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Indian HistoryEasyAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2021, GS Paper I

With reference to 8th August, 1942 in Indian history, which one of the following statements is correct?

  1. A.The Quit India Resolution was adopted by the AICC.
  2. B.The Viceroy's Executive Council was expanded to include more Indians.
  3. C.The Congress ministries resigned in seven provinces.
  4. D.Cripps proposed an Indian Union with full Dominion Status once the Second World War was over.

Correct answer

A. The Quit India Resolution was adopted by the AICC.

Explanation

The correct answer is A, The Quit India Resolution was adopted by the AICC. The All India Congress Committee passed it at its Bombay session on 8 August 1942.

The meeting was held at Gowalia Tank Maidan, now called August Kranti Maidan, in Bombay. In his speech that night Gandhi gave the call "Do or Die". Before dawn on 9 August the government arrested Gandhi and the whole Congress leadership, and the movement spread as a leaderless mass upsurge, with leaders such as Aruna Asaf Ali, Jayaprakash Narayan and Usha Mehta, who ran the secret Congress Radio.

B is wrong: the Executive Council was enlarged with more Indian members in July 1941 under the August Offer line, not on 8 August 1942. C is wrong: the Congress ministries resigned in October–November 1939 to protest India being dragged into the war. D is wrong: Cripps came in March 1942 with his proposals, months before this date.

Exam tip: 8 August 1942 = Quit India Resolution at Bombay; 9 August = arrests and August Kranti Day.

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Q1.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2024, GS Paper IMedium

With reference to the Government of India Act, 1935, consider the following statements :

1. It provided for the establishment of an All India Federation based on the union of the British Indian Provinces and Princely States.

2. Defence and Foreign Affairs were kept under the control of the federal legislature.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: A. 1 only

The Act of 1935 proposed an All India Federation of provinces and princely states, but kept defence and foreign affairs with the Governor-General, not the legislature.

Q2.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2021, GS Paper IHard

With reference to Indian history, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. The Nizamat of Arcot emerged out of Hyderabad State.

2. The Mysore Kingdom emerged out of Vijayanagara Empire.

3. Rohilkhand Kingdom was formed out of the territories occupied by Ahmad Shah Durrani.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

Arcot grew out of the Nizam's Deccan dominion and Mysore out of the Vijayanagara Empire, but Rohilkhand was carved out of Mughal land, not Durrani's. The Nawabs of Arcot, or of the Carnatic, began as deputies of the Nizam of Hyderabad, who governed the Deccan for the Mughals; Saadatullah Khan…

Q4.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2021, GS Paper IEasy

In the context of Colonial India, Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon are remembered as

  1. A.leaders of Swadeshi and Boycott Movement
  2. B.members of the Interim Government in 1946
  3. C.members of the Drafting Committee in the Constituent Assembly
  4. D.officers of the Indian National Army
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Correct answer: D. officers of the Indian National Army

These three INA officers were tried together by the British at the Red Fort in Delhi in 1945. After the Second World War, the British put Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon on trial for "waging war against the King".

Q5.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2024, GS Paper IMedium

With reference to revenue collection by Cornwallis, consider the following statements :

1. Under the Ryotwari Settlement of revenue collection, the peasants were exempted from revenue payment in case of bad harvests or natural calamities.

2. Under the Permanent Settlement in Bengal, if the Zamindar failed to pay his revenues to the state, on or before the fixed date, he would be removed from his Zamindari.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: B. 2 only

Under the Permanent Settlement of 1793, a zamindar who missed the fixed date of payment lost his estate, while the Ryotwari system gave the peasant no relief in bad years.