Independence and Partition of India

1

Consider the following statements in the context of the provinces in the June Third Plan of 1947:

  1. In the Punjab and Bengal the legislative assembly would be divided into sections, one for members belonging to the Muslim-majority districts and the other for the non-Muslim districts.
  2. The plan made provisions for setting up of a boundary commission in case of partition.
  3. In the NWFP and Baluchistan province, the choice of joining any particular constituent assembly was to be decided by a referendum.
  4. The Governor General was to prescribe the method and mode of ascertaining the will of the people of Sylhet, the muslim majority area of Assam.

Which of the above statements is are correct?

A
1 only
B
1 and 2
C
1, 2 and 3
D
All the above

2

Which of the following statements could be termed as the true contents of the CR formula?

  1. The Muslim league should cooperate with the Congress in the formation of provisional interim government for the transitional period.
  2. The people in the Muslim dominated districts of the north-west and the east of the India shall decide, by plebiscite, the issue of separation from India.
  3. The prerequisite of the formula was the grant of dominion status to India by the British.

Codes:

A
Only 1
B
2 and 3
C
1 and 2
D
1, 2 and 3

3

With reference to Indian Independence Act 1947, consider the following statements:

  1. The partition of the country into India and Pakistan.
  2. On 15th August 1947 India, and on the 14th August Pakistan.
  3. A Boundary Commission would demarcate the boundaries of the provinces of the Punjab and Bengal.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A
1 and 2 only
B
2 and 3 only
C
1 and 3 only
D
3 only

4

Who sang the song "a war is coming without knife and blood" during freedom struggle

A
Namakkal Kavinjar Ramalingam Pillai
B
Mrs. Lakshmipathi Sardar Vedaratnam Pillai
C
Swaminatha Chetty
D
Tiruppur Kumaran

5

Consider the following statements in context of Cabinet Mission of 1946:

  1. It recommended a federal Government.
  2. It recommended for three groups of Indian provinces.
  3. Sir Stafford Cripps was included in Cabinet Mission.

Which of the statements above is/are correct?

A
1 and 2 only
B
2 and 3 only
C
1 and 3 only
D
1, 2 and 3

6

With reference to Interim Government and First Cabinet of Free India consider the following statements.

  1. The members of the interim government were the members of the viceroy's executive council.
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru was designated as vice president of the council.
  3. All the members of Interim government became members of the First Cabinet of Free India.

Which of the statements above is/are correct?

A
1 and 3 only
B
1 and 2 only
C
1 only
D
3 only

7

The idea of a Constituent Assembly was first conceived and advocated by which of the following?

A
M.N. Roy
B
J.L. Nehru
C
Acharya Narendra Dev
D
S.C. Bose

8

Which of the following statements is not correct about the Cabinet Mission Plan?

A
Acceptance of Pakistan as an Independent state
B
Provision of the right to frame constitution
C
Arrangement for an Interim cabinet of Indians
D
All of the above