Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

The Muslim League did not attend the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly on December 9, 1946. Which one of the following correctly describes the immediate constitutional consequence?

  1. The Assembly dissolved itself and transferred constitution-making authority to the Interim Government.
  2. Congress accepted compulsory grouping and postponed all discussion of sovereignty.
  3. The Assembly proceeded with a general Objectives Resolution describing an independent sovereign republic with autonomous units, minority safeguards and social, political and economic democracy.
  4. The Assembly accepted Pakistan and restricted itself to preparing a constitution for the remaining princely states.
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