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Event leading to quit india movement - class-XII

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Who was the President of the Board of Trade?

  1. Sir Stafford Cripps

  2. Alexander

  3. Sir Pethick Lawrence

  4. Edwin Samuel Montagu


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cabinet Mission was composed of three Cabinet Ministers of England

Sir Pethick Lawrence, Secretary of State for India.

Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade,

Alexander, the First Lord of the Admiralty

 

During Quit India Movement, Parallel Government was constituted at ____.

  1. Varanasi

  2. Allahabad

  3. Lucknow

  4. Ballia


Correct Option: D

Who among the following leaders escaped from the prison and organised underground activities during the Quit Indian Movement?

  1. Jayaprakash Narayan

  2. Ram Manohar Lohia

  3. Achyut Patwardhan

  4. J.B. Kriplani


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Jaayaprakash Narayan escaped from the prison and organised underground activities during the Quit India Movement. He along with Ram Manohar Lohia and Aruna Asaf Ali, took charge of the ongoing stir when all the senior leaders had been arrested. However, he also could not remain outside the jail for long time and was soon arrested under Defence of India Rules, a preventive detention law that did not require trial. He was put in Hazari Bagh Central Jail. Jayaprakash along with his accomplices started making plan to escape from the Jail. Their chance came soon on a Diwali day in November 1942 when a large number of guards were on leave because of the festival. It was a daring escape which made Jayaprakash into a folk hero. Jayaprakash actively worked underground for Indian Freedom Movement in this period. Hence, Option A is correct.

Consider the following events and arrange them in their correct chronological order-
I. Swadeshi movement
II. Home Rule Movement
III. Anti-Rowlatt Act Movement
IV. Khilafat Movement

  1. I, II, III, IV

  2. I, II, IV, III

  3. II, I, IV, III

  4. III, I, II, IV


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Swadeshi Movement - 1905 to 1911
Home Rule Movement - 1916 to 1918
Anti-Rowlatt Act Movement - 1919
Khilafat Movement - 1919 to 1924

What is the other name given to Wardha Resolution ?

  1. The Poona Pact

  2. The Communal Award

  3. Quit India Resolution

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  • INC Working committee had passed first resolution in Wardha(1939) supporting the fight against Fascism but with conditions.
  • INC Working committee again passed resolution in demand of full independence in 1942 due to Cripps mission failure,.
  •  This Wardha resolution is also called as Quit India resolution.
The correct option is C.

When was 'Quit India Movement' started?

  1. 1920

  2. 1930

  3. 1942

  4. 1947


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Quit India Movement was started by Gandhiji on August 8,1942.
  • The Primary cause to start Quit India Movement is failure of Cripps Mission
  • On August 9, 1942 every major political leader was arrested by the British.
  • Gandhiji gave the slogan "Do or Die" during the speech delivered by him on August 8, 1942.

Which freedom movement had taken place in August 1942 ?

  1. Non Co-operation Movement

  2. Civil Disobedience Movement

  3. Namak Satyagrah

  4. Quit India Movement


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • The resolution for Quit India Movement was passed by Gandhiji on August 8,1942.
  • The Primary cause to start Quit India Movement is failure of Cripps Mission
  • On August 9, 1942 every major political leader was arrested by the British.
  • Gandhiji gave the slogan "Do or Die" during the speech delivered by him on August 8, 1942.

"Do or Die" statement is related to which of the following?

  1. Quit India Movement

  2. Civil Disobediance Movement

  3. Non Co-operation Movement

  4. Champaran Movement


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • Gandhiji gave the slogan "Do or Die" during the speech delivered by him on August 8, 1942.
  • Quit India Movement was started by Gandhiji on August 8,1942.
  • The Primary cause to start Quit India Movement is failure of Cripps Mission
  • On August 9, 1942 every major political leader was arrested by the British.

'Do or Die' Slogan was given by Gandhi ji _______

  1. During Non-cooperation Movement

  2. During Civil Disobedience Movement

  3. During 'Quit India' Movement

  4. During Industrial Satyagrah


Correct Option: C

Who among the following is called Heroine of 1942 Quit India Movement?

