Historical Background practice question for Railways, SSC, UPSC. Select an option to check your answer, read the explanation and continue practicing.
How were the representatives of the princely states to the Constituent Assembly selected under the Cabinet Mission Plan according to the source?
Correct Answerसही उत्तर
B. By the rulers of the princely statesB. रियासतों के प्रमुखों द्वारा
Explanationव्याख्या
According to the source, the representatives of the princely states to the Constituent Assembly under the Cabinet Mission Plan were to be selected by the rulers or heads of those princely states.
This is an important distinction from the method associated with representatives from British Indian provinces.
The source states that elected provincial legislatures were to be used as the electoral bodies for forming the constitution-making body, while princely-state representation followed the separate arrangement involving their rulers.
The total membership prescribed for the Constituent Assembly was 389.
Of these, 296 seats were allotted to British India and 93 representatives were to come from the princely states.
The source also mentions four representatives from Chief Commissioners' areas.
Representation in the provincial sphere was broadly calculated at one member per ten lakh population, and seats were distributed among Muslim, Sikh and General communities in proportion to their population.
Therefore, when an examination asks specifically about the selection of princely-state representatives under the source's description of the Cabinet Mission Plan, the answer is that they were selected by the rulers or heads of the princely states.
स्रोत के अनुसार कैबिनेट मिशन योजना के अंतर्गत संविधान सभा में देशी रियासतों के प्रतिनिधियों का चयन उन रियासतों के प्रमुखों अथवा शासकों द्वारा किया जाना था। यह ब्रिटिश भारतीय प्रांतों से संबंधित प्रतिनिधियों की व्यवस्था से महत्वपूर्ण रूप से अलग था। स्रोत बताता है कि संविधान निर्माण निकाय के गठन के लिए निर्वाचित प्रांतीय विधानसभाओं को निर्वाचक निकाय के रूप में उपयोग किए जाने की व्यवस्था थी, जबकि देशी रियासतों के प्रतिनिधित्व के लिए उनके शासकों से संबंधित अलग व्यवस्था थी। संविधान सभा की निर्धारित कुल सदस्य संख्या 389 थी। इनमें 296 स्थान ब्रिटिश भारत को दिए गए थे और 93 प्रतिनिधि देशी रियासतों से आने थे। स्रोत मुख्य आयुक्त क्षेत्रों के 4 प्रतिनिधियों का भी उल्लेख करता है। प्रांतीय क्षेत्र में प्रतिनिधित्व का व्यापक आधार प्रत्येक 10 लाख जनसंख्या पर एक सदस्य था तथा सीटों को मुस्लिम, सिख और सामान्य समुदायों में जनसंख्या के अनुपात में बांटा गया था। अतः सही उत्तर है—रियासतों के प्रमुखों द्वारा।
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