The question (12 marks)
Consider the following passage and answer the questions below it. "The Wavell Plan was placed before an All Party Conference at Simla which opened on 25 June, and it failed on a dispute about a single seat. The Cabinet Mission which followed refused Pakistan and offered instead a Union confined to three subjects. Elections were held and the Constituent Assembly met in New Delhi in December." (a) Explain why the Simla Conference failed and what the dispute was really about. (b) Explain the Cabinet Mission's long-term settlement and the ground on which its recognition of communities was challenged. Correct any date in the passage that cannot stand. (12 marks)
MU Module IV, the Simla Conference, the Cabinet Mission and the Constituent Assembly; pack ch. 04.
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It tests Unit 4 · Partition and Post-Independence India of History.
Authorities you will need
- Articles 17, 46, 16(4) and 335 of the Constitution of India
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