  1. Dr. Annie Besant

  2. Suchitra Kriplani

  3. Aruna Asaf Ali

  4. Sarojini Naidu


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Aruna Asaf Ali is called Heroine of 1942 Quit India Movement. It was her chivalrous behaviour that gave her the title of 'Heroine of 1942' movement or 'Grand Old Lady' of Independence Movement. She began the Quit India Movement by hoisting the Indian Flag at the Gowalia Tank ground. 

Where were the parallel governments formed?

  1. Balia

  2. Midnapur

  3. Satara

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Parallel governments were formed at many places:


  1. Ballia (in August 1942 for a week)—under Chittu Pandey. He got many Congress leaders released.
  2. Tamluk (Midnapore, from December 1942 to September 1944)—which undertook cyclone relief work, sanctioned grants to schools, supplied paddy from the rich to the poor, organised Bidyut Bahinis etc.
  3. Satara (mid-1943 to 1945)—named “Prati Sarkar”, was organised under leaders like Y.B. Chavan, Nana Patil, etc. Village libraries and Nyayadan Mandals were organised, prohibition campaigns were carried on and ‘Gandhi marriages’ were organised.

 


When the ________ _________ failed, the Quit India movement started in 1942.

  1. August Offer

  2. Cabinet Mission

  3. Cripps Proposal

  4. Mountbatten Plan


Correct Option: C

When and where Cripps Mission arrived?

  1. March 1942, Delhi

  2. July 1941, Bombay

  3. May 1942, Karachi

  4. August 1944, Madras


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Stafford Cripps with this aims and directives arrived in Delhi on 22nd March, 1942. He brought with him a new constitutional scheme approved by the British Cabinet. But no body from the Congress expected any good thing from him. The Congress however agreed to have dialogues with Cripps only with an aim to know the British mind.

Who was the leader of House of Commons and a member of British War Cabinet?

  1. Stafford Cripps

  2. Lord Minto I

  3. Lord Curzon

  4. Lord Irwin


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sir Stafford Cripps was the leader of House of Common and a member of British War Cabinet. He lead one Mission to India in 1942 under his name Cripps Mission.

Who were the official negotiators for the Congress with Cripps Mission?

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Azad

  2. Jawaharlal Nehru and Md. Ali Jinnah

  3. Md. Ali Jinnah and Maulana Azad

  4. Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Azad were the official negotiators for the Congress with Cripps Mission.

Who commented Cripps proposal as 'post dated cheque on a failing bank'?

  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Md. Ali Jinnah

  3. Jawaharlal Nehru

  4. Lala Lajpat Rai


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mahatma Gandhi described the Cripps' proposals as a "post-dated cheque on a failing bank".

Who was the British Prime minister at the time of Cripps mission?

  1. Neville Chamberlain

  2. Winston Churchill

  3. Clement Attlee

  4. Anthony Eden


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Cripps mission was an attempt in late March 1942 by the British government to secure full Indian cooperation and support for their efforts in World War II. The mission was headed by Sir Stafford Cripps, a senior left-wing politician and government minister in the War Cabinet of Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

When the Congress ministries had resigned?

  1. October - November 1939

  2. March - April 1939

  3. June - July 1939

  4. February - March 1940


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

When Lord Linlithgow declared dominion status as the goal of British policy. This was considered inadequate by the Congress. The British government tried to put the religious minorities and Princes against the Congress. The Congress, therefore, asked its ministries to resign and in October-November 1939 the Congress ministries resigned.

Who celebrated the day when the Congress ministries resigned as a ‘day of deliverance and thanks-giving’?

  1. Communist party of India

  2. Muslim League

  3. Indian Socialist Congress

  4. Forward Bloc


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Muslim League was jubilant over the resignation of the Congress ministries and offered its friendship to the British government. It celebrated the day when the Congress ministries resigned as a 'day of deliverance and thanks-giving.'

