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Indian HistoryEasyAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2016, GS Paper I

The plan of Sir Stafford Cripps envisaged that after the Second World War

  1. A.India should be granted complete independence.
  2. B.India should be partitioned into two before granting independence
  3. C.India should be made a republic with the condition that she will join the Commonwealth
  4. D.India should be given Dominion status

Correct answer

D. India should be given Dominion status

Explanation

The correct answer is D, India should be given Dominion status. The Cripps Mission of March 1942 offered India Dominion status after the Second World War, not full independence. Sir Stafford Cripps, a member of Churchill's War Cabinet, came as Japan advanced in South-East Asia. His proposals promised an Indian Union with Dominion status after the war, a constituent assembly elected partly by provincial legislatures and partly nominated by the princely states, and the right of any province to stay out of the new constitution and form its own union. The Congress rejected the offer because it gave no real power during the war and opened the door to partition; Gandhi is said to have called it a post-dated cheque. Its failure led to the Quit India Movement in August 1942. Option A is wrong because complete independence was not offered. Option B is wrong because the plan did not partition India, though the provincial opt-out hinted at it. Option C is wrong because it offered Dominion status, not a republic. Exam tip: Cripps Mission 1942 = Dominion status after the war; rejected, followed by Quit India in August 1942.

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Q1.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2021, GKMedium

The call for 'renunciation of (all) voluntary associations with the (British) Government' was given during

  1. A.Non-Cooperation Movement.
  2. B.Civil Disobedience Movement.
  3. C.Quit India Movement.
  4. D.Protest against partition of Bengal.
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Correct answer: A. Non-Cooperation Movement.

The Congress resolution on non-cooperation, passed at the special Calcutta session of September 1920 and confirmed at Nagpur in December 1920, called for the renunciation of all voluntary association with the British Government.

Q2.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2024, GKMedium

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:

  1. A.4, 3, 2, 1
  2. B.3, 4, 2, 1
  3. C.1, 2, 3, 4
  4. D.2, 1, 3, 4
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Correct answer: C. 1, 2, 3, 4

The events run from the Lucknow Pact of 1916, through Subhas Chandra Bose's return to India in the 1920s and 1930s, to the Cripps Mission of 1942 and the Naval Mutiny of 1946.

Q3.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2026, GKEasy

During the period 100 BCE - 200 CE, valuable evidence of India's maritime trade links has been identified from which of the following sites on the Coromandel Coast ?

  1. A.Arikamedu
  2. B.Tamralipti
  3. C.Bharukachcha
  4. D.Muchiri
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Correct answer: A. Arikamedu

Arikamedu, near Puducherry on the Coromandel Coast, has yielded clear evidence of trade with the Roman world between about the first century BCE and the second century CE.

Q4.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2019, GKHard

Who was the founder of Mahakali Pathshala in Calcutta?

  1. A.Her Holiness Mataji Maharani Tapaswini
  2. B.Sister Nivedita
  3. C.Madame Blavatsky
  4. D.Sarojini Naidu
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Correct answer: A. Her Holiness Mataji Maharani Tapaswini

Mataji Tapaswini founded the Mahakali Pathshala in Calcutta in 1893 to give girls an education rooted in Indian tradition. Tapaswini was a woman ascetic from Maharashtra who settled in Calcutta and won the support of leading Bengali families for her school.