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UPSC Prelims 2022 Paper-1 📅 05 Jun, 2022

With reference to the proposals of Cripps Mission, consider the following statements:
1. The Constituent Assembly would have members nominated by the Provincial Assemblies as well as the Princely States.
2. Any Province, which is not prepared to accept the new Constitution would have the right to sign a separate agreement with Britain regarding its future status.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A
(a) 1 only
B
(b) 2 only
C
(c) Both 1 and 2
D
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
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UPSC Prelims
2022 • 05 Jun, 2022 • Paper-1
With reference to the proposals of Cripps Mission, consider the following statements:
1. The Constituent Assembly would have members nominated by the Provincial Assemblies as well as the Princely States.
2. Any Province, which is not prepared to accept the new Constitution would have the right to sign a separate agreement with Britain regarding its future status.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer
(b) 2 only
Assembly Composition: Statement 1 is incorrect. The Cripps proposal clearly stipulated that members representing the British Indian Provinces would be *elected*......
Ref/Book : UPSC Prelims 2022
Ref. Subject History
Chapter -
Ref. Topic Modern History
Pg. No -
💡 Analysis & Explanation
Assembly Composition ▼
Statement 1 is incorrect. The Cripps proposal clearly stipulated that members representing the British Indian Provinces would be *elected* via proportional representation by the lower houses of the provincial legislatures. It was only the representatives of the Princely States who were to be strictly *nominated* by their respective rulers.
Secession Clause ▼
Statement 2 is correct. A highly controversial and pivotal clause in the proposal explicitly allowed any province unwilling to join the new Indian Union to secede, form its own separate dominion, and draft its own independent constitution in a direct treaty with the British Crown.
Conclusion ▼
Only the secession provision (Statement 2) is historically stated correctly.
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