Who prepared "C.R. Formula" to remove the political deadlock between Muslim League and Indian National Congress?

1. A

   Jawaharlal Nehru

   Jawaharlal Nehru did not draft the C.R. Formula. He was often at odds with the League, but the formula is Rajagopalachari’s.

2. B

   Rajagopalachari

   C. Rajagopalachari (C.R.) prepared the C.R. Formula (1944) to break the Congress–League deadlock: a post-war plebiscite in Muslim-majority contiguous areas after a League-supported national government. That is the official key.

3. C

   Chittaranjan Das

   Chittaranjan Das died in 1925; he is unrelated to the 1944 formula. C.R. is Rajagopalachari, not C.R. Das.

4. D

   V. P. Menon

   V.P. Menon was a transfer-of-power civil servant (later Hyderabad/Junagadh integration), not the author of the C.R. Formula.

Summary. Official key is (b) Rajagopalachari. The 1944 C.R. Formula was his proposal to the League; Gandhi later discussed it with Jinnah. It is not Nehru, C.R. Das or V.P. Menon.