When was the war situation was discouraging?

  1. In 1942

  2. In 1945

  3. In 1941

  4. In 1989


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The war situation was discouraging in 1942. The Japanese Army had attacked Burma and was marching towards Assam.

The Japanese Army had attacked Burma and was marching towards which of the following?

  1. Assam

  2. Bihar

  3. Delhi

  4. Bombay


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The war situation was discouraging in 1942. The Japanese Army had attacked Burma nad was marching towards Assam.

Who offered its friendship to British government after resignation of Congress ministries?

  1. Indian Socialist Congress

  2. Muslim League

  3. Members of the Central legislature

  4. Communist Party of India


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Muslim League was jubilant over the resignation of the Congress ministries and offered its friendship to the British government. It celebrated the day when the Congress ministries resigned as a 'day of deliverance and thanks-giving.'

Which ministries did not resign to win the government's goodwill?

  1. Punjab

  2. Bengal

  3. Sind

  4. All above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Congress had formed ministries in the United Provinces, Central Provinces, Orissa, Bihar, Madras and Bombay, Later Assam and the North-West Frontier also came under the Congress rule. When the Congress asked its ministries to resign, the ministries in Punjab, Bengal and Sind did not resign to win the government's goodwill.

Who declared Dominion Status as the British policy in India?

  1. Lord Dalhousie

  2. Lord Linlithgow

  3. Lord Irwin

  4. Lord Mountbatten


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In Second World War when the British government of India immediately joined the war without consulting the National Congress or the elected members of the Central Legislature. The Congress leaders asked how it was possible for an enslaved nation to aid others in their fight for freedom. They, therefore demanded that India must be declared free or at least have effective power before it could actively participate in the War. Lord Linlithgow, the Viceroy, could not give any such assurance. He declared Dominion Status as the goal of British Policy in India.

When Gandhiji declared "We do not seek our independence out of British ruin"?

  1. 1 June 1940

  2. 15 August 1940

  3. 27 July 1940

  4. 25 November 1940


Correct Option: A

In July 1942, Quit India Resolution was adopted at ______.

  1. Wardha

  2. Lahore

  3. Calcutta

  4. Amritsar


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Congress Working Commitee met at Wardha in July, 1942. It adopted a resolution, known as the Quit India Resolution. The resolution stated: 'British rule in India must end immediately'.

Failure of Cripps' mission led to ______.

  1. Civil Disobedience Movement

  2. Non Cooperation Movement

  3. Quit India Movement.

  4. Election in 1945


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In 1942, the failure of the Cripps' Mission left no further meeting ground between the British Government and the Congress. Mahatma Gandhi felt that the British presence in India was an invitation to Japan to invade India and that their withdrawal would remove the bait. He, therefore, asked the British "to leave India in God's hand". The Congress Working Committee met at Wardha in July 1942. It adopted a resolution, known as the Quit India Resolution. The resolution stated: 'British rule in India must end immediately'.

Who declared "We do not seek our independence out of British ruin"?

  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Jawaharlal Nehru

  3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

  4. Bipin Chandra Pal


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

When the change of government took place in Britain, the fall of France and the danger of Nazi occupation of Britain temporarily softened the hard stance of Congress. On June 1, 1940, Mahatma Gandhi declared, "We do not seek our independence out of British ruin".

Who became the Prime Minister of Britain in May 1940?

  1. Winston Churchill

  2. Clement Attlee

  3. Neville Chamberlain

  4. Stanley Baldwin


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A change of government took place in Britain in May 1940. Winston Churchill became Prime Minister and Leo Amery took over as Secretary of State for India.

Who became secretary of State for India in May 1940?

  1. Ramsay MacDonald

  2. Leo Amery

  3. The Lord Pethick-Lawrence

  4. Stanley Baldwin


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A change of government took place in Britain in May 1940. Winston Churchill became Prime Minister and Leo Amery took over as Secretary of State for India.

When Muslim League passed a resolution demanding the partition of country?

