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.
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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Itihaaskar — UGC NET/JRF & UPSC History Optional notes by Parveen Malik (B.Tech. (CSE), M.A. (History), History JRF). Also spelt Itihaskar.
