With reference to 8th August, 1942 in Indian history, which one of the following statements is correct?
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Answer C (official UPSC key)8th August, 1942 → Quit India Resolution passed by the Congress
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Quit India, INA & Road to Independence and Partition: 117 previous year questions
UPSC has asked 117 questions on Quit India, INA & Road to Independence and Partition between 1979 and 2026: CSE 62 · CDS 20 · CAPF 12 · NDA 7 · CISF (LDCE) 5 · Geo-Scientist 4 · EPFO (AO/EO) 4 · EPFO (APFC) 3. 50 of them came after 2015, so this is a live topic examiners keep returning to. 62 were set in Civil Services Prelims; the rest come from UPSC's other papers, which draw on the same question bank.
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Arrange the following events in the correct chronological order: 1. Formation of the Azad Hind Government 2. Setting up of the Indian Legion 3. Beginning of the INA Trials 4. The Bombay Naval Strike Select the correct answer using the code given below.
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Answer A (official UPSC key)In order → Indian Legion → Azad Hind Government → INA Trials → Bombay Naval Strike
Who among the following was responsible for demarcating the borders between India and Pakistan during the partition in 1947?
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Answer A (official UPSC key)Demarcated the India–Pakistan borders (1947) → Cyril Radcliffe
Matangini Hazra and Lakshman Naik sacrificed their lives in :
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Matangini Hazra and Lakshman Naik died in → Quit India Movement
Who among the following commanders was not tried in the INA trials in the Red Fort, Delhi?
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Not tried in the INA Red Fort trials → Mohan Singh
Consider the following events leading to the Indian Independence : 1. Lucknow Pact 2. Return of Subhash Chandra Bose to India 3. Cripps Mission 4. Naval Mutiny in Bombay Select the chronological sequence of these events (earliest to latest) from the code given below :
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Answer C (official UPSC key)In order → Lucknow Pact (1916) → Bose's return to India (1936) → Cripps Mission → Naval Mutiny in Bombay
Which of the following statements about Cabinet Mission are correct ? 1. It was sent to India in 1946 to negotiate the transfer of power with the Indian leaders. 2. It proposed a two-tiered federal plan while conceding the largest measure of regional autonomy. 3. There was to be a federation of provinces and states, alongside a federal centre 4. The individual provinces were allowed to form regional unions to which they could surrender some of their powers by mutual agreement. Select the answer using the code given below:
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Cabinet Mission → sent in 1946 to negotiate transfer of power; two-tier federal plan with regional autonomy; federation of provinces and states with a federal centre; provinces could form regional unions
Consider the following statements about the „Quit India‟ Resolution of 1942 1. Its text was carefully drafted to make it clear that it put India among the countries at war with the Axis Powers and fully aligned with the Allied Powers (United Nations). 2. It called upon Britain to immediately hand over power to an Indian Provisional Government composed of representatives of all sections of the population. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Quit India Resolution → hand power to an Indian Provisional Government of all sections | NOT: aligned India with the Allies against the Axis
Who among the following was the last Governor-General of India before the office was permanently abolished ?
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Last Governor-General of India → Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
Freedom Fighter Kanaklata Barua sacrificed her life while participating in
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Kanaklata Barua died in → Quit India Movement
Who among the following political leaders suggested the dissolution of the Indian National Congress as a political organization and its replacement by a Lok Sevak Sangh?
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Suggested replacing the Congress with a Lok Sevak Sangh → M. K. Gandhi
Who among the following is the author of the book ‗The Indian Struggle 1920 -1942‘ 2
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Answer B (official UPSC key)'The Indian Struggle 1920-1942' → Subhas Chandra Bose
Freedom fighter Agadhu Samantra (Orissa) served the British-Indian Army. Later on he left the British service to join the Indian National Army (INA) in 1942. Where was he deputed by INA as a Naik in the First Bahadur Group?
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Agadhu Samantra, INA Naik, First Bahadur Group → Burma Front
Where was Azad Hind Fauj (INA) formed ?
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Answer A (official UPSC key)Azad Hind Fauj formed → Singapore
Freedom fighter Kanaklata Barua was martyred in:
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Kanaklata Barua martyred in → Quit India Movement
“...the immediate ending of British rule in India is an urgent necessity...” was a resolution of
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Answer B (official UPSC key)'Immediate ending of British rule... an urgent necessity' → Quit India Movement
Who among the following is the author of the famous partition narrative, The Other Side of Silence?
