Arrange the following in their chronological sequence: i. Cripps Mission ii.…

Chronological-arrangement questions test whether you can date each named event or reform individually and then order them earliest to latest — the numbering used in the question (i, ii, iii, iv) is only a labelling convention for the options, not a hint about the true timeline.

Dating each of the four constitutional developments and missions individually gives:

1. Cripps Mission — sent in 1942 during the Second World War to negotiate Indian political cooperation.

2. Montagu–Chelmsford Report — submitted in July 1918, leading to the Government of India Act, 1919.

3. Simon Commission — appointed in November 1927 and arrived in India in 1928 to review constitutional progress.

4. Morley–Minto Reforms (Indian Councils Act) — enacted in 1909, introducing separate electorates and expanding legislative councils.

Ordering these four dates from earliest to latest places the Morley–Minto Reforms (1909) first, followed by the Montagu–Chelmsford Report (1918), then the Simon Commission (1927–28), and finally the Cripps Mission (1942) — that is, the sequence iv, ii, iii, i.

Each event falls in a distinct decade with no overlap (1900s, 1910s, late 1920s, 1940s), so this ordering is unambiguous; it is corroborated by British parliamentary and archival records of the period.