Cripps Mission, Quit India, INA and Independence (1939-1947)

Attempt the quiz above first, then review every question with its correct answer and a short explanation below.

1. Q1.The Quit India Movement was launched on:

   • A.9 August 1942
   • B.15 August 1947
   • C.26 January 1930
   • D.8 August 1942✓ Correct Answer

   Explanation: The resolution was passed at Gowalia Tank, Bombay.

2. Q2.Gandhi's slogan in the Quit India Movement was:

   • A.Jai Hind
   • B.Delhi Chalo
   • C.Inquilab Zindabad
   • D.Do or Die✓ Correct Answer

   Explanation: He gave it in his speech on 8 August 1942.

3. Q3.The Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) was led by:

   • A.Mohan Singh alone
   • B.Rash Behari Bose alone
   • C.Subhas Chandra Bose✓ Correct Answer
   • D.Jawaharlal Nehru

   Explanation: He took charge in 1943 in Singapore.

4. Q4.India became independent on:

   • A.15 August 1947✓ Correct Answer
   • B.26 January 1950
   • C.3 June 1947
   • D.9 August 1942

   Explanation: The Indian Independence Act came into effect.

5. Q5.The last Viceroy of British India was:

   • A.Lord Wavell
   • B.Lord Mountbatten✓ Correct Answer
   • C.Lord Linlithgow
   • D.Lord Irwin

   Explanation: He later served as independent India's first Governor-General.

6. Q6.The Cripps Mission came to India in:

   • A.1939
   • B.1942✓ Correct Answer
   • C.1946
   • D.1947

   Explanation: Sir Stafford Cripps led it.

7. Q7.The August Offer of 1940 was made by Viceroy:

   • A.Lord Wavell
   • B.Lord Mountbatten
   • C.Lord Linlithgow✓ Correct Answer
   • D.Lord Irwin

   Explanation: It promised dominion status after the war.

8. Q8.The first Satyagrahi in the Individual Satyagraha of 1940 was:

   • A.Jawaharlal Nehru
   • B.Sardar Patel
   • C.Rajendra Prasad
   • D.Vinoba Bhave✓ Correct Answer

   Explanation: Nehru was the second.

9. Q9.The C. Rajagopalachari (CR) Formula of 1944 was a proposal to:

   • A.resolve the Congress-League deadlock✓ Correct Answer
   • B.launch Quit India
   • C.form the INA
   • D.partition Bengal

   Explanation: Jinnah rejected it.

10. Q10.The Wavell Plan was discussed at the Simla Conference of:

    • A.1942
    • B.1944
    • C.1945✓ Correct Answer
    • D.1947

    Explanation: The conference failed over the Muslim League's demand.

11. Q11.The Cabinet Mission arrived in India in:

    • A.1942
    • B.1946✓ Correct Answer
    • C.1945
    • D.1947

    Explanation: It proposed a three-tier federal structure.

12. Q12.The Muslim League observed Direct Action Day on:

    • A.9 August 1942
    • B.3 June 1947
    • C.15 August 1947
    • D.16 August 1946✓ Correct Answer

    Explanation: It led to widespread communal violence in Calcutta.

13. Q13.The Interim Government was formed in September 1946 with the Vice-President of the Executive Council as:

    • A.Vallabhbhai Patel
    • B.Rajendra Prasad
    • C.Jawaharlal Nehru✓ Correct Answer
    • D.Liaquat Ali Khan

    Explanation: The Viceroy remained the President.

14. Q14.The Mountbatten Plan for partition was announced on:

    • A.15 August 1947
    • B.16 May 1946
    • C.3 June 1947✓ Correct Answer
    • D.8 August 1942

    Explanation: It is also called the 3 June Plan.

15. Q15.The Radcliffe Line demarcated the boundaries of India and Pakistan and was headed by:

    • A.Lord Mountbatten
    • B.Lord Wavell
    • C.Sir Stafford Cripps
    • D.Sir Cyril Radcliffe✓ Correct Answer

    Explanation: It was published on 17 August 1947.

16. Q16.Subhas Bose formed the Provisional Government of Free India in 1943 at:

    • A.Singapore✓ Correct Answer
    • B.Rangoon
    • C.Tokyo
    • D.Berlin

    Explanation: The Azad Hind Fauj fought alongside Japan in Burma.

17. Q17.The Quit India Movement is also called the August Kranti, and Aruna Asaf Ali hoisted the flag at:

    • A.Red Fort, Delhi
    • B.Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay✓ Correct Answer
    • C.Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar
    • D.Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad

    Explanation: She earned the title Heroine of 1942.

18. Q18.Who started the parallel government at Ballia in August 1942?

    • A.Chittu Pandey✓ Correct Answer
    • B.Jayaprakash Narayan
    • C.Achyut Patwardhan
    • D.Satara's Nana Patil

    Explanation: Chittu Pandey headed the Ballia government, while Nana Patil led the one at Satara.

19. Q19.The INA's Rani of Jhansi Regiment was commanded by:

    • A.Sarojini Naidu
    • B.Lakshmi Sahgal (Swaminathan)✓ Correct Answer
    • C.Aruna Asaf Ali
    • D.Annie Besant

    Explanation: It was an all-women regiment.

20. Q20.The Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed by the British Parliament in:

    • A.July 1947✓ Correct Answer
    • B.August 1947
    • C.June 1947
    • D.March 1947

    Explanation: It received royal assent on 18 July 1947.