  1. 1939

  2. 1940

  3. 1942

  4. 1946


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In 1940, the Muslim league passed a resolution demanding the partition of the country and creation of a state called Pakistan. The name Pakistan was derived from the letter of the provinces and communities that the new country would comprise Punjab, Afghan, Kashmir, Sind, and Baluchistan.

Who introduced August Offer on 8 August 1940?

  1. Lord Linlithgow

  2. The Lord Pethick

  3. Leo Amery

  4. Lord Mountbatten


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The international compulsions forced the British government and the British Indian government to seek some settlement or understanding with the Congress. So on August 8, 1940, Lord Linlithgow, the Viceroy of India made a new offer known as August Offer.

When did the change of government took place in Britain?

  1. March 1940

  2. May 1940

  3. August 1941

  4. December 1939


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A change of government took place in Britain in May 1940. Winston Churchill became Prime Minister and Amery took over as Secretary of State for India.

On 8th August 1942, Quit India Resolution was passed at ______.

  1. Calcutta

  2. Delhi

  3. Wardha.

  4. Bombay


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The All-India Congress Commitee met at Bombay on August 8, 1942 and passed the Quit India Resolution adopted at Wardha in July 1942. The Congress proposed to start a non-violent mass struggle under Gandhiji's leadership if this demand of immediate and complete independence was not conceded by the British.

During Quit India Movement, Gandhiji was detained at ______.

  1. The Aga Khan Palace in Pune

  2. Jail in Ahmednagar Fort

  3. Tihar Jail

  4. Cellular Jail


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The government resorted to severe measures to crush the 1942 Movement, Gandhiji was detained at the Agha Khan Palace in Pune; the other leaders were sent to jail in Ahmednagar Fort. In the end, the government succeeded in crushing the movement.

According to Cripps' Mission, _________.

  1. India would be given dominion status after the war

  2. India would be given complete independence after the war

  3. India would be given dominion status immediately

  4. India would be given complete independence only if India cooperates fully in the war


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

With the Japanese army rapidly advancing towards India, it became necessary for the British to break the political deadlock in India. Churchill announced in March 1942, that Sir Stafford Cripps, a member of the War cabinet, would go to India for consultation with all the parties. The Cripps' Mission proposed the Constitutional reforms that India would be given a dominion status when the war would end.

All Congress ministries resigned in October _____.

  1. 1937

  2. 1940

  3. 1938

  4. 1939


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

All Congress ministries resigned in October 1939.  When World War II started in 1939 , the British were fighting against the Axis Powers. The Viceroy of India annouced India's involvement without consulting its representative political leaders. Congress asked for transfer of power in repayment of their cooperation in war , which the British government denied. As a result , Congress ministries resigned. Thus came to an end the nightmarish rule which had terrorized Muslim community beyond imagination. Quaid - i - Azam asked the Muslims to observe it as a 'Day of Deliverance' with peace and without any harmful intent towards any other nation.

Britain had an all-party government headed by _____.

  1. Lloyd George

  2. Franklin Roosevelt

  3. Winston Churchill

  4. Woodrow Wilson


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Britain had an all party government headed by Winston Churchill. Winston Churchill was an inspirational statesman , writer, orator and leader who led Britain to victory in the Second World War. He served as Conservative Prime Minister twice - from 1940 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1955. Churchill , who also adopted the self - created position of Minister for Defence , was active both in administrative and diplomatic functions in prosecuting the British was effort. Some of his most memorable speeches were given in this period, and are credited with stimulating British morale during periods of great hardship.

In which year was the Government of India act passed?

  1. 1930

  2. 1935

  3. 1940

  4. 1945


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Government of India act was  passed by British Parliament in August  1935. With 321 sections and 10 schedules, this was the longest act passed by British Parliament so far and was later split into two parts viz. Government of India Act 1935 and Government of Burma Act 1935. The Government of India Act 1935 derived material from four key sources viz. Report of the Simon Commission , discussions at the Third Round Table Conference , the White paper of 1933 and the reports of the Joint select committees. The act ended the system of dyarchy introduced by GOI Act 1919 and provided for establishment of a Federation of India to be made up of provinces of British India and some or all of the Princely states.