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Answer B (official UPSC key)The Other Side of Silence → Urvashi Butalia
Which one of the following statements about the Tufan Dals of 1943 is not correct?
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Answer A (official UPSC key)NOT correct about the Tufan Dals (per key) → blew up railway bridges | Ran people's courts; constructive work; part of the Prati Sarkar
With reference to the proposals of Cripps Mission, consider the following statements: [2022] 1. The Constituent Assembly would have members nominated by the Provincial Assemblies as well as the Princely States. 2. Any Province, which is not prepared to accept the new Constitution would have the right to sign a separate agreement with Britain regarding its future status. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Cripps: a Province rejecting the Constitution could sign a separate agreement with Britain | NOT: Constituent Assembly members nominated by Provincial Assemblies
Which of the following statements about the Unionist Party is/are correct? 1. It was a political party representing the interests of landholders in Punjab. 2. It was opposed to the idea of the partition of India as India and Pakistan. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Unionist Party → Punjab landholders' interests; opposed partition
In 1943, young leaders in which one of the following districts of Maharashtra set up a parallel Government (prati sarkar) with volunteer corps (seva dals) and village units (tufan dals) ?
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Prati sarkar with seva dals and tufan dals (1943) → Satara
Which one of the following statements about the Cripps Mission is not correct?
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Answer D (official UPSC key)NOT correct about Cripps → Britain could separately arrange with acceding provinces
Who among the following was the President of the Indian National Congress at the time of independence of India ?
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Congress President at independence → J.B. Kripalani
Who produced the Pirpur Report (1938) ?
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Answer A (official UPSC key)Pirpur Report (1938) → Muslim League
“Forward Block” party was formed in 1940 in the state of:
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Answer A (official UPSC key)Forward Bloc formed (1940) in → West Bengal
With reference to 8th August 1942 in Indian history, which one of the following statements is correct? [2021]
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Answer A (official UPSC key)8th August 1942 → Quit India Resolution adopted by the AICC
In the context of Colonial India, Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon are remembered as [2021]
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal, Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon → officers of the Indian National Army
The State of Hyderabad in the Deccan officially acceded to the Indian Union in the year
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Answer A (official UPSC key)Hyderabad acceded to the Indian Union → 1948
With whom did Subhas Chandra Bose form an alliance to destroy the Holwell Monument in Calcutta during 1939-40?
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Bose's ally against the Holwell Monument (1939-40) → The Muslim League
Who among the following moved the motion of Secret Sitting Session of the Assembly (1942)?
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Answer A (official UPSC key)Moved the Secret Sitting Session motion (1942) → M. S. Aney
The principle that the framing of the new Constitution for independent India should be primarily (though not solely) the responsibility of Indians themselves, was for the first time conceded in the
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Indians' responsibility to frame the Constitution first conceded → August Offer of Viceroy Linlithgow
According to which one of the following plans/reports, the decision with regard to the partition of Punjab and Bengal was to be taken on the basis of voting of the Members of the respective Legislative Assemblies ?
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Partition of Punjab and Bengal decided by legislators' vote → Mountbatten plan
Which politician in British India had opposed to a Pakistan that would mean ―Muslim Raj here and Hindu Raj elsewhere‖?
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Opposed Pakistan as 'Muslim Raj here and Hindu Raj elsewhere' → Sikandar Hayat Khan
The Congress leader Swami Ramananda Tirtha was active in the freedom struggle in which of the following Princely States?
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Swami Ramananda Tirtha active in → Hyderabad
The basis of the failed Gandhi-Jinnah Talks of 1944 was
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Basis of the Gandhi-Jinnah Talks of 1944 → Rajagopalachari Formula
In 1942, the Prati Sarkar was started in
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Prati Sarkar (1942) → Satara in Maharashtra
Which of the following legislatures passed the Indian Independence Act, 1947?
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Answer A (official UPSC key)Passed the Indian Independence Act, 1947 → The British Parliament
Who among the following historians have described the Quit India movement as a „spontaneous revolution‟ ?
