Q160. Choose the correct order:
Morley–Minto Reforms,
Gandhi–Irwin Pact,
August Offer,
Jallianwala Bagh tragedy.
[CGPSC Prelims General Studies I, 11 February 2024]
(A) Morley–Minto, Gandhi–Irwin, August Offer, Jallianwala
(B) August Offer, Morley–Minto, Jallianwala, Gandhi–Irwin
(C) Morley–Minto, Jallianwala, Gandhi–Irwin, August Offer
(D) Jallianwala, Gandhi–Irwin, August Offer, Morley–Minto
Answer: (C) Morley–Minto, Jallianwala, Gandhi–Irwin, August Offer
Explanation: The Indian Councils Act linked to Morley and Minto dates to 1909. The Jallianwala Bagh tragedy took place in 1919, followed by the Gandhi–Irwin Pact in March 1931 and the August Offer in 1940.
Q159. Put in chronological order: 1. Royal Indian Navy Revolt; 2. Cabinet Mission announcement; 3. Interim Government formation; 4. UK Parliamentary Delegation arriving in Delhi.
[UPPSC PCS Prelims 2024, GS Paper I (date not specified)]
(A) 4–1–2–3
(B) 4–2–1–3
(C) 4–3–2–1
(D) 2–4–1–3
Answer: (A) 4–1–2–3
Explanation: A parliamentary delegation reached Delhi early in 1946, before the February Royal Indian Navy mutiny. The Cabinet Mission followed in March, while the Interim Government headed by Jawaharlal Nehru began functioning in September 1946.
Q158. Arrange:
1. Linlithgow August Offer;
2. Cripps arrival;
3. Ramgarh Congress Session;
4. Congress provincial ministries’ resignations.
[UPPSC PCS Prelims 2024, GS Paper I (date not specified)]
(A) 4–3–1–2
(B) 1–3–4–2
(C) 3–1–4–2
(D) 4–2–3–1
Answer: (A) 4–3–1–2
Explanation: Congress provincial ministries resigned in 1939 over India’s entry into the Second World War. The Ramgarh Congress met in March 1940, the August Offer followed that year, and Stafford Cripps reached India in 1942.
Q157. The Cripps Mission was followed by which major Indian freedom movement?
[Delhi Police Constable, 23 November 2023, Shift 1 (memory-based)]
(A) Jallianwala Bagh incident
(B) Round Table Conference
(C) Civil Disobedience Movement
(D) Quit India Movement
Answer: (D) Quit India Movement
Explanation: The failure of the 1942 Cripps proposals was an immediate background factor in the Quit India decision. Congress adopted the August 1942 resolution demanding British withdrawal as wartime constitutional negotiations failed to provide satisfactory assurances.
Q156. Who drafted the resolution associated with the Quit India Movement?
[Delhi Police Constable, 16 November 2023, Shift 1 (memory-based)]
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Rajendra Prasad
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) J. B. Kripalani
Answer: (A) Mahatma Gandhi
Explanation: Mahatma Gandhi developed the Quit India proposal and its central demand for British withdrawal. Jawaharlal Nehru moved the final resolution at the All India Congress Committee meeting in Bombay in August 1942; the two roles should be distinguished.
Q155. Which party observed Direct Action Day on 16 August 1946?
[UPSSSC PET, 29 October 2023, Shift 1]
(A) Muslim League
(B) Indian National Congress
(C) Indian National Army
(D) Swaraj Party
Answer: (A) Muslim League
Explanation: The All India Muslim League called Direct Action Day to strengthen its demand for Pakistan amid disputes with Congress about the Cabinet Mission Plan. Events in Calcutta on that date were followed by severe communal violence.
Q154. On what date was the Mountbatten Plan concerning India’s Partition officially announced?
[HSSC CET Group C Mains, 7 August 2023]
(A) 10 June 1947
(B) 3 July 1947
(C) 3 June 1947
(D) 4 June 1947
(E) Not attempted
Answer: (C) 3 June 1947
Explanation: Lord Mountbatten announced the 3 June Plan in 1947. It accepted the division of British India into separate dominions, with procedures concerning Bengal, Punjab and other territories. The British Parliament subsequently enacted the Indian Independence Act.
Q153. Who helped establish secret Congress Radio during the Quit India Movement?
[SSC CGL Tier I, 25 July 2023, Shift 4]
(A) Bhikaiji Cama
(B) Lakshmi Sehgal
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Usha Mehta
Answer: (D) Usha Mehta
Explanation: Usha Mehta and colleagues operated an underground Congress radio station in 1942. It broadcast nationalist messages despite British censorship and repression, helping maintain communication when many senior Congress leaders were imprisoned soon after the Quit India call.
Q152. Who gave the famous Do or Die slogan during the Quit India Movement?
[SSC CGL Tier I, 21 July 2023, Shift 1]
(A) Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Subhas Chandra Bose
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: (D) Mahatma Gandhi
Explanation: Gandhi delivered the Do or Die message on 8 August 1942 in Bombay. It urged Indians to struggle resolutely for freedom and was closely identified with the Quit India resolution passed by the All India Congress Committee.
Q151. The Cabinet Mission came to India in which year to discuss the ultimate transfer of power?
[SSC CGL Tier I, 20 July 2023, Shift 2]
(A) 1946
(B) 1945
(C) 1943
(D) 1942
Answer: (A) 1946
Explanation: The Cabinet Mission arrived in March 1946 and proposed arrangements for a Constituent Assembly and an Interim Government. It sought to transfer power while maintaining an Indian Union, but disagreements between Congress and the Muslim League ultimately derailed its wider compromise.