In which year did the Congress win eight out of eleven provinces of British India?

  1. 1937

  2. 1935

  3. 1932

  4. 1930


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • In 1937 Congress win eight out of eleven provinces of British India. Congress decided to contest the elections to the assembles in the provinces under the new Act of 1935. In the elections, Congress obtained an overwhelming majority in most of the provinces. Congress ministeries were formed in July 1937 in several provinces, including the United Provinces , Madras , the Central Provinces , Bombay , Bihar , Orissa and after sometime in the North - West Frontier Provinces. It also formed coalition ministries in Sind and Assam. Only Bengal and Punjab had non - congress ministries.

Cripps came to India in March _____.

  1. 1940

  2. 1941

  3. 1944

  4. 1942


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Cripps came to India in March 1942. Cripps Mission was sent by the British Government in March 1942 to India with key objective to secure Indian cooperation and support for British War Efforts. Headed by Sir Stafford Cripps, this mission sought to negotiate an agreement with Indian Leaders.

Which British Prime Minister send Sir Stafford Cripps to India?

  1. Lloyd George

  2. Clement Atlee

  3. Winston Churchill

  4. Ramsay MacDonald


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

On March 11, 1942, the British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill made an announcement in the House of Commons that a member of the War Cabinet, Sir Stafford Cripps, would go to India " to satisfy himself upon the spot by personal consultation that the declaration upon which we agreed, and which we believe represents a just and final solution, will achieve its purposes, Sir Stafford Cripps was a socialist.

The Cripps plan did not include the creation of _____.

  1. Pakistan

  2. India

  3. Bangladesh

  4. Bhutan


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Cripps plan did not include the creation of Pakistan. The proposal of the Cripps mission was " India would be a dominion associated with the United kingdom". It promised that immediately after the war is stopped, steps would be taken up to set up an elected body charged with the task of making the constitution for India and provision would be made so that the Indian states could participate in the framing of the constitution.

Quit India Movement is also known as the ______ Revolution.

  1. October

  2. August

  3. March

  4. July


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Quit India Movement is also known as the August Revolution. The August Revolution was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British Rule of India.

Who established a parallel government in the district of Satara?

  1. Krantisinha Nana Patil

  2. Achyutrao Patwardhan

  3. Jayprakash Narayan

  4. Aruna Asaf Ali


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The leader of the Satara Parallel government was "Kratisimha" Nana Patil, who later joined the Communist party and was elected to the Lok Sabha on the CPI ticket from Satara in 1957 and again from Beed in 1967. British rule was effectively overthrown in large parts of Satara district of Western Maharashtra during those three years. The Parallel government movement was a guerrilla type of struggle , and it operated in over 150 villages with solid peasant support. There were raids on taluka treasuries and armouries. The Prati Sarkar took over many of the functions of the government. The parallel government established many public utilities like a market system , supply and distribution of food - grains and a judicial system to settle disputes and penalise dacoits and robbers, pawnbrokers and money lenders.

Krantisinh Nana Patil established a Parallel Government in _____ district.

  1. Solapur

  2. Sangli

  3. Satara

  4. Kolhapur


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Krantisinh Nana Patil who was popularly known as 'O Baadshah' was an Indian independence movement activist.
He established a parallel government in the district of Satara of west Maharashtra.

Which movement started in August 1942?

  1. The Quit India

  2. Non-Cooperation

  3. Civil disobedience

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Quit India movement was started in August 1942 during the Second World War against the British rule. Gandhi called for 'Do or Die' during this movement. Shortly after the launch of the movement, many leaders of the Indian National Congress were arrested by the British Government. Disorderly and non-violent demonstrations took place throughout the country in the following days.

Which of the following action resulted in the Indian Independence?

