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Topic Transfer of power
Asked 5 times across 2 UPSC exams, peaking in 2024.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 4 of 5 PYQs
- Most asked in 2024
- Recurs across 1 years (2024–2024)
Across exams
CSE · 4CDS · 1How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (4 of 5) predate 2016, and it still returns.
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Sample questions
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CDS2024
Which of the following statements about Cabinet Mission are correct ?
- It was sent to India in 1946 to negotiate the transfer of power with the Indian leaders
- It proposed a two-tiered federal plan while conceding the largest measure of regional autonomy
- There was to be a federation of provinces and states, alongside a federal centre
- The individual provinces were allowed to form regional unions to which they could surrender some of their powers by mutual agreement. Select the answer
using the code given below :
- A 1 and 3 only
- B 1, 2 and 4 only
- C 2, 3 and 4 only
- D 1, 2, 3 and 4 ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CSE
Who headed the Interim Cabinet formed in the year 1946?
- A Rajendra Prasad
- B Jawaharlal Nehru ✓
- C Sardar Valabhbhai Patel
- D Rajagopalachari
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CSE
When the Indian Muslim League was inducted into the interim govermnent in 1946, Liyaqat Ali Khan was assigned the portfolio of
- A Foreign affairs
- B Home
- C Finance ✓
- D Defence
✓ Correct answer: (C)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
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