UGC NET History Practice Question

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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.

The plan for the partition of India into two independent Dominions (India and Pakistan), announced on June 3, 1947, was known as the:

Mountbatten Plan (June 3rd Plan) ✓

Wavell Plan

Cabinet Mission Plan

Dickie Bird Plan

The Mountbatten Plan (3 June 1947) laid out the partition of British India into the Dominions of India and Pakistan.

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