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SSC CGL 2020 PYQ — Question 32

SSC CGL - 6th March 2020 Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q32

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Who among the following was NOT a minister of Cabinet Mission Plan, 1946?

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Correct answer: A

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The correct answer is option 1 i.e Lord Wavell.

  • The Cabinet Mission came to India aiming to discuss the transfer of powers from the British government to the Indian leadership, with the aim of preserving India's unity and granting its independence. 
  • Formulated at the initiative of Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the mission had Lord Pethick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India, Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, and A.V. Alexander, the First Lord of the Admiralty.
  • Lord Wavell, the Viceroy of India, did not participate in every step but was present.