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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2015 — General Studies · Question 29 of 200

Q29
Indian National MovementQuit India, INA & Towards Independence
In which year did the Cabinet Mission come to India?
  1. a.1942
  2. b.1945
  3. c.1946
  4. d.1947

Answer: (C) 1946

The Cabinet Mission arrived in India in March 1946. It was sent by the British government to negotiate a constitutional settlement for independent India, consisting of three Cabinet ministers: Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps, and A.V. Alexander. Its plan proposed an undivided India with a three-tier federal structure.