Q130. Which boundary line between India and Pakistan was published on 17 August 1947?
[UPSSSC Junior Engineer 2021 General Section, 19 December 2021]
(A) Palk Strait Line
(B) Radcliffe Line
(C) Durand Line
(D) McMahon Line
Answer: (B) Radcliffe Line
Explanation: The Radcliffe boundary awards partitioned Punjab and Bengal and were made public on 17 August 1947. Named for Cyril Radcliffe, they helped define the borders accompanying the creation of India and Pakistan after British withdrawal.
Q129. On which date did the Quit India Movement begin?
[Allahabad High Court ARO, 15 December 2021, Shift 2]
(A) 8 August 1942
(B) 10 August 1942
(C) 15 August 1942
(D) 16 August 1942
Answer: (A) 8 August 1942
Explanation: The Congress adopted the Quit India resolution on 8 August 1942 at Gowalia Tank Maidan in Bombay. Gandhi spoke there about the need for immediate freedom. The British detained leading Congress politicians the next morning.
Q128. The Quit India Movement was launched in response to which proposals?
[Allahabad High Court RO, 10 December 2021, Shift 1]
(A) Cabinet Mission proposals
(B) Cripps proposals
(C) Simon Commission Report
(D) Wavell Plan
Answer: (B) Cripps proposals
Explanation: The Cripps proposals failed to secure agreement in 1942, increasing Congress frustration with delayed constitutional promises. The Quit India resolution was adopted months later, in August, with a demand for an immediate British withdrawal.
Q127. During Quit India, Kanaklata Barua was fatally shot while attempting to enter a police station at which place?
[RPSC RAS Prelims, 27 October 2021]
(A) Sonitpur
(B) Midnapur
(C) Koraput
(D) Gohpur
Answer: (D) Gohpur
Explanation: Kanaklata Barua, a young freedom fighter from Assam, led a procession toward Gohpur Police Station on 20 September 1942. She was shot while carrying the national flag. The incident illustrates Assam’s participation in the Quit India Movement.
Q126. Arrange chronologically: (i) Cabinet Mission Plan; (ii) Mountbatten Plan; (iii) Wavell Plan; (iv) Cripps Mission Plan.
[MH SET History Paper II, 26 September 2021]
(A) ii–i–iii–iv
(B) ii–i–iv–iii
(C) i–ii–iii–iv
(D) iv–iii–i–ii
Answer: (D) iv–iii–i–ii
Explanation: Cripps came in 1942; Wavell proposed administrative reorganization in 1945; the Cabinet Mission arrived in 1946; and Mountbatten announced the Partition plan in June 1947. This sequence follows the narrowing prospects of a united constitutional settlement.
Q125. Who proposed the Shimla Conference of 1945 to address the political deadlock?
[DSSSB Assistant Engineer Civil, 26 September 2021]
(A) Lord Wavell
(B) Lord Cornwallis
(C) Lord Irwin
(D) Lord Canning
Answer: (A) Lord Wavell
Explanation: Viceroy Lord Wavell convened the 1945 Shimla Conference to discuss his proposal for a reconstituted Executive Council. The attempt failed amid conflict over which party could nominate Muslim representatives and unresolved questions of political legitimacy.
Q124. The British Parliament passed the Indian Independence Act in which year?
[SSC CGL Tier I, 18 August 2021, Shift 3]
(A) 1945
(B) 1942
(C) 1947
(D) 1946
Answer: (C) 1947
Explanation: The British Parliament passed the Indian Independence Act in July 1947, enabling the creation of two dominions. It took effect with the transfer of power in August and provided for the termination of British paramountcy over princely states.
Q123. Identify the correct chronological sequence: Gandhi’s return from South Africa, Non-Cooperation, Salt March, Quit India.
[RRB NTPC CBT I, 31 July 2021, Shift 1]
(A) Return–Non-Cooperation–Salt March–Quit India
(B) Salt March–Non-Cooperation–Quit India–Return
(C) Return–Salt March–Quit India–Non-Cooperation
(D) Non-Cooperation–Salt March–Quit India–Return
Answer: (A) Return–Non-Cooperation–Salt March–Quit India
Explanation: Gandhi returned to India in January 1915. He led the nationwide Non-Cooperation Movement beginning in 1920 and the Dandi Salt March in 1930. The Quit India Movement came later, in August 1942.
Q122. In which year did the Quit India Movement begin?
[RRB NTPC CBT I, 31 July 2021, Shift 1]
(A) 1943
(B) 1940
(C) 1941
(D) 1942
Answer: (D) 1942
Explanation: The Quit India resolution was approved at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee on 8 August 1942. Gandhi’s demand for immediate British withdrawal gained national prominence despite the authorities arresting key leaders.
Q121. The Quit India Movement was launched at Bombay in which month of 1942?
[RRB NTPC CBT I, 24 July 2021, Shift 2]
(A) September
(B) August
(C) December
(D) November
Answer: (B) August
Explanation: The movement started in August 1942 after the Congress approved a resolution in Bombay. Gandhi’s call for immediate withdrawal was made at Gowalia Tank Maidan, which later became known as August Kranti Maidan.
