Match List-I with List-II:
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List- I |
List- II |
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(A) 1947 |
(I) Last meeting of the Interim Government |
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(B) 1949 |
(II) Cabinet Mission Scheme is presented |
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(C) 1946 |
(III) Constitution is signed |
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(D) 1945 |
(IV) Labour Government in Britain |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
(2) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)
(3) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
(4) (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option 1 - 1 [ (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)]
The correct match is:
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List- I |
List- II |
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(A) 1947 |
(I) Last meeting of the Interim Government |
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(B) 1949 |
(III) Constitution is signed |
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(C) 1946 |
(II) Cabinet Mission Scheme is presented |
|
(D) 1945 |
(IV) Labour Government in Britain |
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