Q01. Which one of the following is not correct about the Cabinet Mission Plan?
A Provincial Grouping
B Interim Cabinet of Indians
C Acceptance of Pakistan
D Constitution Framing Right
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Correct answer: Acceptance of Pakistan
Q02. Which one of the following is not true about the Cripps Mission?
A Dominion status at the end of the war
B Acceptance of the Constitution framed by Constituent Assembly
C The formation of new executive Council with equal representation for both Hindus & Muslims
D Any province could remain outside the Indian Union
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Correct answer: The formation of new executive Council with equal representation for both Hindus & Muslims
Q03. The plan of Sir Stafford Cripps envisaged that after the Second World War
A India should be granted complete independence
B India should be partitioned into two before granting independence
C India should be made a republic with the condition that she will join the Commonwealth
D India should be given Dominion status
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Correct answer: India should be given Dominion status
English 44th BPSC (Pre) 2000
Q04. Who viewed the Cripps proposal as a post-dated cheque upon a crashing bank?
A Mahatma Gandhi
B Jawaharlal Nehru
C J.B. Kriplani
D Jai Prakash Narayan
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Correct answer: Mahatma Gandhi
English UPPCS (Mains) 2007
Q05. Who among the following called the Movements of Gandhiji as ‘Political Blackmail’?
A Lord Chelmsford
B Lord Wavell
C Lord Linlithgow
D Lord Montague
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Correct answer: Lord Linlithgow
English UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 1998
Q06. Sir Stafford Cripps came to India with a draft declaration of proposals of British Government included that 1. India should be given a dominion status. 2. All provinces and States must be merged to make the Indian Union. 3. Any province or the State can take the decision to live outside of the Indian Union. 4. Indian Constitution must be constituted by the people of India Choose the correct answer from the code given below.
A 1, 2 and 3
B 1, 2 and 4
C 2, 3 and 4
D All of these
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Correct answer: All of these
Q07. Consider the following statements. The ‘Cripps’ proposals include the provision for 1. Full independence for India. 2. Creation of Constitutionmaking body. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A Only 1
B Only 2
C Both 1 and 2
D Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: Only 2
English 43rd BPSC (Pre) 1999
Q08. On 6th July, 1942, at the Working Committee of the Congress, Mahatma Gandhi discussed for the first time his ‘Quit India Policy’. The President of the Committee was
A Rajagopalachari
B Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
C Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
D Dr. Annie Besant
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Correct answer: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
English RAS/RTS (Pre) 2010 MPPCS (Pre) 1996
Q09. Where did the Congress Working Committee meet to pass the ‘Quit India Resolution’ of 14th July, 1942?
A Bombay
B Wardha
C Lucknow
D Tripura
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Correct answer: Wardha
English UPPCS (Mains) 2013
Q10. The Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army during Quit India Movement was
A Lord Wavell
B Lord Linlithgow
C Lord Mountbatten
D None of the above
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Correct answer: Lord Wavell
English 48th to 52nd BPSC (Pre) 2008
Q11. Quit India movement began on
A 9th August, 1942
B 10th August, 1942
C 15th August, 1942
D 16th August, 1942
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Correct answer: 9th August, 1942
English Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2015
Q12. In which ground of Bombay the proposal was passed for ‘Quit India Movement’?
A Marine drive ground
B Kala Ghoda ground
C Chamboor ground
D Gwaliya Tank
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Correct answer: Gwaliya Tank
English UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015 UPPCS (Pre) 1990
Q13. Where did the Congress launch the Quit India Movement on 8 August, 1942?
A Bombay
B Madras
C Calcutta
D Poona
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Correct answer: Bombay
English Uttarakhand PCS (Mains) 2006 UPPCS (Pre) 1993 Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2010
Q14. The Quit India Movement started in
A July, 1942
B August, 1942
C September, 1942
D October, 1942
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Correct answer: August, 1942
Q15. Consider the following statements. On the eve of launch of Quit India Movement, Mahatma Gandhi 1. Asked Government servants to resign. 2. Asked the soldiers to leave their posts. 3. Asked the Princess of the Princely states to accept the sovereignty of their people. Which of the statements is/are correct?
A 1 and 2
B 2 and 3
C Only 3
D 1, 2 and 3
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Correct answer: Only 3
Q16. The statement, ‘We shall either free India or die in the attempt’ is associated with
A Non-Co-operation Movement
B Civil Disobedience Movement
C Individual Satyagraha
D Quit India Movement
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Correct answer: Quit India Movement
Q17. The slogan ‘Do or Die’ was given by
A Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B Jawaharlal Nehru
C Bhagat Singh
D Mahatma Gandhi
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Correct answer: Mahatma Gandhi
English IAS (Pre) 2009 Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2005 53rd to 55th BPSC (Pre) 2011
Q18. With which one of the following movements is the slogan ‘Do or Die’ associated?
A Swadeshi Movement
B Non-Co-operation Movement
C Civil Disobedience Movement
D Quit India Movement
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Correct answer: Quit India Movement
English UP Lower Sub. (Mains) 2015
Q19. ‘Do or Die’ call was given by Gandhiji during
A Quit India Movement
B Civil Disobedience Movement
C Non-Co-operation Movement
D Khilafat Movement
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Correct answer: Quit India Movement
English 48th to 52nd BPSC (Pre) 2008
Q20. When did Baldev Sahai resigned from the post of Advocate General?
A 1942
B 1943
C 1913
D 1911
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Correct answer: 1942