Historical Background practice question for Railways, SSC, UPSC. Review the correct answer and explanation, then continue with related practice below.
Under the Cabinet Mission Plan, seats allotted to each British Indian province were distributed among how many communities according to the source?
Correct Answerसही उत्तर
B. ThreeB. तीन
Explanationव्याख्या
According to the source, seats allotted to each British Indian province under the Cabinet Mission Plan were distributed among three communities: Muslim, Sikh and General.
The distribution was to be made in proportion to the population of these communities.
This arrangement formed part of the broader scheme for constituting the Constituent Assembly.
The total strength prescribed by the Cabinet Mission was 389.
The source states that 296 seats were allotted to British India and 93 representatives were to come from princely states.
Representation was broadly determined at the rate of one member for every ten lakh population.
The representatives from princely states were to be selected by the rulers of those states.
The Cabinet Mission arrived in India in March 1946 and its three members were Stafford Cripps, Pethick-Lawrence and A.
V.
Alexander.
The source associates the Mission with recognition of the constitution-making body.
For objective examinations, candidates should remember both the number and names of the communities because options may substitute another community.
According to this source, the three categories were Muslim, Sikh and General.
स्रोत के अनुसार कैबिनेट मिशन योजना के अंतर्गत प्रत्येक ब्रिटिश भारतीय प्रांत को आवंटित सीटों को तीन समुदायों—मुस्लिम, सिख और सामान्य—के बीच बांटा जाना था। इन सीटों का वितरण संबंधित समुदायों की जनसंख्या के अनुपात में किया जाता था। यह व्यवस्था संविधान सभा के गठन की व्यापक योजना का हिस्सा थी। कैबिनेट मिशन द्वारा निर्धारित संविधान सभा की कुल सदस्य संख्या 389 थी। स्रोत के अनुसार 296 स्थान ब्रिटिश भारत के लिए निर्धारित थे और 93 प्रतिनिधि देशी रियासतों से लिए जाने थे। प्रतिनिधित्व का व्यापक आधार प्रत्येक 10 लाख जनसंख्या पर एक सदस्य था। देशी रियासतों के प्रतिनिधियों का चयन उन रियासतों के शासकों द्वारा किया जाना था। कैबिनेट मिशन मार्च 1946 में भारत आया था और इसके तीन सदस्य स्टैफर्ड क्रिप्स, पैथिक लॉरेंस और ए. वी. अलेक्जेंडर थे। वस्तुनिष्ठ परीक्षाओं के लिए समुदायों की संख्या के साथ उनके नाम भी याद रखें—मुस्लिम, सिख और सामान्य।
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