Q. Which of the following was/were the main point/s of Cabinet Mission?
1.Accepted the demand for a full-fledged Pakistan.
2.Grouping of existing provincial assemblies into three sections.
3.A constituent assembly was to be elected by provincial assemblies by proportional representation.
Choose the correct answer from below given codes:
Answer: D
Notes:
Explanation: Rejection of the demand for a full-fledged Pakistan, because –
- the Pakistan so formed would include a large non-Muslim population—38 per cent in the North-West and 48 per cent in the North-East.
- the very principle of communal self-determination would claim separation of Hindu-majority western Bengal and Sikh- and Hindu-dominated Ambala and Jullundur divisions of Punjab.
Grouping of existing provincial assemblies into three sections:
- Section-A: Madras, Bombay, Central Provinces, United Provinces, Bihar and Orissa (Hindu-majority provinces)
- Section-B: Punjab, North-West Frontier Province and Sindh (Muslim-majority provinces)
- Section-C: Bengal and Assam (Muslim-majority provinces).
A constituent assembly was to be elected by provincial assemblies by proportional representation (voting in three groups—General, Muslims, Sikhs). This constituent assembly would be a 389-member body with provincial assemblies sending 292, chief commissioner’s provinces sending 4, and princely states sending 93 members.
Source: Spectrum Modern India
