Pakistan Studies MCQ #36672

A student confuses three 1940s plans. Which description best matches the Cabinet Mission Plan that Jinnah's strategy wrestled with?

Pakistan Studies MCQ #36672

  1. Question 1

    Q1. A student confuses three 1940s plans. Which description best matches the Cabinet Mission Plan that Jinnah's strategy wrestled with?

    • A) A long-term proposal for a loose federal India with grouped provinces and a weak centre
    • B) A permanent award fixing Punjab's language policy for fifty years
    • C) A French-style presidential system for Bengal alone
    • D) A plan to merge all princely states into Portugal

    Answer: A long-term proposal for a loose federal India with grouped provinces and a weak centre

    Explanation: The Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946 proposed keeping India united under a loose three-tier federal structure: an all-India union handling defence, foreign affairs, and communications; autonomous provinces; and groups of provinces (including a Muslim-majority northwestern group) with their own executives and legislatures.