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WORLD WAR 2nd AND INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENTS
CONTENT AND MCQS
Second World War and the National Movement (1939 – 1945)
Lord Linlithgow declared India to be at war without the prior assent of the Central Legislature. The Congress Ministry resigned in the wake of the war. Congress agreed to support Britain only in returns of independence being granted. The viceroy could promise this only after the war. In October-November 1939, the Congress Ministries resigned in protest. The Muslim League observed this as the Deliverence Day (December 22, 1939) .
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Cripps Mission
- To secure this cooperation, British Government sent to India a mission headed by a Cabinet Minister, Sir Stafford Cripps in March 1942.
- Cripps declared that the aim of British policy in India was “the earliest possible realization of self-government in India,” but detailed negotiations between the British Government and the Congress leaders broke down, as the British Government refused to accept the Congress demand for the immediate transfer of effective power to Indians.
Quit India Movement
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- The All India Congress Committee met at Bombay on August 8, 1942. It passed the famous ‘Quit India’ Resolution and proposed the starting of a non-violent mass struggle under Gandhiji’s leadership to achieve this aim.
- Early in the morning of August 9, Gandhiji and other Congress leaders were arrested and the Congress was once again declared illegal.
- The news of these arrests left the country aghast, and a spontaneous movement of protest arose everywhere, giving expression to the pent up anger of the people.
- All over the country there were strikes in factories, schools and colleges, and demonstrations which were lathi-charged and fired upon.
- The Government on its part went all out to crush the 1942 movement. Its repression knew no bounds. The press was completely muzzled. The demonstrating crowds were machine-gunned and even bombed from the air.
- In the end, the Government succeeded in crushing the movement. The Revolt of 1942, as it has been termed, was in fact short-lived.
- After the suppression of the Revolt of 1942, there was hardly any political activity inside the country till the war ended in 1945.
- The established leaders of the national movement were behind the bars, and no new leaders arose to take their place or to give a new lead to the country.
- In 1943, Bengal was plunged into the worst famine in recent history. Within a few months over three million people died because of starvation. There was deep anger among the people for the Government could have pre-vented the famine from taking such a heavy toll of life.
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Azad Hind Fauj
- The national movement, however, found a new expression outside the country’s frontiers. Subhas Chandra Bose bad escaped from India in March 1941, went the Soviet Union for help. But when the Soviet Union joined the allies in June 1941, he went to Germany.
- In February 1943, Bose left for Japan to organize an armed struggle against British rule with Japanese help.
- In Singapore, Bose formed the Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army or INA) to conduct a military campaign for the liberation of India. He was assisted by Rash Behari Bose, an old terrorist revolutionary.
- Before the arrival of Subhash Bose, steps towards the organization of the INA had been taken by General Mohan Singh (at that time, he was a captain of the British Indian army).
- Subhash Bose, who was now called Netaji by the soldiers of the INA, gave his followers the battle cry of ‘Jai Hind‘.
- The INA joined the Japanese army in its march on India from Burma. Inspired by the aim of freeing their homeland, the soldiers and officers of the INA hoped to enter India as its liberators with Subhash Bose at the head of the Provisional Government of Free India.
- With the collapse of Japan in the War during 1944-45, the INA too met defeat, and Subhash Bose was died in an airplane accident on his way to Tokyo
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Table of Contents
MODERN HISTORY FOR MAI BHAGO AFPI
1. August Offer’ was issued by ____
a. Crown
b. Parliament
C. Viceroy
d. Secretary of State
Answer: C
2. The Second World War Period was from:
a. 1939-45
b. 1940-1942
c. 1919-1939
d. 1942-45
ANSWER: A
3. During the World War II:
i) Gandhi supported the allied powers unconditionally.
ii) Subhash Bose and socialists argued that the war was an imperialist propaganda and we should not support Britishers.
iii) CWC meeting at Wardha took place in September 1939.
Options:
a. Only (i) and (ii)
b. Only (iii) and (i)
c. Only (ii) and (iii)
d. All of the above
ANSWER: D
4. Pakistan Resolution was passed in:
a. Lahore, 1940
b. Lahore,1941
c. Kanpur,1940
d. Kanpur, 1941
ANSWER: A
5. August Offer announced:
i) Dominion Status
ii) Expanded Viceroys executive Council
iii) Setting up of Constituent Assembly.
Options:
a. Only (i) and (ii)
b. Only (ii) and (iii)
c. Only (iii) and (i)
d. All of the above
ANSWER: D
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6. Individual Satyagraha was started in the year:
a. 1942
b. 1943
c. 1940
d. 1927
ANSWER: C
7. Who were the first and second person to offer Individual Satyagraha?
a. Vinobha Bhave and J L Nehru
b. B R Ambedkar and C Rajagopalachari
c. Vinobha Bhave and Mahatma Gandhi
d. Mahatma Gandhi and J L Nehru
ANSWER: A
8. Cripps mission gave the powers:
i) To make Indian constitution completely by Indians.
ii) A concrete plan for constitutional assembly.
iii) Options for provinces to have a separate constitution.
