Which of the following statements about the Mountbatten Plan is/are co

Which of the following statements about the Mountbatten Plan is/are correct?

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1. The elections to the Constituent Assembly were held in 1946 under the Mountbatten Plan.
2. The Muslim League’s demand for a separate Constituent Assembly was conceded in the Mountbatten Plan.

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1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Statement 1 is incorrect because the elections to the Constituent Assembly were held in 1946, based on the framework provided by the Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946. The Mountbatten Plan was announced on June 3, 1947. Statement 2 is correct because the Mountbatten Plan, also known as the 3rd June Plan, accepted the principle of Partition and conceded the Muslim League’s demand for a separate Dominion of Pakistan and consequently, a separate Constituent Assembly for Pakistan.

The Mountbatten Plan (June 3, 1947) formalized the partition of British India and the creation of India and Pakistan as independent Dominions. It superseded aspects of the Cabinet Mission Plan which had envisaged a united India with a federal structure.

The Mountbatten Plan also provided for the division of Punjab and Bengal, a referendum in NWFP and Sylhet, and the lapse of paramountcy over princely states, giving them the choice to accede to either India or Pakistan or remain independent. The Indian Independence Act, 1947, gave legal effect to the Mountbatten Plan.

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