Q100. Which two persons served as Governor-General of India between 1947 and 1950?
[UP Police Sub-Inspector, 16 December 2017, Shift 2]
(A) Louis Mountbatten and Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Louis Mountbatten and Rajendra Prasad
(C) Rajendra Prasad and C. Rajagopalachari
(D) Louis Mountbatten and C. Rajagopalachari
Answer: (D) Louis Mountbatten and C. Rajagopalachari
Explanation: Lord Mountbatten was the first Governor-General after independence, serving until June 1948. C. Rajagopalachari succeeded him and became the only Indian Governor-General. The office ended in January 1950 when the new Constitution established the republic.
Q99. The Cabinet Mission Plan for India envisaged which constitutional arrangement?
[UPSC NDA General Ability Test, 10 September 2017]
(A) Federation
(B) Confederation
(C) Unitary form of government
(D) Union of States
Answer: (D) Union of States
Explanation: The Cabinet Mission envisaged a Union of States with a narrow central jurisdiction over defence, foreign affairs and communications. Provincial groups and extensive provincial autonomy were designed to preserve unity while responding to demands for regional political safeguards.
Q98. Arrange chronologically:
I. Quit India;
II. Shimla Conference;
III. Poona Pact;
IV. Cabinet Mission.
[SSC CGL, 9 August 2017, Shift 1]
(A) II–IV–I–III
(B) III–IV–II–I
(C) III–I–II–IV
(D) IV–II–III–I
Answer: (C) III–I–II–IV
Explanation: The Poona Pact was signed in 1932, followed by Quit India in 1942. Wavell convened the Shimla Conference in 1945, and the Cabinet Mission arrived in 1946. Their dates establish the stated sequence.
Q97. On which date was the Mountbatten Plan concerning Partition announced?
[RPSC Senior Teacher Grade II Social Science, 2 July 2017]
(A) 3 June 1947
(B) 14 June 1947
(C) 31 March 1947
(D) 20 February 1947
Answer: (A) 3 June 1947
Explanation: Lord Mountbatten unveiled the Partition and transfer-of-power plan on 3 June 1947. It formed the political basis of the July 1947 Indian Independence Act, under which India and Pakistan emerged as separate dominions.
Q96. Which political party called Direct Action Day, and on what date?
[WBCS Prelims 2017 (date not specified)]
(A) Muslim League, 16 August 1946
(B) Indian National Congress, 8 August 1942
(C) Hindu Mahasabha, 3 June 1946
(D) Indian National Army, 18 August 1945
Answer: (A) Muslim League, 16 August 1946
Explanation: The Muslim League called for Direct Action on 16 August 1946 while pressing its Pakistan demand. It followed a breakdown in agreement about the Cabinet Mission Plan and was associated with severe communal violence in Calcutta.
Q95. Which of the following events took place in 1945: 1. Wavell Plan; 2. Shimla Conference; 3. Naval Mutiny; 4. INA trial?
[CGPSC State Services Prelims 2017, Paper I (date not specified)]
(A) 1, 2, 3
(B) 2, 3, 4
(C) 1, 2, 4
(D) 1, 3, 4
(E) 1, 2, 3, 4
Answer: (C) 1, 2, 4
Explanation: The Wavell Plan and Shimla Conference took place in 1945, as did the well-known INA trials. The Royal Indian Navy mutiny began in February 1946, so it must be excluded from the list of 1945 events.
Q94. The Quit India Movement was launched in response to which development?
[TNTRB Mechanical Engineering 2017 (date not specified)]
(A) Cabinet Mission Plan
(B) Cripps proposals
(C) Simon Commission report
(D) Wavell Plan
Answer: (B) Cripps proposals
Explanation: The Congress initiated Quit India after the Cripps Mission failed to secure agreement in 1942. The mission offered a later constitutional settlement, but Indian leaders were dissatisfied with wartime limitations and the prospect of delayed freedom.
Q93. Who was the last British Viceroy of India?
[MP Police SI, 8 September 2016, Shift 1]
(A) Lord Wavell
(B) Lord Linlithgow
(C) Lord Mountbatten
(D) None of these
Answer: (C) Lord Mountbatten
Explanation: Lord Louis Mountbatten replaced Wavell as Viceroy in March 1947. He supervised the Partition process and the transfer of power. After 15 August he served as independent India’s first Governor-General, a distinct office.
Q92. The Mountbatten Plan of June 1947 provided for a referendum in which province?
[Jharkhand Civil Services 2016, Paper I (date not specified)]
(A) Sindh
(B) Baluchistan
(C) North-West Frontier Province
(D) All of these
Answer: (C) North-West Frontier Province
Explanation: The 3 June Plan provided for a referendum in the North-West Frontier Province on joining India or Pakistan. Other areas, such as Sindh and parts of Bengal and Punjab, had different methods for determining their future.
Q91. Which were NOT elements associated with the RIN Mutiny?
1. INA;
2. HMIS Talwar;
3. ratings’ hunger strike;
4. Lord Irwin
[UPSC CAPF Assistant Commandants, 12 July 2015]
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 4
(D) 4 only
Answer: (C) 1 and 4
Explanation: The Royal Indian Navy mutiny began in February 1946 with discontent among naval ratings, including those aboard HMIS Talwar. The Indian National Army was a different force, while Lord Irwin had been Viceroy long before these events.
