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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2018 — General Studies · Question 62 of 200

Q62
Indian National MovementQuit India, INA & Towards Independence
The 'Break down plan' in 1946 for transfer of power to India had been proposed by
  1. a.Winston Churchill
  2. b.Viceroy Lord Wavell
  3. c.Lord Mountbatten
  4. d.Clement Attlee

Answer: (B) Viceroy Lord Wavell

Lord Wavell (Viceroy 1943-47) prepared the 'Breakdown Plan' in 1946: if no agreement was reached, the British would withdraw in phases, first from the Congress-ruled provinces and concentrate in the Muslim-majority provinces of the north-west and north-east. The Attlee government rejected it and replaced Wavell with Mountbatten. Wavell is also linked with the Wavell Plan and Simla Conference (1945); Attlee made the statement of 20 February 1947, and Churchill was a strong opponent of Indian independence.

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