UNIT 8 Chapter 25 Independence with Partition

1. Who headed the Interim Cabinet formed in the year 1946? .(upsc /IAS1998)

2. Lord Mountbatten came to India as Viceroy along with specific instruction to.(upsc /IAS 1998)

3. ‘It made its proposals in May. It still wanted a united India. There was to be a federal Union composed of British provinces’.

The above question is related to .(upsc /IAS1999)

4. Who of the following Prime Ministers sent Cripps Mission to India? .(upsc /IAS2009)

5. Consider the following statements: The Cripps Proposals include the provision for.(upsc /IAS2009)

1) Full independence for India

2) Creation of Constitution-making body.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

6. Who among the following were official Congress negotiators with Cripps Mission? (upsc /IAS2010)

7. The last opportunity to avoid the partition of India was lost with the rejection of .(upsc /IAS2002)

8. As an alternative to the partition of India, Gandhiji suggested to Mountbatten that He .(upsc /IAS 2000)

9. Which one of following leaders of the Congress was totally in favour of Cabinet Mission Plan? .(upsc /IAS1999)

10. 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? .(upsc /IAS2000)

11. The Indian National Army (INA) came into existence in 1943 in .(upsc /IAS2000)

12. An important aspect of the Cripps Mission of 1942 was .(upsc /IAS2003)

13. After Quit India Movement, C. Rajagopalachari issued a pamphlet entitled “The Way Out”. Which one of the

following was a proposal in this pamphlet? .(upsc /IAS2010)

14. Consider the following Statement .

1. Lord Mountbatten  was assigned the task of a speedy transfer of power .
2. Lord Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of bengal .

Choose the correct answer

15. The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to the partition of the country mainly because( upsc /IAS1998 )

16. A: The Congress rejected the Cripps proposals.

R: The Cripps Mission consisted solely of whites. (upsc /IAS1998)

17. With reference to Dickie Bird Plan’ , consider the following statements:

Which viceroy proposed this plan?

Choose the correct answer

18. Who among the following was the Chairman of the Union Constitution Committee of the Constituent Assembly? .(upsc /IAS2005)

19. A: Lord Linlithgo described the August Movement of 1942 as the most serious revolt after the Sepoy mutiny.

R: Peasants joined the movement in large number in some places. .(upsc /IAS2000)

20. Consider the following Statement .

Which statement describe means Dickie Bird Plan’?

Choose the correct answer

21. Consider the following statements: On the eve of launch of Quit India Movement, Mahatma Gandhi.(upsc /IAS2005)

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 statements given above is/are correct?

22. What is the correct sequence of the following events? ( upsc /IAS1998 )

1) Tilak’s Home Rule League

2) Kamagatamaru incident

3) Mahatma Gandhi’s arrival in India

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23. What is the correct sequence of the following events? (upsc /IAS1998 )

1) The August Offer

2) The INA Trial

3) The Quit India Movement

4) The Royal Indian Naval Ratings Revolt

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

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24. With reference to June 3 Plan , consider the following statements:  

Which viceroy proposed this plan?

Choose the correct answer

25. With which one of the following movements is the slogan “Do or die” associated?(upsc /IAS2009 )

26. During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organizer of underground activity in (upsc /IAS2009 )

27. Consider the following Statement .

 “The question of majority and minority community is a creation of the British Government and would disappear with their withdrawal”

Who said this?

Choose the correct answer

28. At the time of India’s Independence Mahatma Gandhi was (upsc /IAS1998 )

29. Which one of the following observations is not true about the Quit India Movement

of 1942. (upsc /IAS2011 )

30. With reference to Indian freedom struggle, Usha Mehta is well known for(upsc /IAS2011)

31. With reference to Provisions of the Mountbatten Plan, consider the following statements:

1. As per the plan the legislative assembly of Bengal met and voted for the partition.
2. it was allowed the legislative assembly of Sind would decide whether to join the Indian constituent assembly or not.

  Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

32. Quit India Movement was launched in response to (upsc /IAS2013)

33. With reference to Indian History, the Members of the Constituent Assembly

from the Provinces were (upsc /IAS2013)

34. With reference to Indian Independence Act , consider the following statements:

1.  the British Parliament passed the Indian Independence Act On July 5, 1947 which was based on the Mountbatten Plan.
2. the Act provided for the creation of two independent dominions of India and Pakistan with effect from August 15, 1947.

Choose the incorrect answer

35. The Radcliffe Committee was appointed To (upsc /IAS2013 )

36. With reference to the Cabinet Mission, Which of the following statements is/are correct? ( upsc /IAS2015 )

1) It recommended a federal government.

2) It enlarged the powers of the Indian courts.

3) It provided for more Indians in the ICS.

Select the correct answer using the code given below,

37. Consider the following statements: (upsc /IAS2005)

1) Lord Mountbatten was the Viceroy when Simla 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?

38. When the Indian Muslim League was inducted into the interim government in 1946, Liyaqat Ali Khan was assigned the

portfolio of