  1. Quit India Movement.

  2. Swadeshi Movement .

  3. Non Cooperation Movement

  4. All of the above.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Indian people fought against the British government to get Independence. All these given movements are a part of the Indian struggle for independence. This is a historical action. As a result of these movements , India became an independent nation on 15th August 1947. So, we can say that Independence was a consequence of an action i.e , the Indian people's struggle for independence.

With whom is the slogan "Do or Die" associated?

  1. Subhas Chandra Bose

  2. Lala Lajpat Rai

  3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

  4. Mahatma Gandhi


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Mahatma Gandhi raised 'Do or Die' slogan in Quit India Movement. He called for determined, but passive resistance in his speech on 8 August 1942. Quit India movement was a movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1942 during World War II, demanding an end to British Rule of India.

The Muslim League with drew its acceptance of the Cabinet Minion Plan and decided to resort to Direct Action Day on _______.

  1. August $16$, $1946$

  2. September $2$, $1946$

  3. October $15$, $1946$

  4. July $29$, $1946$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Direct Action Day was initiated on 16 August 1946 by the Muslim League, to achieve their demand for a separate nation for Muslims called Pakistan. Stabbing, throwing of stones and brickbats started. The riots soon spread to all parts of North India and it turned into a Civil War between Hindus and Muslims.

The Congress ministries gave up office in October $1939$ over the issue of _________________.

  1. Constant interference by Governors in day-to-day administration

  2. Propaganda of the Muslim League against the Congress

  3. India having been unwillingly dragged into the Second World War

  4. Failure of the British to define their war aims


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

During WW II, the Viceroy of India announced India’s involvement without consulting its representative political leaders. Congress asked for transfer of power in repayment of their cooperation in war, which the British government denied. This led to the resignation of Congress ministries in October 1939.

The day (December $22$, $1939$) the Congress Ministries resigned in the Provinces, the Muslim League observed _________.

  1. Deliverance Day

  2. Direct Action Day

  3. Victory Day

  4. Alliance Day


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Deliverance Day was Muslim League's observance of December 22, 1939 as a mark of relief on the resignation of all provincial Congress Ministries of British India. They resigned in mass protesting the Viceroy’s decision to make India a party to the Second World War without duly consulting Indians. The Congress criticised this move of the League and Mahatma Gandhi appealed to Jinnah to desist from observing this day.

'A day of deliverance and thanks giving' was celebrated in $1939$ by ________.

  1. Congress Party

  2. Muslim League

  3. Forward Bloc

  4. Communist Party


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Deliverance Day was Muslim League's observance of December 22, 1939 as a mark of relief on the resignation of all provincial Congress Ministries of British India. They resigned in mass protesting the Viceroy’s decision to make India a party to the Second World War without duly consulting Indians. The Congress criticised this move of the League and Mahatma Gandhi appealed to Jinnah to desist from observing this day.

August Offer $1940$ was made by the Viceroy _______.

  1. Willingdon

  2. Linglithgow

  3. Minto

  4. Lytton


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, issued a statement from Simla on 8 August 1940 known as the August Offer. It was an attemt to secure the cooperation of the Indians in WW II. Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of England at the time. Some of the provisions of the August Offer were:
1. Dominion status as the objective for India.
2. The number of the Indians in the Viceroy’s Executive council will be increased.
3. A representative “Constitution Making Body” shall be appointed immediately after the war.

When the August Offer $1940$ was offered to India the Prime Minister of England was _____________.

  1. Chamberlain

  2. Baldwin

  3. Chruchill

  4. Asquith


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
The Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, issued a statement from Simla on 8 August 1940 known as the August Offer. It was an attemt to secure the cooperation of the Indians in WW II. Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of England at the time. Some of the provisions of the August Offer were:
1. Dominion status as the objective for India.
2. The number of the Indians in the Viceroy’s Executive council will be increased.
3. A representative “Constitution Making Body” shall be appointed immediately after the war.

As per 'August Offer $1940$' the Constitution of India would be drawn by __________.

