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Zorluk: OrtaConstitutional Development, Framing, and Preamble

With reference to the Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946 and the composition of the Constituent Assembly of India, consider the following statements:

1. Members from British Indian provinces were directly elected on the basis of universal adult franchise.
2. Seats allocated to each province were divided among three main communities—Muslims, Sikhs, and General—in proportion to their respective populations.
3. Representatives of the Princely States were to be nominated by the heads of those states.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. A
    1 and 2 only
  2. 2 and 3 onlyCevap
  3. C
    3 only
  4. D
    1, 2, and 3

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2 and 3 only
Under the Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946, the Constituent Assembly was framed as a partly elected and partly nominated body. Representatives of British Indian provinces were elected indirectly by provincial legislative assemblies using single transferable vote. Within each province, seats were allocated to three defined communities (Muslims, Sikhs, and General) according to population proportions. Representatives from Princely States were nominated by their respective rulers. Therefore, statements 2 and 3 are correct, while statement 1 is incorrect.

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1
Evaluate Statement 1 regarding the election method of provincial representatives.
Statement 1 is incorrect. Members of the Constituent Assembly from British Indian provinces were indirectly elected by the members of the Provincial Legislative Assemblies using the system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote, not by direct universal adult franchise.
Direct election on the basis of adult suffrage was rejected at the time due to practical constraints and time limits under the Cabinet Mission Plan.
2
Evaluate Statement 2 regarding communal allocation of seats in provinces.
Statement 2 is correct. Seats allocated to each British province were divided among three principal communities—Muslims, Sikhs, and General (all except Muslims and Sikhs)—in proportion to their populations.
This communal grouping ensured representative proportion for religious groups as per the Cabinet Mission framework.
3
Evaluate Statement 3 regarding representation from Princely States.
Statement 3 is correct. The 93 seats allotted to the Princely States were to be filled by representatives nominated by the heads/rulers of the Princely States.
The Princely States were not part of British India and did not have elective legislative assemblies under the same framework, necessitating nomination by their respective rulers.

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Composition and election scheme of the Constituent Assembly under the Cabinet Mission Plan (1946)
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