State PCS PYQPrelims 2022

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · Question 67

Who among these was NOT a member of the Cabinet Mission sent to India in 1946?

  1. Ramsay MacDonald
  2. A.V. Alexander
  3. Lord Pethick-Lawrence
  4. Sir Stafford Cripps
  5. None of the above / More than one of the above
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Answer: (A) Ramsay MacDonald

Explanation

The Cabinet Mission comprised Pethick-Lawrence, Cripps and A.V. Alexander.

  • (A) Correct

    Correct: MacDonald (Communal Award, 1932) was not a member.

  • (B) Incorrect

    Wrong: a member.

  • (C) Incorrect

    Wrong: led the mission.

  • (D) Incorrect

    Wrong: a member.

  • (E) Incorrect

    Wrong: only one of the options A–D is correct.