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Quit India a 'spontaneous revolution' → F G Hutchins
Which of the following statements about India‟s Independence is/are correct? 1. The formal transfer of power on 15th August, 1947 heralding India‘s Independence was announced by Lord Mountbatten. 2. Mahatma Gandhi was not present at the festivities in the capital on 15th August, 1947. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Transfer of power (15th August, 1947) announced by Lord Mountbatten; Gandhi absent from the capital's festivities
Which one of the following is not a characteristic feature of the Indian Independence Act, 1947?
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Answer B (official UPSC key)NOT a feature of the Indian Independence Act, 1947 → Constitution laid down by the British Parliament's will
Subhas Chandra Bose started the ‗Azad Hind Radio‘ in which of the following countries?
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Azad Hind Radio started in → Germany
Which political party formally accepted the Cabinet Mission Plan on 6th June, 1946. which had rejected the demand for a sovereign Pakistan?
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Formally accepted the Cabinet Mission Plan on 6th June, 1946 → The Muslim League
Why did the Congress declare 9th May to be ‘Ethiopia Day’?
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Congress's 'Ethiopia Day' (9th May) → Italy's 1936 attack; Ethiopian resistance a freedom struggle
With reference to the Indian freedom struggle, consider the following events : 1. Mutiny in Royal Indian Navy 2. Quit India Movement launched 3. Second Round Table Conference What is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?
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Answer C (official UPSC key)In order → Second Round Table Conference → Quit India → Royal Indian Navy mutiny
Which of the following was/were the features of the Quit India Movement ? 1. From the very beginning, it was a rural revolt 2. It was essentially a moderate movement 3. It was marked by the unprecedented use of violence 4. It was marked by acute state repression Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Quit India → unprecedented violence; acute state repression | NOT: rural from the beginning | NOT: moderate
The plan of Sir Stafford Cripps envisaged that after the Second World War
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Cripps plan after the War → Dominion status for India
Which of the following represents the main phases of the Quit India Movement ? 1. Strikes, boycotts, and picketing in urban centres 2. Widespread attacks in rural areas on the many symbols and means of colonial rule and authority, e.g. railways, telegraph lines, and Government buildings 3. Formation of Home Rule leagues 4. The ‗Karnataka method‘ Select the correct answer using the code given below :
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Quit India phases → urban strikes, boycotts, picketing; rural attacks on symbols of colonial rule; 'Karnataka method' | NOT: Home Rule leagues
The proposals of the Cabinet Mission did NOT include : 1. a three-tier structure for the Union of India, with both the Provinces and the Princely States 2. formation of a Constituent Assembly 3. creation of a sovereign Pakistan with six Muslim-majority provinces Select the correct answer using the code given below :
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Answer B (official UPSC key)NOT in the Cabinet Mission → sovereign Pakistan of six Muslim-majority provinces
Which one of the following statements concerning the Freedom and Partition of India is NOT correct ?
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Answer A (official UPSC key)NOT correct → Attlee (February 1947) said the British would not transfer power
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists: List – I (Person) List – II (Political Party) A. B.R. Ambedkar 1. Pakistan Muslim League B. Sikander Hayat Khan 2. Krishak Praja Party C. Fazlul Huq 3. Unionist Party D. Khaliquzzaman 4. Independent Labour Party Code 4, B-2, C-3, D-1 A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1 A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4
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Answer B (official UPSC key)B.R. Ambedkar : Independent Labour Party; Sikander Hayat Khan : Unionist Party; Fazlul Huq : Krishak Praja Party; Khaliquzzaman : Pakistan Muslim League
The Radcliffe Committee was appointed to
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Radcliffe Committee → delimit the India–Pakistan boundaries
‗India would be far more reliable as a base for operations. Moreover, the prospect of a settlement will be greatly enhanced by the disappearance of Gandhi, who had for years torpedoed every attempt at a settlement.‘ The above statement was made by the British in the context of
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Answer C (official UPSC key)'Disappearance of Gandhi' British statement → Quit India Movement
Quit India Movement was launched in response to [2013]
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Quit India launched in response to → Cripps Proposals
Consider the following statement : ―India would be far more reliable as a base for operations. Moreover the prospect of a settlement will be greatly enhanced by the disappearance of Gandhi, who had for years torpedoed every attempt at a settlement.‖ The above statement was made by the British in the context of
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Answer C (official UPSC key)'Disappearance of Gandhi' British statement → Quit India Movement
The Cabinet Mission Plan for India envisaged a
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Cabinet Mission Plan envisaged → Union of States
Consider the following Statements Statement I: The US Army built the historic Stilwell Road in 1943 running from Ledo in Assam to the ' China-Burma Road. Statement II: The objective was to form a link with the Bengal-Assam Railway and carry support for the US and the UK warfare against Japan. Code
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Answer A (official UPSC key)US Army built the Stilwell Road (1943), Ledo to the China-Burma Road | To link the Bengal-Assam Railway and supply the war against Japan | II explains I
Consider the following statement and identify with the help of the codes given below, the person who made the statement ‗It would be quite impossible for a few hundred British to administer against the active opposition of the whole of the politically minded of the population.
