Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
Was the Executive Council to include provincial political experience?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Only military experience
D. Only British administrative experience
Correct Answer: A
Current and former provincial premiers were invited to contribute names and experience.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
The plan sought an Executive Council resembling an:
A. Independent parliament
B. Judicial commission
C. Military council
D. Interim national government
Correct Answer: D
Most central portfolios would be held by major Indian political representatives.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
Scheduled Castes were treated in the plan as:
A. Automatically counted as Caste Hindus
B. Excluded from representation
C. A separate represented category
D. Members of the Muslim quota
Correct Answer: C
The invitation list and representation design recognised the Scheduled Castes separately.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
Which groups were expected to receive additional representation?
A. Only Europeans
B. Sikhs, Scheduled Castes and other minorities
C. Only princes
D. Only provincial governors
Correct Answer: B
The official statement sought balanced representation of the main communities.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
Did parity mean that only Muslims and Caste Hindus would be represented?
A. No
B. Yes
C. Only during wartime
D. Only in provinces
Correct Answer: A
Other important communities were also to receive representation.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
Equal proportions of Muslims and Caste Hindus were known as:
A. Dyarchy
B. Paramountcy
C. Separate electorates
D. Parity
Correct Answer: D
Parity referred to equal representation of the two principal communal categories.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1945 - Constitutional Proposals - Wavell plan
The plan proposed equal proportions of Muslims and:
A. Sikhs
B. Scheduled Castes
C. Caste Hindus
D. Indian Christians
Correct Answer: C
Parity between Muslims and Caste Hindus was a defining clause.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.