General Studies Question 138

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

Options:

A) India should be granted complete Independence.

B) India should be partitioned into two before granting Independence.

C) India should be made a Republic with the condition that she will join the Commonwealth.

D) India should be given Dominion status.

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

  • Exp. [d] In March 1942, a mission headed by Stafford Cripps was sent to India with constitutional proposals to seek Indian support for the Second World War. Sir Stafford Cripps was a senior left-wing politician and government minister in the war cabinet of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. 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.