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Cripps Mission (1942)

📆 October 23, 2024

Total Questions: 10

1. Who viewed the Cripps proposal as a post-dated cheque upon a crashing bank? [44th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2000]

Correct Answer: (a) Mahatma Gandhi
Solution:Cripps Mission visited India and announced the draft proposal. Mahatma Gandhi called the proposal a "post-dated cheque." The Cripps Mission was sent after the decision taken by the
British War Cabinet in 1942 to grant Dominion Status to India
after the War and equal treatment to the Indians on par with
other dominions such as Canada and Australia. It was sent
amidst the political belligerence in India on various fronts,
such as the lack of faith in the British Army's capacity to
defend India against aggressive Japan and the increasing
demand for a separate state by the League and Jinnah. But the
most important factor was the pressure on Churchill to win
the support of Indians for the British cause in the War.

2. Consider the following statements: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2009]

The 'Cripps' proposals include the provision for:

  1. Full independence for India.
  2. Creation of Constitution-making body.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer: (b) Only 2
Solution:According to the Cripps Mission, India was proposed to be entered into Dominion State status after the Second World War. Cripps Mission also proposed to make a Constitution-making body. Thus, only statement (2) is correct.

3. Who of the following Prime Ministers sent Cripps Mission to India? [I.A.S. (Pre) 2009]

Correct Answer: (d) Winston Churchill
Solution:To seek help and India's participation in second World War in March, 1942 the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sent Crips  Mission to India under the leadership of Sir Stafford Cripps.

4. Who among the following were official Congress negotiators with Cripps Mission? [I.A.S. (Pre) 2010]

Correct Answer: (c) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Azad.
Solution:Nehru and Maulana Azad were the official negotiators for the Congress with Cripps Mission. The Cripps Mission was sent after the decision taken by the
British War Cabinet in 1942 to grant Dominion Status to India
after the War and equal treatment to the Indians on par with
other dominions such as Canada and Australia. It was sent
amidst the political belligerence in India on various fronts,
such as the lack of faith in the British Army's capacity to
defend India against aggressive Japan and the increasing
demand for a separate state by the League and Jinnah. But the
most important factor was the pressure on Churchill to win
the support of Indians for the British cause in the War.

5. Who among the following called the Movements of Gandhiji as ‘Political Blackmail’? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2007]

Correct Answer: (c) Lord Linlithgow
Solution:Lord Linlithgow called the Movement of Gandhi as 'Political Blackmail.' Viceroy and Governor-General Lord Linlithgow's tenure was the longest in India. He was the longest-serving Viceroy of India from 1936 to 1943. Quit India Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi during his tenure.

6. In which year did the Cripps Mission come to India? [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Mains) 2006]

Correct Answer: (b) 1942
Solution:Considering the rising power of Japan, international community, especially United States of America, China, and Australia enforced Britain to grant freedom to India. As a result, Stafford Cripps arrived in India in March 1942 to negotiate with Indian politicians.

7. Sir Stafford Cripps came to India with a draft declaration of proposals of the British Government which included that: [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 1998]

  1. India should be given Dominion Status.
  2. All provinces and States must be merged to make the Indian Union.
  3. Any province or State can take the decision to live outside of the Indian Union.
  4. Indian Constitution must be constituted by the people of India.

Choose the correct answer from the code given below:

Correct Answer: (d) All of the above
Solution:After reaching India in March 1942, Stafford Cripps presented the proposal whose major recommendations were:
  1. After the war, India should be given Dominion Status and not be subject to any external authority.
  2. Indians should be given the right to form their own Constitution, for which the process of Constitution-making will be initiated after the war.
  3. Provinces not agreeing to the new Constitution would have the right to remain outside the proposed Union. Such provinces would be entitled to form their own separate Constitution.
  4. During the war, an interim government comprising different parties of India would be constituted. However, defence and external affairs would be the sole responsibility of the Viceroy."

8. An important aspect of the Cripps Mission of 1942 was: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2003]

Correct Answer: (b) the creation of an Indian Union with Dominion status after the Second World War.
Solution:After reaching India in March 1942, Stafford Cripps presented the proposal whose major recommendations were:
  1. After the war, India should be given Dominion Status and not be subject to any external authority.
  2. Indians should be given the right to form their own Constitution, for which the process of Constitution-making will be initiated after the war.
  3. Provinces not agreeing to the new Constitution would have the right to remain outside the proposed Union. Such provinces would be entitled to form their own separate Constitution.
  4. During the war, an interim government comprising different parties of India would be constituted. However, defence and external affairs would be the sole responsibility of the Viceroy."

9. Which one of the following is not true about the Cripps Mission? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2005]

Correct Answer: (c) The formation of a new executive Council with equal representation for both Hindus and Muslims.
Solution:After reaching India in March 1942, Stafford Cripps presented the proposal whose major recommendations were:
  1. After the war, India should be given Dominion Status and not be subject to any external authority.
  2. Indians should be given the right to form their own Constitution, for which the process of Constitution-making will be initiated after the war.
  3. Provinces not agreeing to the new Constitution would have the right to remain outside the proposed Union. Such provinces would be entitled to form their own separate Constitution.
  4. During the war, an interim government comprising different parties of India would be constituted. However, defence and external affairs would be the sole responsibility of the Viceroy."

10. The plan of Sir Stafford Cripps envisaged that after the Second World War: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2016]

Correct Answer: (d) India should be given Dominion status.
Solution:After reaching India in March 1942, Stafford Cripps presented the proposal whose major recommendations were:
  1. After the war, India should be given Dominion Status and not be subject to any external authority.
  2. Indians should be given the right to form their own Constitution, for which the process of Constitution-making will be initiated after the war.
  3. Provinces not agreeing to the new Constitution would have the right to remain outside the proposed Union. Such provinces would be entitled to form their own separate Constitution.
  4. During the war, an interim government comprising different parties of India would be constituted. However, defence and external affairs would be the sole responsibility of the Viceroy."
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