The Constituent Assembly was formed under which plan?

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Correct — B, Cabinet Mission Plan. The Cabinet Mission (1946), a three-member British delegation, proposed the scheme under which the Constituent Assembly of India was constituted — its members were indirectly elected by the Provincial Legislative Assemblies, and the Assembly first met on 9 December 1946.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) The Cripps Mission (1942) offered dominion status after WWII and a separate constitution-making body, but it was rejected by both the Congress and the Muslim League, so it never led to the actual Constituent Assembly.  (c) The Simon Commission (1927) was an all-British body sent to review the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms; it was boycotted by Indian parties and had no role in forming the Constituent Assembly.  (d) Wrong — the Cabinet Mission Plan is precisely the plan that led to the Constituent Assembly's formation.

Concept: The Cabinet Mission Plan (May 1946) — proposed by three members of the British Cabinet (Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps, and A.V. Alexander) — envisaged a loose federal union and laid out the scheme for a Constituent Assembly, whose members were indirectly elected by the Provincial Legislative Assemblies through proportional representation.

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