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Answer B (official UPSC key)'Impossible for a few hundred British to administer...' → Clement Attlee, January 1947, letter to Ernest Bevin
With reference to the Indian freedom struggle, Usha Mehta is well-known for? [2011]
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Answer A (official UPSC key)Usha Mehta → secret Congress radio in the Quit India movement
Which one of the following observations is not true about the Quit India Movement of 1942?
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Answer A (official UPSC key)NOT true of Quit India (1942) → a non-violent movement
October 26, 1947 is an important date in the Indian history, because of
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Answer A (official UPSC key)October 26, 1947 → Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession
Who drafted the Constitution of Muslim League, ‗The Green Book‘?
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Drafted the Muslim League's 'Green Book' → Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar
When Lord Mountbatten became the first Governor- General of India, who among the following became the Governor-General for Pakistan?
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Governor-General of Pakistan → Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Who among the following were official Congress negotiators with Cripps Mission? [2010]
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Official Congress negotiators with Cripps → Pandit Nehru and Maulana Azad
After Quit India Movement, C. Rajagopalachari issued a pamphlet entitled "The Way Out". Which one of the following was proposed in this pamphlet? [2010]
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Rajagopalachari's 'The Way Out' → a solution for the constitutional deadlock
With which one of the following movements is the slogan ―Do or die‖ associated? [2009]
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Answer D (official UPSC key)'Do or die' → Quit India Movement
Who of the following Prime Ministers sent Cripps Mission to India? [2009]
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Sent the Cripps Mission → Winston Churchill
During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organizer of underground activity in: [2009]
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Aruna Asaf Ali, underground organiser → Quit India Movement
Consider the following statements: The Cripps Proposals include the provision for 1. Full independence for India. 2. Creation of constitution-making body. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Cripps Proposals → constitution-making body | NOT: full independence
Who suggested the reconstitution of the Viceroy Executive Council in which all the Portfolios including that of War Members were to be held by the Indian leaders? [2008]
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Viceroy's Council with all portfolios incl. War held by Indians → Shimla Conference
During the Indian Freedom Struggle, who of the following raised an army called ‗Free Indian Legion‘? [2008]
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Raised the 'Free Indian Legion' → Subhas Chandra Bose
Assertion (A): According to the Wavell Plan, the number of Hindu and Muslim members in the Executive Council was to be equal. Reason (R): Wavell thought that this arrangement would have avoided the partition of India.
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Wavell Plan → equal Hindu and Muslim members in the Executive Council | NOT: meant to avoid partition
Which Portfolio was held by Dr. Rajendra Prasad in the Interim Government formed in the year 1946? [2006]
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Rajendra Prasad's portfolio, Interim Government (1946) → Food and Agriculture
Which party was founded by Subhash Chandra Bose in the year 1939 after he broke away from Congress? [2005]
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Party founded by Subhash Chandra Bose in 1939 → Forward Bloc
Consider the following statements: 1. Lord Mountbatten was the Viceroy when the Shimla conference took place. 2. Indian Navy Revolt, 1946 took place when the Indian sailors in the Royal Indian Navy at Bombay and Karachi rose against the Government. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Navy Revolt, 1946 at Bombay and Karachi | NOT: Mountbatten Viceroy at the Shimla conference (Wavell)
Consider the following statements: On the eve of the launch of the Quit India Movement, Mahatma Gandhi: 1. asked the government servants to resign. 2. asked the soldiers to leave their posts. 3. asked the Princes of the Princely states to accept the sovereignty of their own people. Which of the statement given above is/are correct?
