indian freedom struggle II (1917–1947) MCQs set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

The province where Indian National Congress did not form ministry after the general election of 1937 was Bengal.

Answer: (b)

Bhagat Singh had written the article ‘Why I am an Atheist’.

Answer: (c)

Subhash Chandra Bose hailed Gandhi’s call for ‘Quit India’ as an Epic Movement.

Answer: (c)

Lahore session of Muslim League (1940) was presided over by Mohammad Ali Jinnah.

Answer: (d)

Mahatma Gandhi advised that the Indian National Congress should be disbanded as a political party after the Independence of India.

Answer: (a)

Labour Party was in power in the UK when India got Independence. The post-war Labour government in Britain was committed to independence for India. A second mission was sent to India by Prime Minister Attlee in 1946 for the preparation of independence. On 16 May, this Cabinet Mission published a plan for transferring power to a united India, but over subsequent months it became clear that this plan would fail.

The British Government, therefore, began to draw up alternative plans. It also appointed a new Viceroy Lord Mountbatten to take over from Lord Wavell who had failed to get the Indian parties to agree on any plan. In June 1947, Mountbatten announced that Independence would come at Midnight on 14 August 1947.