ICSE-X-HistCivics
Previous Year Paper year:2017
- #8-a [3]State three provisions of the Gandhi Irwin pact as a result of the Civil Disobedience
Movement. (b) How did the Congress and the Muslim League respond to the Cabinet Mission Plan? (c) Mention any four clauses of the Cabinet Mission Plan.Ans : Three provisions of the Gandhi Irwin pact were:
(i) The Congress agreed to suspend the Civil Disobedience Movement and
participate in the Second Round Table Conference.
(ii) The government agreed to withdraw all ordinances and end prosecutions.
(iii) It also agreed to release all political prisoners except those who were guilty
of violence. (b) The Congress accepted the proposals of the Cabinet Mission Plan with some
reservations. It accepted the part of the Plan which declared the Constituent making
body as sovereign. It however wanted the grouping of Provinces as optional and not
compulsory.
The Muslim League accepted the Cabinet Mission Plan because it grouped the
Muslim majority provinces together which the League felt was a means to form a
separate state of Pakistan. (c) Four clauses of the Cabinet Mission Plan were:
(i) The Cabinet mission proposed the formation of the federal union of the
British Provinces and princely states in India. The Central Government was
to have control of the defence, foreign affairs and communications in the
country.
(ii) It was laid down that the Indian Union was to have its own executive and
legislature and Provinces had the power to enjoy complete autonomy for all
subjects other than union subjects.
(iii) The British Provinces were to be divided into groups. There were three
major groups and a province could opt out of any group and join another by a
majority of votes.
(iv) It proposed the setting up of a Constituent Assembly to frame the
Constitution of India. It was to consist of 389 members. The members were
to be elected by the Provincial Legislative Assemblies.
- #8-b [3]How did the Congress and the Muslim League respond to the Cabinet Mission Plan?Ans : The Congress accepted the proposals of the Cabinet Mission Plan with some
reservations. It accepted the part of the Plan which declared the Constituent making
body as sovereign. It however wanted the grouping of Provinces as optional and not
compulsory.
The Muslim League accepted the Cabinet Mission Plan because it grouped the
Muslim majority provinces together which the League felt was a means to form a
separate state of Pakistan.
- #8-c [4]Mention any four clauses of the Cabinet Mission Plan.Ans : Four clauses of the Cabinet Mission Plan were:
(i) The Cabinet mission proposed the formation of the federal union of the
British Provinces and princely states in India. The Central Government was
to have control of the defence, foreign affairs and communications in the
country.
(ii) It was laid down that the Indian Union was to have its own executive and
legislature and Provinces had the power to enjoy complete autonomy for all
subjects other than union subjects.
(iii) The British Provinces were to be divided into groups. There were three
major groups and a province could opt out of any group and join another by a
majority of votes.
(iv) It proposed the setting up of a Constituent Assembly to frame the
Constitution of India. It was to consist of 389 members. The members were
to be elected by the Provincial Legislative Assemblies.