Modern History PYQ 489 of 636 · Cabinet Mission Plan (1946)

Who was not the member of the Cabinet Mission?

  1. APethick Lawrence
  2. BWavell
  3. CStafford Cripps
  4. DA.V. Alexander
  5. ENone of the above/More than one of the above

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Correct answer: (b) Wavell

Explanation

The Cabinet Mission arrived at Karachi (then in India) on 23 March, 1946. It reached Delhi on 24 March, 1946. Its chairman was Lord Pethick-Lawrence (Secretary of State for India), and the other two members were Stafford Cripps (President of the Board of Trade) and A.V. Alexander (First Lord of the Admiralty).

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