  1. House of Commons

  2. House of Lords

  3. Princely States

  4. Indians


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
The Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, issued a statement from Simla on 8 August 1940 known as the August Offer. It was an attemt to secure the cooperation of the Indians in WW II. Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of England at the time. Some of the provisions of the August Offer were:
1. Dominion status as the objective for India.
2. The number of the Indians in the Viceroy’s Executive council will be increased.
3. A representative Indian “Constitution Making Body” shall be appointed immediately after the war.

Which of the following was not contained in the Cripps Offer?

  1. Dominion Status to India

  2. Constituent Assembly

  3. Control of Defence of India by the Indian National Government

  4. Right to take part in highest Counsels


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In March 1942, a mission headed by Stafford Cripps was sent to India with constitutional proposals to seek Indian support for the war. The Mission declared that entire India was to be a Dominion and after the war its constitution was to be framed by an elected body which was to be accepted by the British Government. The Indian Provinces were given the right of secession from the Centre after 10 years. One of the reasons for ita failure was the provision that until the new constitution came into force, India’s defence would be controlled by the British and the powers of the Governor-General would remain unaltered.

When did the Cripps Mission, which had practically repeated the August Offer $1940$ visit India?

  1. $1941$

  2. $1942$

  3. $1943$

  4. $1944$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In March 1942, a mission headed by Stafford Cripps was sent to India with constitutional proposals to seek Indian support for the war. The Mission declared that entire India was to be a Dominion and after the war its constitution was to be framed by an elected body which was to be accepted by the British Government. The Indian Provinces were given the right of secession from the Centre after 10 years.

Who has been called the 'Heroine' of the $1942$ Quit India Movement?

  1. Annie Besant

  2. Sucheta Kriplani

  3. Sarojini Naidu

  4. Aruna Asaf Ali


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Aruna Asaf Ali was an Indian freedom fighter who is best known for hoisting Indian National Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Bombay during the Quit India Movement. She earned the title “Heroine of the 1942 movement”. She represented the linkage of the women’s rights movement with the freedom struggle.

In the absence of Gandhi, the Quit India Movement had been led by ________.

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru

  2. Sarojini Naidu

  3. Aruna Asaf Ali

  4. Dadabhai Naoroji


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The British government responded to the passing of Quit India resolution by arresting the major leaders of the Congress Working Committee. It was left to a young Aruna Asaf Ali to lead the movement. She was an Indian freedom fighter who is best known for hoisting Indian National Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan in Bombay during the Quit India Movement. She earned the title “Heroine of the 1942 movement”. She represented the linkage of the women’s rights movement with the freedom struggle.

Quit India Movement had taken place in ___________.

  1. 1941

  2. 1942

  3. 1945

  4. 1946


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

On 8 August 1942 at the All-India Congress Committee session in Bombay, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi launched the 'Quit India' movement. The movement was accompanied by a mass protest on non-violent lines, in which Gandhi called for “an orderly British withdrawal from India”. It was in this movement that he gave the nation the slogan of ‘Do or Die’.

'August Offer' was issued on ____________ $1940$.

  1. ${8}^{th}$ August

  2. ${15}^{th}$ August

  3. ${20}^{th}$ August

  4. ${30}^{th}$ August


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
The Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, issued a statement from Simla on 8 August 1940 known as the August Offer. It was an attemt to secure the cooperation of the Indians in WW II. Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of England at the time. Some of the provisions of the August Offer were:
1. Dominion status as the objective for India.
2. The number of the Indians in the Viceroy’s Executive council will be increased.
3. A representative “Constitution Making Body” shall be appointed immediately after the war.

'August Offer' was issued by __________.

  1. British Crown

  2. British Parliament

  3. Viceroy

  4. Secretary of State


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
The Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, issued a statement from Simla on 8 August 1940 known as the August Offer. It was an attemt to secure the cooperation of the Indians in WW II. Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of England at the time. Some of the provisions of the August Offer were:
1. Dominion status as the objective for India.
2. The number of the Indians in the Viceroy’s Executive council will be increased.
3. A representative “Constitution Making Body” shall be appointed immediately after the war.

Who had given the slogan of 'Do or Die'during All India Congress Committee in Bombay and ratified the 'Quit India' resolution? 

