Q80. Who sang Iqbal’s “Hindustan Hamara” and “Jana Gana Mana” in the Central Assembly at the midnight independence session of 1947?
[UPPSC PCS Prelims, 2010]
(A) Rameshwari Nehru
(B) Mirabehn
(C) Sucheta Kripalani
(D) M. S. Subbulakshmi
Answer: (C) Sucheta Kripalani
Explanation: Sucheta Kripalani sang patriotic songs during the historic midnight session of 14–15 August 1947. She was also a prominent freedom activist and subsequently became the first woman Chief Minister of an Indian state.
Q79. Which national movement is especially associated with Aruna Asaf Ali?
[UPPSC PCS Prelims, 2010]
(A) Khilafat Movement
(B) Non-Cooperation Movement
(C) Civil Disobedience Movement
(D) Quit India Movement
Answer: (D) Quit India Movement
Explanation: Aruna Asaf Ali became a symbol of resistance when she hoisted the Congress flag at Gowalia Tank in Bombay in August 1942. She subsequently participated in underground activities while prominent Congress leaders were imprisoned.
Q78. Which plan proposed a three-tier political structure for British India?
[UPPSC GIC Examination, 2010]
(A) Nehru Committee proposals
(B) Simon Commission recommendations
(C) Cripps Mission proposals
(D) Cabinet Mission Plan
Answer: (D) Cabinet Mission Plan
Explanation: The Cabinet Mission proposed a limited Union, provincial autonomy, and groups of provinces. Defence, foreign affairs and communications were assigned to the central Union, with other powers principally retained by the provinces.
Q77. Who was the final Viceroy of British India?
[MPPSC Prelims, 2010]
(A) Lord Wavell
(B) Lord Mountbatten
(C) Lord Linlithgow
(D) Sir Claude Auchinleck
Answer: (B) Lord Mountbatten
Explanation: Lord Mountbatten succeeded Wavell in March 1947 as the last Viceroy. He oversaw the June 3 partition plan and remained Governor-General of independent India for a period after the transfer of power.
Q76. Which institution temporarily assumed sovereign legislative authority at India’s independence in August 1947?
[MPPSC Prelims, 2010]
(A) Central Legislative Assembly
(B) Constituent Assembly
(C) Interim Government
(D) Chamber of Princes
Answer: (B) Constituent Assembly
Explanation: The Constituent Assembly became the sovereign lawmaking body after the transfer of power. It simultaneously continued its constitution-making work and functioned as the Dominion legislature until new constitutional arrangements came into force.
Q75. In which month and year did the Muslim League enter the 1946 Interim Government?
[WBCS Prelims, 2010]
(A) October 1946
(B) November 1946
(C) December 1946
(D) January 1947
Answer: (A) October 1946
Explanation: The Interim Government initially took office under Nehru in September 1946. Muslim League nominees joined in October, although differences between the major parties continued and eventually obstructed the Cabinet Mission’s vision of a united India.
Q74. In which year did the anti-British Quit India Movement take place?
[Uttarakhand PCS Prelims, 2010]
(A) 1940
(B) 1942
(C) 1946
(D) 1936
Answer: (B) 1942
Explanation: The All India Congress Committee adopted the Quit India resolution in Bombay on 8 August 1942. Mass arrests followed on 9 August, and popular resistance spread across the country despite the detention of national leaders.
Q73. For which activity is Usha Mehta chiefly remembered during the freedom struggle?
[Uttarakhand Lower Subordinate Prelims, 2010]
(A) Operating underground Congress Radio during Quit India
(B) Attending the Second Round Table Conference
(C) Commanding a unit of the INA
(D) Establishing the Interim Government
Answer: (A) Operating underground Congress Radio during Quit India
Explanation: Usha Mehta helped operate a clandestine radio station in 1942. Its broadcasts relayed nationalist messages while official censorship and mass arrests curtailed public communication, making wireless communication an important tool of resistance.
Q72. Who presided over the Meerut session of the Indian National Congress in 1946?
[UPPSC UDA/LDA Special Prelims, 2010]
(A) J. B. Kripalani
(B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(C) Rajendra Prasad
(D) B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Answer: (A) J. B. Kripalani
Explanation: Kripalani succeeded Maulana Azad as Congress president in 1946 and presided over the Meerut session. He remained president through the moment of independence and partition in August 1947.
Q71. At which place did the Congress Working Committee adopt its Quit India resolution on 14 July 1942?
[RAS/RTS Prelims, 2010]
(A) Bombay
(B) Wardha
(C) Lucknow
(D) Tripura
Answer: (B) Wardha
Explanation: The Congress Working Committee met at Wardha and adopted its Quit India resolution on 14 July 1942. The All India Congress Committee later ratified it in Bombay on 8 August, providing the immediate political impetus for the uprising.
