UNIT-9

INDEPENDENCE AND PARTITION OF INDIA

1. Mention the clauses of Cabinet Mission Plan?
2.What were the clauses of Mountbatten Plan?
3.Why did All India Congress Committee accepted
Mountbatten Plan?
4.What were the clauses or provisions of the Indian
Independence Act of 1947?

ANALYTICAL QUESTIONS

1.What was the implication of the Group B States proposed by the Cabinet
Mission Plan?

2.What was mentioned in the Cabinet Mission Plan regarding Provincial

Autonomy?
3.What did the Indian Independence Act 1947 state about:
(i) Bengal and Punjab
(ii) North West Frontier Province
(iii) Sylhet District of Assam?
4.A number of Acts were passed by the British to pacify the demands of the
Indians relating to the Government of India. But the Independence Act, 1947 is
considered as a unique piece of legislation. Why is it so? Give reasons to
support your answer.
5.Do you think that the All-India Congress Party had no alternative but to
accept the Mountbatten Plan? Support your answer with examples.

MCQ
1.Group A: United Provinces :: Group B:
a.Baluchistan
b.Punjab
c.Delhi
d.Bihar

2.Which of the following is correct about the formation of a Constituent

Assembly according to the Cabinet Mission Plan?
a.Members to be directly elected by the people of India
b.Members to be elected by Provincial Legislative Assemblies
c.296 members from the Provinces and 93 from princely states
d.Complete freedom to frame the Constitution of the Indian Union

3.The Muslim League put forth a demand which had tragic consequences.
What was the demand? What did it result in?
a.The demand for a separate Muslim-dominated Pakistan. It resulted in the
Partition of country
b.The demand for separate electorate for Muslims. It resulted in the Partition
of India
c.The demand for Muslim leadership of the country. It resulted in the
formation of Pakistan.
d.The demand to have a Governor General of a dominion. It resulted in the
Partition of the Country.

4.According to Mountbatten Plan Independence Act, a plebiscite would be held

in
a.Bihar
b.Sylhet
c.Princely States
d.Central Provinces

5.According to Mountbatten Plan which is incorrect regarding the status of

Princely States?
a.They will become independent
b.All treaties would end
c.Plebiscite will be held
d.Freedom to associate with any dominion

6.The Indian Independence Act provided for division of which state if so

desired by the people?
a.Jammu and Kashmir
b.Punjab and Bengal
c.Bihar and Orissa
d.Bombay and Madras

7.Which of the following provisions regarding the Constituent Assemblies

is/are correct?
a.Act as Central Legislatures in each dominion
b.Full powers to make laws for their dominion
c.Act as sovereign bodies for legislative purpose
d.All of the above

8.Who had the power to bring India Independence Act into operation?
a.The secretary of state for India
b.The Governor General
c.The British Prime Minister
d.None of the above

9.Who was responsible for the integration of Indian Princely States?

a.Lord Mountbatten
b.Jawaharlal Nehru
c.C.Rajagopalachari
d.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

10.The proposals for the partition of India into India and Pakistan were
contained in the:
a.Cabinet Mission Proposals
b.Cripps Mission Proposals
c.Mountbatten Plan of 3rd June, 1947
d.Prime Minister Attlee’s statement of 20th February, 1947

11.Indian National Congress rejected the Cabinet Mission Plan because the
Congress leaders thought that_______________
a.not in favour of poor people
b.it is only favour of Britishers
c.the proposed federal government was to have very little power, hence would
fail
d.None of the above

12.The Mountbatten plan became the basis for _______________

a.Solution of communal problems
b.Partition of the country
c.Transfer of power
d.Continuity of British Rule

13.The British Parliament passed the Indian Independence Act in

______________
a.August, 1946
b.August, 1947
c.July, 1947
d.January, 1947

14. ‘Mountbatten Plan’ regarding the partition of India was officially declared
on ____________
a.03 june, 1947
b.03 july, 1947
c.10 June, 1947
d.4 June, 1947

15.The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to the partition of the country
mainly because___________________
a.India would have otherwise lost the opportunity to attain freedom
b.They wanted to avoid largescale communal riots
c.It was imposed by the British Government and the Congress was helpless in
this regard
d.The principal of Two-nation theory was then acceptable to them.