1. Arrange the following in chronological order
1. August offer
2. Cripps Mission
3. Quit India Movement
4. CR Formula
a) 2,1,3,4
b) 1,2,3,4
c) 1,3,2,4
d) 4,3,2,1
Answer. b) 1,2,3,4
1. August offer: 1940
2. Cripps Mission: 22 March, 1942
3. Quit India Movement: 8 August, 1942
4. CR Formula: 1944
2. Which of the following offers was proposed in Cripps's mission?
a) Dominion status
b) formation of independent constituent assembly
c) No partition of country based on religious line
d) All
Answer. d) All,
Congress and the Muslim League, both rejected the Cripps's mission
3. The Quit India movement was launched in which session of Congress?
a) Wardha
b) Karachi
c) Kolkata
d) Lucknow
Answer. a) Wardha, Bombay, 8 August 1942;
Gandhiji launched the Quit India movement and called for 'Do or Die'.
4. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress during the Quit India movement ( 1942)?
a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
b) Sardar Patel
c) Abul Kalam Azad
d) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer. c) Abul Kalam Azad
5. Parallel government was established in which of the following places during the Quit India movement?
a) Ballia
b) Midnapur
c) Satara and Talcher
d) All of the above
Answer. d) All of the above
Four crucial parallel governments were made in Ballia ( Uttar Pradesh), Tamluk or Midnapur (Bengal), Satara ( Maharashtra), and Talcher (Orissa).
6. Who proposed the C. R. formula ( 1944)?
a) C Rajagopalachari
b) Sardar Patel
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Mountbatten
Answer. a) C Rajagopalachari
7. C R Formula proposed for?
a) Country's Partition
b) solve the political deadlock between the All India Muslim League and the Indian National Congress
b) To support the British in World War 2
d) None
Answer. b) solve the political deadlock between the All India Muslim League and the Indian National Congress
8. Shimala Conference ( 1915) was related to
a) CR Formula
b) Wavell Plan
c) Mountbatten Plan
d) Partition Plan
Answer. b) Wavell Plan ( 14 June 1945);
Lord Wavell announced a plan for a new Executive Council in which all members except the Viceroy and the Commander in Chief would be Indians.
Both Congress ( Abul Kalam) and the Muslim League ( Muhmmad Jinna) participated in the Shimal conference.
9. The idea of the Indian National Army (INA) was first conceived by
a) Bhagat Singh
b) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
c) Mohan Singh
d) Rash Behari Bose
Answer. c) Mohan Singh
10. Who founded the Indian National Army in Singapore?
a) Bhagat Singh
b) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
c) Mohan Singh
d) Rash Behari Bose
Answer. d) Rash Behari Bose founded the Indian National Army ( INA) in Singapore in March 1942.
11. Who reorganized and strengthened the Indian National Army ( INA) and renamed as Azad Hind Fauj in 1943?
a) Bhagat Singh
b) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
c) Mohan Singh
d) Rash Behari Bose
Answer. b) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
12. In which year did the Indian National Army (INA) trials begin?
a) 1945
b) 1946
c) 1947
d) 1948
Answer. a) 1945 at Red Fort in New Delhi
SN Khan, PK Sehgal, GS Dhillon were prominent INA offier
13. Who amongst the following was not included in the INA trial?
a) SN Khan
b) PK Sehgal
c) GS Dhillon
d) Mohan Singh
Answer. d) Mohan Singh
14. Who among the following had seconded the resolution on partition in the meeting of the All India Congress Committee held in New Delhi in 1947? ( UPPSC 2014)
a) Govind Ballabh Pant
b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
c) J.B. Kripalani
d) Abul Kalam Azad
Answer. b. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
15. The Indian Independence Bill received Royal Assent ( UPPSC 2014)
a) 18th July 1947
b) 19th July 1947
c) 20th July 1947
d) 21st July 1947
Answer. a). 18th July 1947.
The Indian Independence Bill received the Royal Assent on 18th July 1947 after Mountbatten Plan [3rd June 1947]
556 states decided to merge with India.
16. Which of the following took the passing of a resolution on partition in the meeting of the Congress Committee (1947) as a "Surrender of Nationalism in favor of Communalism"? ( UPPSC 2014)
a) Dr. Kitchlew
b) Purushottam Das Tandon
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) G.B. Pant
Answer. a. Dr. Kitchlew
17. The head of the "Cabinet Mission" of 1946 was ( UPPSC 2015)
a) Sir Pethick Lawrence
b) Lord Linlithgow
c) Lord Wavell
d) Sir John Simon
Answer. a) Sir Pethick Lawrence
18. Who among the following women freedom fighters was not associated with the "Quit India Movement"? ( UPPSC 2023)
a) Matangiri Hazra
b) Kanak Lata Barua
c) Aruna Asaf Ali
d) Shanti Ghosh
Answer. d) Shanti Ghosh
Personalities Associated with the Quit India Movement were:
M K Gandhi, Jayaprakash Narayan, Ram Manohar Lohia, Aruna Asaf Ali, Sucheta Kripalani, Chliotubhai Puranik, Biju Patnaik, R.P. Goenka, Achyut Patwardhan,Chittu Pande, Usha Mehta, Sumati Morarjee.
Five women who participated in the Quit India movement were:
Roshni Chakrabarty
Aruna Asaf Ali
Matangiri Hazra
Kanaklata Barua
Tara Rani Srivastava
Suchita Kriplani
19. What was the name of the female Regiment constituted as a part of the Azad Hind Fauj by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose? ( UPPSC 2023)
a) Veerangana
b) Rani Jhansi Regiment
c) Rani Bhabani Regiment
d) Bharat Mata Regiment
Answer. b) Rani Jhansi Regiment
20. In which of the following years the Jatiya Sarkar was formed in the Midnapur district of Bengal? ( UPPSC 2017)
a) 1939
b) 1940
c) 1941
d) 1942
Answer. d) 1942
21. Given below are two statements, one is labeled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). ( UPPSC 2018)
Assertion (A): In 1946, the Muslim League withdrew its acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan.
Reason (R): The Muslim League joined the interim government formed in 1946.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
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.
Answer. b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
22. Who prepared the "CR Formula" to remove the political deadlock between the Muslim League and the Indian National Congress?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Rajgopalachari
c) Chiitaranjan Das
d) VP Menon
Answer. b) Rajgopalachari
23. The trial of the officers of the I.N.A. was held in
a) Red Fort, Delhi
b) Agra Fort
c) Amer Fort, Jaipur
d) Agra Fort
Answer. a) Red Fort, Delhi
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