State 5 different clauses of the Cabinet Mission.Answer

1. India would be a federation of British Indian Provinces and Princely states.
2. The Central Government would have three subjects under its jurisdiction- defence, foreign affairs and communication. The other subjects rested with the Provinces.
3. The Union would have an interim government.
4. In order to give the minorities a greater assurance the country would be divided into three groups. Group A would consist of Madras, Bombay, Uttar Pradesh, Central Provinces, Bihar and Orissa. Group B would consist of Punjab, Sind and NWFP (North-West Frontier Province). Group C would comprise Bengal and Assam.
5. A constitution making body would frame the Union Constitution.

5. How did the Congress and the Muslim League respond to the Cabinet Mission Plan?Answer (i) The Congress: The Congress accepted the proposals with reservations. It accepted only that part of the scheme
which dealt with the Constitution making. It considered the Constituent Assembly as a sovereign body for drafting
the Constitution. The Congress wanted the grouping of the Provinces as optional and not compulsory.
This was important in view of the fact that Assam in the proposed Group C had a Congress government at that time.
The Congress, however, rejected the Viceroy's offer to form an Interim Government because of its limited status and powers and also because the principle of parity with Muslim League was not acceptable to it. It was also opposed to the League's claim that it alone had the right tc nominate all the Muslim members to the Executive Council. (ii) The Muslim League: The League accepted it in its entirety on June 6, 1946 because it felt that the grouping of Muslim majority Provinces in a way meant the formation of Pakistan. The League asked Wavell, the Viceroy, to constitute an Interim Government.