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Answer C (official UPSC key)On the eve of Quit India, Gandhi asked Princes to accept their people's sovereignty | NOT: government servants to resign | NOT: soldiers to leave posts
During the World War II, Indian soldiers fought heroically in the Battle at Monte Cassino. Where is Monte Cassino located?
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Monte Cassino → Italy
Consider the following statements : According to the Mountbatten Plan 1. the Union of India and Pakistan were to be granted freedom not later than June, 1948. 2. the Legislative Assembly of Sindh was to decide whether it wanted to join the Constituent Assembly of India or not. 3. Baluchistan was to decide whether it wanted to stay with the Indian Union or become separate. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Mountbatten Plan → Sindh's Assembly to decide on joining India's Constituent Assembly | NOT: freedom by June 1948 | NOT: Baluchistan choice of Indian Union
An important aspect of the Cripps Mission of 1942 was: [2003]
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Cripps Mission of 1942 → Indian Union with Dominion status soon after the War
With reference to the Indian freedom struggle, which one of the following statements is not correct? [2003]
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Answer D (official UPSC key)NOT correct → Karachi session (1931) opposed the Gandhi-Irwin Pact
Who headed the Interim Cabinet formed in the year 1946? [2003]
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Headed the Interim Cabinet (1946) → Jawaharlal Nehru
The last opportunity to avoid the partition of India was lost with the rejection of [2002]
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Last opportunity to avoid partition lost with → rejection of the Cabinet Mission
The President of the Indian National Congress at the time of partition of India was: [2002]
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Congress President at partition → J. B. Kripalani
The Balkan Plan for fragmentation of India was the brainchild of:
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Balkan Plan → Lord Mountbatten
At the time of partition of India, which one of the following provinces of British India came forward with a plan for a united and independent existence?
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Answer A (official UPSC key)Province with a plan for united, independent existence (per key) → Punjab
Assertion (A): Lord Linlithgo described the August Movement of 1942 as the most serious revolt after the Sepoy mutiny. Reason (R): Peasants joined the movement in large numbers in some places.
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Answer A (official UPSC key)Linlithgow: August Movement of 1942 the most serious revolt after the Sepoy mutiny | Peasants joined in large numbers | R explains A
As an alternative to the partition of India, Gandhiji suggested to Mountbatten that he:
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Gandhiji's alternative to partition → invite Jinnah to form the government
The Indian National Army (I.N.A.) came into existence in 1943 in: [2000]
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Answer C (official UPSC key)I.N.A. came into existence (1943) in → Singapore
Assertion (A): Lord Linlithgow described the August Movement of 1942 as the most serious rebellion since Sepoy Mutiny. Reason (R): There was a massive upsurge of the peasantry in certain areas. [1999]
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Answer A (official UPSC key)Linlithgow: August Movement of 1942 the most serious rebellion since the Sepoy Mutiny | Massive peasant upsurge in some areas | R explains A
Which one of the following leaders of the Congress was totally in favor of the Cabinet Mission Plan? [1999]
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Answer A (official UPSC key)Totally in favour of the Cabinet Mission Plan (per key) → Mahatma Gandhi
Which Indian nationalist leader looked upon a war between Germany and Britain as a God-sent opportunity which would enable Indians to exploit the situation to their advantage?
