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  1. 2801UPSC2016HistoryEnglish

    The plan of Sir Stafford Cripps envisaged that after the Second World War

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    Correct option: D — India should be given Dominion status

  2. 2802BPSC2000HistoryEnglish

    Who viewed the Cripps proposal as a post-dated cheque upon a crashing bank?

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    Correct option: A — Mahatma Gandhi

  3. 2803UPSC2009HistoryEnglish

    Who of the following Prime Ministers sent Cripps Mission to India?

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    Correct option: D — Winston Churchill

  4. 2804UPSC2010HistoryEnglish

    Who among the following were official Congress negotiators with Cripps Mission?

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    Correct option: C — Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Azad

  5. 2805UPPSC2007HistoryEnglish

    Who among the following called the Movements of Gandhiji as ‘Political Blackmail’?

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    Correct option: C — Lord Linlithgow

  6. 2806UPPSC1998HistoryEnglish

    Sir Stafford Cripps came to India with a draft declaration of proposals of British Government included that 1. India should be given a dominion status. 2. All provinces and States must be merged to make the Indian Union. 3. Any province or the 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.

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    Correct option: D — All of these

  7. 2807UPSC2009HistoryEnglish

    Consider the following statements. The ‘Cripps’ proposals include the provision for 1. Full independence for India. 2. Creation of Constitutionmaking body. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

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    Correct option: B — Only 2

  8. 2808BPSC1999HistoryEnglish

    On 6th July, 1942, at the Working Committee of the Congress, Mahatma Gandhi discussed for the first time his ‘Quit India Policy’. The President of the Committee was

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    Correct option: B — Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

  9. 2809RPSC2010HistoryEnglish

    Where did the Congress Working Committee meet to pass the ‘Quit India Resolution’ of 14th July, 1942?

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    Correct option: B — Wardha

  10. 2810UPPSC2013HistoryEnglish

    The Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army during Quit India Movement was

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    Correct option: A — Lord Wavell

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