Arrange the following events chronologically:
(A) Muslim League demands dissolution of Constituent Assembly.
(B) British Prime Minister, Attlee, meets some Indian leaders; talks fail.
(C) Labour Government comes into power in Britain.
(D) Cabinet Mission presents scheme for the formation of an Interim Government at the Centre.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (C), (D), (B), (A)
(C) Labour Government comes into power in Britain. — 26 July 1945. The new Labour government committed itself to granting independence to India.
(D) Cabinet Mission presents scheme for the formation of an Interim Government at the Centre. — 16 June 1946, a month after the Cabinet Mission announced its constitutional scheme (16 May 1946).
(B) British Prime Minister, Attlee, meets some Indian leaders; talks fail. — 3-6 December 1946, just before the Constituent Assembly began its sessions on 9 December 1946.
(A) Muslim League demands dissolution of Constituent Assembly. — 29 January 1947, less than two months after the Constituent Assembly began its sessions.
Tip: All four events are rows of the timeline at the end of the chapter. NTA sets whole sequence questions from these timelines, so revise them along with the text.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part III — Chapter 12: Framing the Constitution (2026-27)
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