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Answer C (official UPSC key)War between Germany and Britain a God-sent opportunity → Subhash Chandra Bose
'It made its proposals in May. It still wanted a united India. There was to be a Federal Union composed of British provinces' [1999] The above quotation is related to:
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Proposals in May, united India, Federal Union of provinces → Cabinet Mission
At the time of India's Independence, Mahatma Gandhi was: [1998]
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Gandhi at Independence → not a member of the Congress
The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to the partition of the country mainly because [1998]
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Congress agreed to partition in 1947 → to avoid large-scale communal riots
When the Indian Muslims League was inducted into the interim government in 1946, Liyaqat Ali Khan was assigned the portfolio of [1998]
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Liyaqat Ali Khan's portfolio, Interim Government (1946) → finance
Assertion (A): Congress rejected the Cripps proposals. Reason (R): The Cripps Mission consisted solely of whites. [1998]
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Congress rejected the Cripps proposals | Mission consisted solely of whites | R not the explanation of A
Lord Mountbatten came to India as a Viceroy with specific instruction to:
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Mountbatten's instruction as Viceroy → keep India united if possible
What is the correct sequence of the following events? [1998] 1. The August offer 2. The I.N.A trial 3. The Quit India Movement 4. The Royal Indian Naval Ratings' Revolt. Select the correct answer using the codes given below: Codes:
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Answer A (official UPSC key)In order → August Offer (1940) → Quit India (1942) → INA trial (1945) → RIN Ratings' Revolt (1946)
Which one of the following is not correct' about the Cabinet Mission Plan ? [1996]
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Answer C (official UPSC key)NOT in the Cabinet Mission Plan → acceptance of Pakistan
Who among the following suggested the winding up of the Indian National Congress after India attained independence? [1996]
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Suggested winding up the Congress after independence → Mahatma Gandhi
In the interim government formed in 1946, the Vice-President of the Executive Council was: [1995]
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Answer A (official UPSC key)Vice-President of the Executive Council, Interim Government (1946) → Jawaharlal Nehru
Consider the following two statements called Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and answer by using the codes given below the statements. Assertion (A): The Quit India Movement of 1942 marked the culmination of the Indian Freedom Movement. Reason (R): After the Quit India Movement it was only a Question of time and determining the actual mechanics of the transfer of power.
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Answer A (official UPSC key)Quit India (1942) → culmination of the freedom movement | Afterwards only the mechanics of transfer remained | R explains A
Which one of the following is the most significant contribution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to modern India?
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Patel's most significant contribution → integration of princely states
On whose recommendation was the Constituent Assembly formed? [91]
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Constituent Assembly formed on the recommendation of → Cabinet Mission Plan
The I.N.A. was organised by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at [90]
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Answer B (official UPSC key)I.N.A. organised by Netaji at → Singapore
On whose recommendations was the Constituent Assembly formed? [89]
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Constituent Assembly formed on the recommendation of → Cabinet Mission plan
Match the columns : List I List-II - Leaders (Views on the Cripps Missions proposals in 1942) A. Nehru 1. Postdated cheque B. Ambedkar 2. The autocratic powers of Viceroy would remain C. Gandhi 3. It will do the greatest harm to the depressed D. Sapru & Jayckar 4. The creation of more than one Union will be disastrous Select the correct answer using the codes given below: A B C D
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Cripps proposals (1942): Nehru : Viceroy's autocratic powers remain; Ambedkar : harm to the depressed; Gandhi : postdated cheque; Sapru & Jayakar : more than one Union disastrous
Rajagopalachari's formula was
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Rajagopalachari's formula → plebiscite of Muslims on a separate State
Assertion (A): In 1946 in Bombay the ratings of the Royal Indian Navy rose in open mutiny against the British. Reason (R): The Royal Indian Navy joined the INA
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Answer B (official UPSC key)RIN ratings mutinied in Bombay in 1946 | NOT: the Navy joined the INA
The wrongly matched pair among the following is
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Wrongly matched → Mohammed Ali Jinnah — Khilafat movement
Which of the following was mainly responsible for the transfer of power by the British to India on August 15,1947?
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Mainly responsible for the transfer of power on August 15, 1947 → Mountbatten Declaration
Under whose leadership, the Indian National Army was formed?
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Indian National Army formed under → Subhash Chandra Bose
What is true of Indian National Congress during World II?
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Answer A (official UPSC key)Congress in World War II → cooperation only if a national government was set up at the centre
"India Wins Freedom" was written by
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Answer B (official UPSC key)'India Wins Freedom' → Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Who commented "the Cripps Mission was a postdated cheque on a crashing bank"?
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Answer A (official UPSC key)'Postdated cheque on a crashing bank' (Cripps Mission) → Mahatma Gandhi
The Interim Government at the Centre after independence was formed
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Answer A (official UPSC key)Interim Government at the Centre formed → after the Cripps Mission
Who was the Prime Minister of U.K. at the time of India's Independence?
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Answer A (official UPSC key)U.K. Prime Minister at India's Independence → Lord Attlee
The Prime Minister of Interim Government of India after Independence was
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Head of the Interim Government → Nehru
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