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Person Lord Wavell
Asked 3 times across 3 UPSC exams over 5 years (2015–2020), peaking in 2015.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 3 PYQs
- Most asked in 2015
- Recurs across 2 years (2015–2020)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CAPF 2015 → EPFO 2020
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (2 of 3) predate 2016, and it still returns.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
EPFO2020
Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission ?
- A Pethick-Lawrence
- B Stafford Cripps
- C A.V. Alexander
- D Lord Wavell ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CAPF2015
Which one of the following statements concerning the Freedom and Partition of India is NOT correct ?
- A In February 1947, British Prime Minister Attlee announced that the British were not going to transfer power to Indians, come what may ✓
- B Lord Wavell advocated total withdrawal of the British from India by 31 March, 1948
- C It was Lord Mountbatten who speeded up the process of transfer of power
- D The Plan Balkan was abandoned on account of Nehru's opposition to it
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CSE
Assertion (A)According to the Wavell Plan, the number of Hindu and Muslim members in the Executive Council were to be equal
Reason (R)W avell thought that this arrangement would have avoided the partition of India
- A Both A are Rare true but R is the correct explanation of A.
- B Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
- C A is true but R is false ✓
- D A is false but R is true
✓ Correct answer: (C)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
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