced by Pakistan
D. Unchanged
Correct Answer: D
The British Government stated that the Cripps offer remained open without change or qualification.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
The Wavell Plan operated within the framework of the:
A. Government of India Act, 1919
B. Indian Councils Act, 1909
C. Government of India Act, 1935
D. Indian Independence Act, 1947
Correct Answer: C
The proposed changes were to be introduced under the existing 1935 constitutional system.