History • Modern IndiaHard
Consider the following statements regarding the Cripps Mission (1942): 1. It proposed the creation of an Indian Union with Dominion status after the conclusion of the Second World War. 2. It provided for the immediate transfer of the Viceroy's Executive Council portfolio of defense to an Indian member. 3. It conceded the right of any province of British India not willing to accede to the new Union to frame its own separate constitution. Which of the statements given above are correct?
A. 1 and 2 only
B. 1 and 3 only✓ Correct Answer
C. 2 and 3 only
D. 1, 2, and 3
💡 Solution & Explanation
The Cripps Mission of 1942 was sent by the British government to secure Indian cooperation for World War II, offering Dominion status and provincial option for non-accession after hostilities ceased. However, it rejected the immediate transfer of defense portfolios, keeping military command solely under British control. Unlike the Cabinet Mission Plan that followed it four years later, the Cripps proposals were universally rejected by Indian political parties.
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