UGC NET History Practice Question

The August Offer of 1940 made by Viceroy Lord Linlithgow proposed:

Expansion of Viceroy's Executive Council and setting up a constituent assembly after WWII with Dominion Status ✓

Immediate transfer of defense to Indians

Unconditional Quit India demand acceptance

Partition of India

The 1940 August Offer proposed expanding the Viceroy's Council and a post-war constituent assembly with eventual Dominion Status.

The Cripps Mission visited India in March 1942 to secure Indian support for WWII, but was rejected by Congress; Gandhi described its proposals as:

A post-dated cheque on a crashing bank ✓

A charter of slavery

An imperialist trap

A declaration of war

Gandhi famously dismissed the March 1942 Cripps Mission's proposals as "a post-dated cheque on a crashing bank".

The historic Quit India Resolution was passed by the All-India Congress Committee on August 8, 1942 at:

Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay ✓

Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad

Ramgarh

Wardha

The Quit India Resolution was passed by the AICC on 8 August 1942 at Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay.

During the Quit India Movement of 1942, who operated the famous underground Congress Radio from secret locations in Bombay?

Usha Mehta ✓

Aruna Asaf Ali

Sucheta Kripalani

Kalpana Datta

Usha Mehta ran the underground Congress Radio from secret Bombay locations during the Quit India Movement.

Parallel national governments (Prati Sarkar) were established during the 1942 Quit India Movement at:

Satara (Maharashtra), Tamluk (Midnapore, Bengal), and Ballia (UP) ✓

Poona and Nagpur

Ahmedabad and Surat

Lahore and Peshawar

Parallel "Prati Sarkar" governments emerged during Quit India at Satara, Tamluk (Midnapore) and Ballia.

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