Civil Services Prep

Prelims 2016 · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle · Question 18

The plan of Sir Stafford Cripps envisaged that after the Second World War

  1. India should be granted complete independence
  2. India should be partitioned into two before granting independence
  3. India should be made a republic with the condition that she will join the Commonwealth
  4. India should be given Dominion status

Answer

India should be given Dominion status

  • (a) India should be granted complete independenceIncorrect. The Cripps Proposal did not offer immediate complete independence; it proposed a post-war constitutional settlement.
  • (b) India should be partitioned into two before granting independenceIncorrect. It allowed provinces the option to not join the future Union, which indirectly opened the door to partition, but it did not explicitly propose partition first.
  • (c) India should be made a republic with the condition that she will join the CommonwealthIncorrect. The plan spoke of Dominion status, not a republic.
  • (d) India should be given Dominion statusCorrect. The Cripps Mission (1942) proposed that after World War II, India would be granted Dominion status with the right to frame its own constitution.

Answer: (d)

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