Options:
a. Only (i) and (ii)
b. Only (ii) and (iii)
c. Only (iii) and (i)
d. All of the above
ANSWER: D
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9. Where did Acharya Vinoba Bhave started individual satyagraha
a. Maharashtra
b. Ahmedabad
c. Gujarat
d. Punjab
ANSWER: A
10. Who among the following presided over the meeting of the constituent assembly held on 9th December, 1946?
a. Pandit Jawarlal Nehru
b. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
c. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
d. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: c
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11. Which one among the following princely states opted for direct dealing with the constituent assembly in the year 1946, instead of threw the Chamber of the Princess?
a. Baroda
b. Travancore
c. Junagarh
d. Mysore
Answer: a
12. The Radcliffe Committee was appointed to?
a. solve the problem of minorities in India
b. give effect to the Independence Bill
c. delimit the boundaries between India and Pakistan
d. Enquire into the riots in East Bengal
Answer: c
13. The first Prime Minister of India in 1947 was appointed by
a. The Governor General
b. The President of India
c. Mahatma Gandhi
d. A committee headed by Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Answer: b
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14. Aruna Aasf Ali was associated with which one of the following?
a. Bordoli Satyagraha
b. Quit India Movement
c. Civil Disobedience Movement
d. Khilafat Movement
Answer: b
15. Who was invited by Lord Wavell to form the interim government in 1946?
a. C.Rajagopalachari
b. Sardar Patel
c. Jawarlal Nehru
d. Rajendra Prasad
Answer: c
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16. The C.Rajagopalachari’s formula was an attempt?
a. to arrive at an agreement with the Muslim League on its demand for Pakistan
b. to secure the cooperation of the Muslim League for the formation of the interim government
c. to secure the Muslim League’s support for India’s independence
d. All of the above
Answer: d
17. Which one of the following statements with regard to ‘Direction Action Day’ is correct?
a. Hasan Suhrawardy presided over the ‘Direct Action Day’
b. ‘Direct Action’ took place in Delhi
c. ‘Direct Action Day’ led to the Bihar Riot
d. ‘Direct Action’ was endorsed by the Congress Party
Answer: A
18. In 1943, Muslim League leaders were installed in four provinces. Two of them were in Sindh and NWFP, which were the other two?
a. Punjab and Bengal
b. Assam and Punjab
c. Bengal and Assam
d. Bengal and Uttar Pradesh
Answer: b
19. The Nehru-Liaquat Pact between India and Pakistan was signed in 1950 to resolve the issue of
a. the protection of minorities
b. the accession of princely states
c. the border disputes
d. the problem of refugees
Answer: b
20. With which one of the following movements is the slogan ‘Do or Die’ associated?
a. Swadeshi Movement
b. Non-cooperation Movement
c. Civil Disobedience Movement
d. Quit India Movement
Answer: d
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21. Which one of the following leaders of the Congress was totally in favour of Cabinet Mission plan?
a. Mahatma Gandhi
b. Jawaharlal Nehru
c. Sardar Patel
d. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: c
22. Who among the following was the Governor General of India immediately preceding Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari?
a. the Marquess of Linlithgow
b. Lord Mountbatten
c. Lord Wavell
d. Lord Chelmsford
Answer: b
23. Which one of the following observations is not true about the Quit India Movement of 1942?
a. It was a violent movement.
b. It was led by Mahatma Gandhi.
c. It was a spontaneous movement.
d. It did not attract the labour class in general.
Answer: a
24. Who of the following was not the member of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution?
a. M. Gopalswami Aiyyangar
b. Alladi Krishanswami Aiyyar
c. K.M. Munshi
d. S.N. Mukherjee
Answer: c
25. Which one of the following is not one of the Commissions and Committee set up to advise on the creation of linguistic states?
a. The Dhar Committee
b. The JVP Committee
c. The States Reorganisation Commission
d. Justice Wanchoo Commission
Answer: d
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26. Who among the following was the founder of the Muslim League?
a. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
b. Shaukat Ali
c. Nawab Salimullah
d. Aga Khan
Answer: c
27. In which state in India was Panchayati Raj first introduced?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Rajasthan
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Madhya Pradesh
Answer: b
28. Who drafted the constitution of Muslim League, “The Green Book”?
a. Rehmat Ali
b. Muhammad Iqbal
c. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
d. Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar
Answer: c
29. The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to the partition of country mainly because?
a. The principle of Two-Nation Theory was then acceptable to them
b. It was imposed by the British Government and the Congress was helpless in this regard.
c. They wanted to avoid large-scale communal riots.
d. India would have otherwise lost the opportunity to obtain freedom
Answer: c
30. Who wrote the book “The Story of the Integration of the Indian States”?
a. B.N. Rao
b. C. Rajagopalachari
c. Krishna Menon
d. V.P. Menon
Answer: d
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