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The Cabinet Mission in India was not headed by ________.

  1. Stafford Cripps

  2. A.V. Alexander

  3. Lord Pethick Lawrence

  4. Hugh Gaitskell
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Cabinet Mission of 1946 consisted of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps, and A.V. Alexander. Hugh Gaitskell was not a member of this mission.

Multiple choice civics political development in india cabinet mission freedom and partition of india prominent leaders in indian freedom movement

Who faced the daunting task of drawing the boundaries for the new nations of Pakistan and India? 

  1. Stafford Cripps

  2. Cyril John Radcliffe

  3. Louis Mountbatten

  4. William Peel
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The partition involved the division of three provinces, Assam, Bengal, and Punjab, based on district-wide Hindu or Muslim majorities. The boundary demarcating India and Pakistan became known as the Radcliffe Line. It was named after its architect, Sir Cyril Radcliffe, who, as the joint chairman of the two boundary commissions for the two provinces, received the responsibility to equitably divide 450,000 km of territory with 88 million people.