Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Framing the Constitution

Question:

Arrange the following events in chronological order :

(A) India got Independence
(B) Constitution of India signed
(C) Cabinet Mission
(D) Quit India Movement

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(A), (D), (B), (C)

(A), (C), (D), (B)

(B), (D), (C), (A)

(D), (C), (A), (B)

Correct Answer:

(D), (C), (A), (B)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → (D), (C), (A), (B)

(D) Quit India Movement -1942
(C) Cabinet Mission -1946
(A) India got Independence - 1947
(B) Constitution of India signed - 1949

Timeline of important events in Indian Freedom movement:

1939: Congress ministries resign
1942: Quit India Movement begins (August)
16 May 1946: Cabinet Mission announces its constitutional scheme
16 June 1946: Muslim League accepts Cabinet Mission’s constitutional scheme
16 June 1946: Cabinet Mission presents a scheme for the formation of an Interim Government at the Centre
16 August 1946: Muslim League announces Direct Action Day
2 September 1946: Congress forms Interim Government with Nehru as the Vice-President
13 October 1946: The Muslim League decides to join the Interim Government
3-6 December 1946: British Prime Minister, Attlee, meets some Indian leaders; talks fail
9 December 1946: Constituent Assembly begins its sessions
29 January 1947: Muslim League demands dissolution of Constituent Assembly
16 July 1947: Last meeting of the Interim Government
11 August 1947: Jinnah elected President of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
14 August 1947: Pakistan Independence; celebrations in Karachi
14-15 1947: August At midnight India celebrates Independence
1948: Draft Constitution was introduced.
1949: December Constitution is signed