From the free UGC NET History Mock Test 9 — Unit 9: Rise of Indian Nationalism unit-wise mock test — real question, real answer, real explanation.
The Indian National Army (INA / Azad Hind Fauj) was originally conceived and raised in Malaya in 1942 by:
Captain Mohan Singh ✓
Subhas Chandra Bose
Rash Behari Bose
Shah Nawaz Khan
Captain Mohan Singh first raised the Indian National Army in Malaya in 1942 from Indian POWs.
Subhas Chandra Bose assumed supreme command of the Azad Hind Fauj and proclaimed the Provisional Government of Free India (Azad Hind) in October 1943 at:
Singapore ✓
Rangoon
Tokyo
Bangkok
Subhas Chandra Bose took command of the INA and proclaimed the Provisional Government of Free India (Azad Hind) at Singapore in October 1943.
The historic mutiny of the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) ratings broke out in February 1946 aboard the signal school ship named:
HMIS Talwar (Bombay) ✓
HMIS Vikrant
HMIS Hindustan
HMIS Shivaji
The RIN mutiny broke out in February 1946 aboard HMIS Talwar in Bombay, spreading to other ships and shore establishments.
The Cabinet Mission sent to India in March 1946 to negotiate the mechanics of power transfer consisted of three British Cabinet ministers:
Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps, and A.V. Alexander ✓
Lord Wavell, Clement Attlee, and Stafford Cripps
Lord Mountbatten, Pethick-Lawrence, and Alexander
John Simon, Stafford Cripps, and Attlee
The 1946 Cabinet Mission comprised Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps and A.V. Alexander, sent to negotiate the transfer of power.
The Direct Action Day was called by the Muslim League on August 16, 1946, leading to massive communal violence, starting in:
Calcutta (The Great Calcutta Killings) ✓
Noakhali
Rawalpindi
Bihar
Direct Action Day (16 August 1946) triggered the Great Calcutta Killings, among the worst communal violence of the period.
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Itihaaskar — UGC NET/JRF & UPSC History Optional notes by Parveen Malik (B.Tech. (CSE), M.A. (History), History JRF). Also spelt Itihaskar.
