UPSC Civil Services Model Paper 2

● The Cabinet Mission 1946 recommended an undivided India and turned down the Muslim league's demand for a separate Pakistan. Hence statement 1 is not correct.
● The cabinet mission plan of 1946 proposed that there shall be a Union of India which was to be empowered to deal with the defence, foreign affairs and communications.
◦ It provided that all the members of the Interim cabinet would be Indians and there would be minimum interference by the Viceroy.
◦ All subjects other than the Union subjects and all the residuary powers would be vested in the provinces. Hence statement 3 is correct.
◦ The Princely states would retain all subjects and all residuary powers.
◦ The representation of the Provincial legislatures was to be broken up into 3 sections.
→ Section A: Madras, UP, Central provinces, Bombay, Bihar & Orissa Section B: Punjab, Sindh, NWFP, Baluchistan Section C: Assam and Bengal.
◦ Recognition of Indian Right to cede from the Commonwealth. Hence statement 2 is correct.