Making Of Constitution Set 2

Q1. The August Offer was announced by:

Lord Mountbatten Lord Linlithgow Lord Wavell Stafford Cripps

Q2. Which British proposal was accepted by both Congress and Muslim League?

August Offer Cripps Proposal Wavell Plan Cabinet Mission Plan

Q3. The Wavell Plan aimed to resolve political deadlock by creating:

Constituent Assembly Interim Executive Council Federal Assembly National Government

Q4. Who said 'Dominion status is dead as a door nail'?

Mahatma Gandhi B. R. Ambedkar Jawaharlal Nehru Subhash Chandra Bose

Q5. Dominion Status allowed countries to:

Become fully independent republics Remain under British Empire but self-govern Be ruled directly by British Parliament Lose internal autonomy

Q6. The Cripps Proposal was introduced in:

1940 1942 1945 1946

Q7. The Wavell Plan is also known as:

Delhi Proposal Shimla Conference Plan Cabinet Proposal August Declaration

Q8. The Wavell Plan was proposed in:

1942 1944 1945 1946

Q9. The August Offer promised which status to India after the war?

Complete Independence Dominion Status Republican Status Federal Status

Q10. The Interim Executive Council under Wavell Plan proposed equal representation between:

British & Indians Congress & British Hindus & Muslims Provinces & States

Q11. The Constituent Assembly of India was formed according to:

August Offer Cripps Proposal Wavell Plan Cabinet Mission Plan

Q12. The chairman of the Cabinet Mission was:

Stafford Cripps Lord Wavell Pethick-Lawrence A. V. Alexander

Q13. The Cabinet Mission Plan was introduced in:

1942 1945 1946 1947

Q14. The Cripps Proposal included formation of a:

Interim Parliament Constituent Assembly Federal Court War Council

Q15. Why were earlier British plans rejected?

Lack of British approval Congress demanded Poorna Swaraj while British offered Dominion Status Muslim League opposed elections No constitution was proposed

Q16. How many members were in the British Cabinet Mission?

Two Three Four Five

Q17. The term 'Dominion' means:

Military control Absolute independence Self-governing nation within British Empire Colonial province

Q18. The Cripps Proposal offered India:

Immediate independence Dominion status after the war Separate constitution immediately Provincial autonomy only

Q19. The August Offer was made during:

First World War Non-Cooperation Movement World War II Quit India Movement

Q20. The August Offer was proposed in:

1935 1940 1942 1945

Q21. Which of the following was NOT a member of Cabinet Mission?

Pethick-Lawrence Stafford Cripps A. V. Alexander Lord Wavell