Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Framing the Constitution

Question:

Arrange the following in a chronological order :

(A) Cabinet Mission comes to India.
(B) Labour Government comes to power in Britain.
(C) Constituent Assembly begins its sessions.
(D) Muslim League announces Direct Action Day.
(E) Constitution of India is signed.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer:

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

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → (B), (A), (D), (C), (E)

The correct chronological order is:

(B) 26 July 1945: Labour Government comes to power in Britain.
(A) 16 May 1946: Cabinet Mission comes to India.
(D) 16 August 1946: Muslim League announces Direct Action Day.
(C) 9 December 1946: Constituent Assembly begins its sessions.
(E) December 1949: Constitution of India is signed.

Timeline of important events in the Indian Freedom movement:

1942: Quit India Movement begins (August)
26 July 1945: Labour Government comes into power in Britain
December January (1945-46): General Elections in India
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 or The Great Calcutta Killings
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 August 1947 : At midnight India celebrates Independence
December 1949: Constitution is signed