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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
2 points
. The Cripps mission was an attempt by the British govermment to
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Cripps worked to keep India loyal to the British war effort in exchange for a promise of full self-government after the war. Cripps promised to give dominion status after the war as well as elections to be held after the war.
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Cripps worked to keep India loyal to the British war effort in exchange for a promise of full self-government after the war. Cripps promised to give dominion status after the war as well as elections to be held after the war.
Question 2 of 10
2. Question
2 points
The proposal of the Cripps mission was that
1. India would be a dominion associated with the United Kingdom.
2. An elected body charged with the task of making the constitution would be setup Immediately after the World War II is stopped.
Which of the above is/are correct?
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The main proposals of the mission were as follows:
An Indian Union with a dominion status would be set up, it would be free to decide its relations with the Commonwealth and free to participate in the United Nations and other international bodies.
After the end of the war, a constituent assembly would be convened to frame a new constitution. Members of this assembly would be partly elected by the provincial assemblies through proportional representation and partly nominated by the princes.
The British Government would accept the new constitution subject to two conditions.
Any province not willing to join the Union could have a separate constitution and form a separate Union, and (ii) the new constitution- making body and the British Government would negotiate a treaty to effect the transfer of power and to safeguard racial and religious minorities.
In the meantime, defence of India would remain in British hands and the Governor General’s powers would remain intact.
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The main proposals of the mission were as follows:
An Indian Union with a dominion status would be set up, it would be free to decide its relations with the Commonwealth and free to participate in the United Nations and other international bodies.
After the end of the war, a constituent assembly would be convened to frame a new constitution. Members of this assembly would be partly elected by the provincial assemblies through proportional representation and partly nominated by the princes.
The British Government would accept the new constitution subject to two conditions.
Any province not willing to join the Union could have a separate constitution and form a separate Union, and (ii) the new constitution- making body and the British Government would negotiate a treaty to effect the transfer of power and to safeguard racial and religious minorities.
In the meantime, defence of India would remain in British hands and the Governor General’s powers would remain intact.
Question 3 of 10
3. Question
2 points
Why Indian National Congress (INC) leaders were not satisfied with the Cripps Mission (1942) proposals?
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Ans C
Cripps was sent to negotiate an agreement with the nationalist leaders, speaking for the majority Indians, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, speaking for the minority Muslim population. Cripps discussed the proposals with the Indian leaders and published them. So, option (b) is wrong. Cripps worked to keep India loyal to the British war effort in exchange for a promise of full self-government after the war. Cripps promised to give dominion status after the war as well as elections to be held after the war. So, option (c) is correct. Both the major parties, the Congress and the League rejected his proposals and the mission proved a failure.
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Cripps was sent to negotiate an agreement with the nationalist leaders, speaking for the majority Indians, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, speaking for the minority Muslim population. Cripps discussed the proposals with the Indian leaders and published them. So, option (b) is wrong. Cripps worked to keep India loyal to the British war effort in exchange for a promise of full self-government after the war. Cripps promised to give dominion status after the war as well as elections to be held after the war. So, option (c) is correct. Both the major parties, the Congress and the League rejected his proposals and the mission proved a failure.
Question 4 of 10
4. Question
2 points
When did the Muslim League pass a resolution committing itself to the creation of a separate nation called ‘Pakistan’?
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The Lahore Resolution written by Muhammad Zafarullah Khan and others and presented by A. K. Fazlul Huq, the Prime Minister of Bengal was a formal political statement adopted by the All-India Muslim League on the occasion of its three-day general session in Lahore on 22-24 March 1940.
The resolution called for independent states as seen by the statement:
“That geographically contiguous units are demarcated into regions which should be constituted, with such territorial readjustments as may be necessary that the areas in which the Muslims are numerically in a majority as in the North Western and Eastern Zones of (British) India should be grouped to constitute ‘independent states’ in which the constituent units should be autonomous and sovereign’.
Although the name ‘Pakistan’ had been proposed by Choudhary Rahmat Ali in his Pakistan Declaration, it was not until after the resolution that it began to be widely used.
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The Lahore Resolution written by Muhammad Zafarullah Khan and others and presented by A. K. Fazlul Huq, the Prime Minister of Bengal was a formal political statement adopted by the All-India Muslim League on the occasion of its three-day general session in Lahore on 22-24 March 1940.
The resolution called for independent states as seen by the statement:
“That geographically contiguous units are demarcated into regions which should be constituted, with such territorial readjustments as may be necessary that the areas in which the Muslims are numerically in a majority as in the North Western and Eastern Zones of (British) India should be grouped to constitute ‘independent states’ in which the constituent units should be autonomous and sovereign’.
Although the name ‘Pakistan’ had been proposed by Choudhary Rahmat Ali in his Pakistan Declaration, it was not until after the resolution that it began to be widely used.
Question 5 of 10
5. Question
2 points
Which of the following could not be a causative factor behind the Bengal Famine, 1943?
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It was one of the biggest famines to ever take place in British India.
Bengal’s economy was predominantly agrarian. For at least a decade before the crisis, between half and three quarters of those dependent on agriculture were already at near subsistence level.
