Indian Freedom Struggle II (1917 – 1947) Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Answer: (a)

The Indian response against the commission was immediate and nearly unanimous. What angered the Indians most was the exclusion of Indians from the commission and the basic notion behind the exclusion that foreigners would discuss and decide upon India’s fitness for self-government.

This notion was seen as a violation of the principle of self-determination and a deliberate insult to the self-respect of Indians.

Answer: (a)

Cabinet Mission came to India after the Second World War in 1946. After the end of the Second World War, the British authorities in India released all political prisoners who had participated in the Quit India Movement.

The Indian National Congress, the largest Indian political party, which had long fought for national independence, agreed to participate in elections for a constituent assembly, as did the Muslim League.

The newly elected government of Clement Attlee dispatched the 1946 Cabinet Mission to India to formulate proposals for the formation of a government that would lead to an independent India.

Answer: (d)

On July 18, 1947, the British Parliament ratified the Moutbatten Plan as the “Independence of India Act - 1947”. The act was implemented on August 15, 1947. The Act provided for the creation of two independent dominions of India and Pakistan with effect from August 15, 1947.

Answer: (d)

Shortly afterward he was elected President of the Haripura Congress Session in 1938. During his term as Congress President, he talked of planning in concrete terms and set up a National Planning Committee in October that year. At the end of his first term, the presidential election to the Tripura Congress session took place in early 1939.

Subhas Chandra Bose was re-elected, defeating Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya who had been backed by Mahatma Gandhi and the Congress Working Committee. Clouds of World War II were on the horizon and he brought a resolution to give the British six months to hand India over to the Indians, failing which there would be a revolt.

There was much opposition to his rigid stand, and he resigned from the post of president and formed a progressive group known as the Forward Block.

Answer: (c)

Lord Linlithgrow was associated with the August offer. ‘August Offer’ was a fresh proposal promising the expansion of the Executive Council to include more Indians, the establishment of an advisory war council, giving full weight to minority opinion, and the recognition of Indians’ right to frame their own constitution. In return, it was hoped that all parties and communities in India would cooperate in Britain’s war effort.