Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist movement

Question:

Arrange the following events in chronological order.

A. Signing of the Constitution.
B. General elections in India.
C. Muslim League announces Direction Action Day.
D. Last meeting of Interim Government.
E. India celebrates Independence.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

C, D, A, B, E

B, C, D, E, A

D, C, A, B, E

C, B, D, E, A

Correct Answer:

B, C, D, E, A

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → B, C, D, E, A

The correct chronological order is:

B. December 1945: General elections in India.
C. 16 August 1946: Muslim League announces Direction Action Day.
D. 16 July 1947: Last meeting of Interim Government.
E. 14-15 August 1947 :India celebrates Independence.
A. 1949 December: Signing of the Constitution.

Timeline of important events in the Indian Freedom movement:

December 1945 -January 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
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