Multiple choice

The nationalist's demand for a Constituent Assembly was for the first time conceded by the British government though indirect and with reservation in the

  1. Cripps proposals

  2. August offer

  3. Cabinet Mission Plan

  4. Act of 1935
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The August Offer of 1940 was the first time the British government officially conceded the nationalist demand for a Constituent Assembly, though indirectly and with reservations. Viceroy Linlithgow announced that after WWII, a representative body would be convened to frame India's new constitution. The Cripps Proposals (1942) and Cabinet Mission Plan (1946) came later and made more concrete offers. The Government of India Act 1935 was a pre-war constitutional framework.

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