Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Polity and Constitution

Under the Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946, which one of the following correctly describes the selection of representatives to the Constituent Assembly?

  1. Representatives of British Indian provinces were directly elected on the basis of adult franchise, while those of princely states were nominated by their rulers.
  2. Representatives of both British Indian provinces and princely states were indirectly elected by their respective legislatures through proportional representation.
  3. Provincial representatives were elected by members of their respective communities in the provincial legislative assemblies through proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote, while princely-state representatives were nominated by the heads of those states.
  4. Provincial representatives were elected by the provincial legislative assemblies through simple majority voting, while princely-state representatives were nominated by the heads of those states.
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