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Correct Answer: Option (B) — 2 only
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Standard Reference VerifiedStatement 1 is incorrect: Under the Cripps Mission (1942), the Constituent Assembly members from British provinces were to be elected via proportional representation by the lower houses of provincial legislatures, whereas representatives of Princely States were to be nominated by the rulers.
Statement 2 is correct: The proposal explicitly laid down a 'non-accession clause', allowing any province not willing to accept the new Constitution to retain its existing constitutional position or frame a separate constitution directly with Britain.
Elected legislative assemblies in provinces elect representatives via single transferable vote; autocratic princely states nominate them.
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