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UPSC 2007: Assertion (A): According to the Wavell Plan, the number of Hindu and Muslim members in the Executive Council were to be equal. Reason (R): Wavell thought that this arrangement would have avoided the partition of India.
(a)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b)Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c)A is true but R is false
(d)A is false but R is true
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (c) A is true but R is false
The Wavell Plan proposed that the Viceroy’s Executive Council be ‘Indianised’ with parity between caste-Hindu and Muslim members, so the Assertion is true. However, Wavell’s aim was to break the constitutional deadlock, not specifically to ‘avoid partition’; the plan failed and partition still followed. Thus the Reason is false while the Assertion is true. ([jagranjosh.com](https://www.jagranjosh.com/articles/ias-prelims-general-studies-solved-question-paper-2007-1307667428-1?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2007, GS Paper 1, as Question 55. It falls under Modern History > Constitutional Developments & British Plans (1909-1947).
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