Underlying causes of the famine included inefficient agricultural practices, dense population, and de-peasantisation through debt bondage and land grabbing. An estimated 2.1 million people died in the famine, the deaths occurring first from starvation and then from diseases, which included cholera, malaria, smallpox, dysentery and kala-azar. Other factors, such as malnutrition, population displacement, unsanitary conditions pue lack of healthcare, further increased disease fatalities. Proximate causes comprise localised natural disasters (a cyclone, storm surges and flooding, and rice crop disease) and at least five consequences of war: initial, general war-time inflation of both demand-pull and monetary origin; loss of rice imports due to the Japanese occupation of Burma (modern Myanmar); near- total disruption of Bengal’s market supplies and transport systems by the preemptive etc.
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It was one of the biggest famines to ever take place in British India.
Bengal’s economy was predominantly agrarian. For at least a decade before the crisis, between half and three quarters of those dependent on agriculture were already at near subsistence level.
Underlying causes of the famine included inefficient agricultural practices, dense population, and de-peasantisation through debt bondage and land grabbing. An estimated 2.1 million people died in the famine, the deaths occurring first from starvation and then from diseases, which included cholera, malaria, smallpox, dysentery and kala-azar. Other factors, such as malnutrition, population displacement, unsanitary conditions pue lack of healthcare, further increased disease fatalities. Proximate causes comprise localised natural disasters (a cyclone, storm surges and flooding, and rice crop disease) and at least five consequences of war: initial, general war-time inflation of both demand-pull and monetary origin; loss of rice imports due to the Japanese occupation of Burma (modern Myanmar); near- total disruption of Bengal’s market supplies and transport systems by the preemptive etc.
Question 6 of 10
6. Question
2 points
Consider the following statements regarding the Portuguese Governors in India
a. Francisco De Almeida abolished the practise of Sati and he also acquired Goa from Sultan of Bijapur in 1510
b. Alfonso De Albuquerque formulated the ‘ Blue Water Policy ‘
Choose the right option:
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Solution: D
Francisco De Almeida formulated the ‘ Blue Water Policy ‘, Alfonso De Albuquerque abolished the practise of Sati and he also acquired Goa from Sultan of Bijapur in 1510.
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Solution: D
Francisco De Almeida formulated the ‘ Blue Water Policy ‘, Alfonso De Albuquerque abolished the practise of Sati and he also acquired Goa from Sultan of Bijapur in 1510.
Question 7 of 10
7. Question
2 points
. Consider the following statements regarding what is famously called as the “Golden Farman” of 1632.
a. It was issued to the English East India Company by the Sultan of Golconda Abdullah Qutb Shah
b. This farman allowed them to reopen their factory at Masulipatam and this improved the position of the company.
Choose the correct option:
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Solution: C
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Solution: C
Question 8 of 10
8. Question
2 points
Consider the following statements regarding the Farrukhsiyar’s Farmans, what contained in it?
a. In Bengal, the company’s imports & exports were exempted from additional duties except the annual payment of three thousand rupees and similarly with annual payment of ten thousand rupees in Surat.
b. The company was not allowed to issue dastaks for transportation of such goods
c. The company was not allowed to rent more lands around Calcutta.
Choose the correct option:
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Solution: C
The company was allowed to issue dastaks for transportation of such goods and also the company was allowed to rent more lands around Calcutta. Apart from this it was decreed that the coins of the company minted at Bombay were to have currency throughout the country.
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Solution: C
The company was allowed to issue dastaks for transportation of such goods and also the company was allowed to rent more lands around Calcutta. Apart from this it was decreed that the coins of the company minted at Bombay were to have currency throughout the country.
Question 9 of 10
9. Question
2 points
Who founded the city of Pondicherry in 1674?
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Solution: A
Justification: François Martin was the first Governor General of Pondicherry. In 1673, Sher Khan Lodi, the governor of Valokondapuranam under the sultan of Bijapur granted Francois Martin, director of the Masulipatnam lodge, a site for a settlement. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674
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Solution: A
Justification: François Martin was the first Governor General of Pondicherry. In 1673, Sher Khan Lodi, the governor of Valokondapuranam under the sultan of Bijapur granted Francois Martin, director of the Masulipatnam lodge, a site for a settlement. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674
Question 10 of 10
10. Question
2 points
Choose the correctly matched pairs:
a. First Carnatic war – Treaty of Aix-La- Chapelle
b. Second Carnatic war – Treaty of Pondicherry
c. Third Carnatic war- Treaty of Peace of Paris
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Solution: D
Carnatic war is an extension of Anglo-French rivalry, first Carnatic war was an extension of Austrian war of succession. Internal conflicts in the Deccan led to the second Carnatic war. Seven years war in Europe Led to the third Carnatic War.
In the third Carnatic War the battle of Wandiwash French army was crushed by the British Army under Sir Eyre Coote. This ended the political ambitions of the French in India.
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Solution: D
Carnatic war is an extension of Anglo-French rivalry, first Carnatic war was an extension of Austrian war of succession. Internal conflicts in the Deccan led to the second Carnatic war. Seven years war in Europe Led to the third Carnatic War.
In the third Carnatic War the battle of Wandiwash French army was crushed by the British Army under Sir Eyre Coote. This ended the political ambitions of the French in India.