  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Jawaharlal Nehru

  3. Subhash Chandra Bose

  4. Jayaprakash Narayan


Correct Option: A

When was the 'Quit India Movement' Launched by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi?

  1. 1946

  2. 1939

  3. 1942

  4. 1940


Correct Option: C

During the Second World War, ______ sided with America against Japan.

  1. Germany

  2. Italy

  3. England

  4. France


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The second World War went on from 1939 to 1945. It was fought between the Axis powers—Germany, Italy, and Japan—and the Allies—France, Great Britain (England), the United States, the Soviet Union, It caused 50 to 85 million fatalities and thus was the deadliest conflict in the human history. It resulted in the victory of the Allied forces.

On which date were leaders such as Maulana Azad, Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel arrested?

  1. 9th August

  2. 7th August

  3. 14 July

  4. 8th August


Correct Option: A

Match the following.

A B
a Bhai Kotwal 1) Azad Radio
b General Awari 2) Parallel government
c Usha Mehta 3) Azad Dasta
d Midnapore 4) Red Army


  1. a-2 b-3 c-4 d-1

  2. a-1 b-2 c-3 d-4

  3. a-4 b-1 c-2 d-3

  4. a-3 b-4 c-1 d-2


Correct Option: D

The Working Committee of the Congress passed the Quit India resolution on ________.

  1. July $14$, $1942$

  2. August $10$, $1942$

  3. August $8$, $1942$

  4. June $30$, $1942$


Correct Option: A

In March $1942$, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill appointed the Cripps Mission to resolve Indian political crisis because __________.

  1. He was under pressure from the US President Roosevelt

  2. Of the gravity of the Japanese war menace on India's borders

  3. Both (a) and (b) above

  4. Of INA's initial success of India's eastern borders


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Stafford Cripps, a member of the War Cabinet, was dispatched to India to discuss the British Government’s Draft Declaration on the Constitution of India with representative Indian leaders from all parties. It was sent due to two reasons:
1. Because of the reverses suffered by Britain in South-East Asia, the Japanese threat to invade India seemed real now ‘and Indian support became crucial.
ii. There was pressure on Britain from the Allies (USA, USSR, and China) to seek Indian cooperation.

Which of the following was not one of the points stressed by Mahatma Gandhi while exhorting the people to join the Quit India Movement?

  1. Forget the difference between the Hindus and Muslims and think of yourselves as Indians only

  2. Our quarrel is not with British people, we fight their imperialism and we must purge ourselves of hatred

  3. Feel from today that you are a free man and pot a dependent. Do or die. Either free India or die in the attempt

  4. Freedom of India is an end that will purify all means employed to achieve it


Correct Option: D

The Cripps Offer was regarded as a 'post dated cheque' by _________.

  1. Nehru

  2. Jinnah

  3. Gandhi

  4. Rajaji


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In March 1942, a mission headed by Stafford Cripps was sent to India with constitutional proposals to seek Indian support for the war. The Mission declared that entire India was to be a Dominion and after the war its constitution was to be framed by an elected body which was to be accepted by the British Government. Gandhi said that Cripps' offer of Dominion Status after the war was a "post-dated cheque drawn on a failing bank".

The Indians were allowed to frame their Constitution by _____.

  1. The Council Act of $1909$

  2. Montford Reforms

  3. August Offer

  4. The Government of India Act of $1935$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
The Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, issued a statement from Simla on 8 August 1940 known as the August Offer. It was an attemt to secure the cooperation of the Indians in WW II. Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of England at the time. Some of the provisions of the August Offer were:
1. Dominion status as the objective for India.
2. The number of the Indians in the Viceroy’s Executive council will be increased.
3. A representative Indian “Constitution Making Body” shall be appointed immediately after the war which would be responsible for framing the Constitution.

What was the another name of 'Quit India movement'?

  1. Khilafat Movement

  2. Swadeshi Movement

  3. Home Rule Movement

  4. India August Movement


Correct Option: D
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