MCQ on Cabinet Mission Plan (1946) for UPSC

MCQ on Cabinet Mission Plan (1946) for UPSC

 

Question 1.  Cabinet Mission was presided over by ________.

(A) Sir P. Lawrence

(B) Clement Attlee

(C) Strafford Cripps

(D) Lord Attlee

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(A) Sir P. Lawrence

Question 2.  The Cabinet Mission came to India in ________.

(A) May 1942

(B) April 1946

(C) March 1942

(D) February 1942

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(B) April 1946

Question 3.  Who amongst the following headed the 1946 Cabinet Mission?

(A) Hugh Gaitskell

(B) Sir Pethick-Lawrence

(C) Sir John Simon

(D) None of the above

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(B) Sir Pethick-Lawrence

Question 4.  Who arrived India, in 1946 after Second World War?

(A) Simon Commission

(B) Wavell Mission

(C) Cabinet Mission

(D) Cripps Mission

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(C) Cabinet Mission

Question 5.  Which one of the following had proposed a three-tire polity for India? 

(A) Cabinet Mission

(B) Cripps Mission

(C) Simon Commission

(D) Nehru Committee

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(D) Nehru Committee

Question 6.  Cabinet Mission, 1946 comprised of three cabinet ministers. Who among the following was not its member?

(A) Lord Emery

(B) Sir Stafford Cripps

(C) A.V. Alexander

(D) Lord Pathic Lawrence

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(A) Lord Emery

Question 7. Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission?

(A) A.V. Alexander

(B) Stafford Cripps

(C) John Simon

(D) Pethick Lawrence

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(C) John Simon

Question 8. Which of the following was not a member of Cabinet Mission?

(A) A.V. Alexander

(B) Sir Stafford Cripps

(C) Pethick Lawrence

(D) William Wood

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(D) William Wood

Question 9. ‘It made its proposals in May. It still wanted a united India. There was to be the Federal Union composed of British provinces’. The above quotation is related to_______.

(A) Cabinet Mission

(B) Cripps Mission

(C) Gandhi-Irwin Pact

(D) Simon Commission

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(A) Cabinet Mission

Question 10. Which one of the following is not correct about the Cabinet Mission Plan? 

(A) Constitution Framing Right

(B) Acceptance of Pakistan

(C) Interim Cabinet of Indians

(D) Provincial Grouping

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(B) Acceptance of Pakistan

Question 11. Which one of the following suggested the reconstitution of the Viceroy’s Executive Council in which all the portfolios including that of War Members were to be held by the Indian leaders?

(A) Cabinet Mission, 1946

(B) Cripps Mission, 1940

(C) Shimla Conference, 1945

(D) Simon Commission, 1927

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(A) Cabinet Mission, 1946

Question 12. With reference to the Cabinet Mission, which of the following statements is/are correct?

  1. It recommended a federal Government.
  2. It enlarged the powers of the Indian Courts.
  3. It provided for more Indians in the ICS.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(A) Only 1

(B) 1 and 3

(C) 2 and 3

(D)   None of these

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(A) Only 1

Question 13. Which one of the following leaders of the Congress was totally in favour of Cabinet Mission Plan?

(A) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

(B) Sardar Patel

(C) Jawaharlal Nehru

(D) Mahatma Gandhi

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(D) Mahatma Gandhi

Question 14. Which Congress President negotiated with both Cripps Mission and Lord Wavell?

(A) C. Rajagopalachari

(B) J.B. Kripalani

(C) Jawaharlal Nehru

(D) Abul Kalam Azad

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(D) Abul Kalam Azad

Question 15. Who was the President of Indian National Congress during the visit of Cabinet Mission to India?

(A) Sarojini Naidu

(B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

(C) J.B. Kripalani

(D) Jawaharlal Nehru

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(B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad