CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1942 - Constitutional Proposals - Cripps Mission
The Sikh community's main concern centred on its future position in:
A. Madras
B. Punjab
C. Orissa
D. Assam
Correct Answer: B
Sikhs feared becoming a vulnerable minority in a Muslim-majority Punjab or Pakistan arrangement.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1942 - Constitutional Proposals - Cripps Mission
Which group feared domination in a future Hindu-majority India and demanded special protection?
A. Depressed Classes
B. British Cabinet ministers
C. Provincial governors
D. European monarchs
Correct Answer: A
Representatives of the Depressed Classes sought safeguards against caste-Hindu domination.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1942 - Constitutional Proposals - Cripps Mission
The treaty was also required to provide protection for:
A. Only provincial governors
B. Only British commercial firms
C. Only princely rulers
D. Racial and religious minorities
Correct Answer: D
Minority safeguards were expressly mentioned in the declaration.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1942 - Constitutional Proposals - Cripps Mission
The proposed treaty would address:
A. Only railway fares
B. Only provincial elections
C. The complete transfer of responsibility from British to Indian hands
D. Only ceremonial titles
Correct Answer: C
The treaty would cover obligations created by the transfer of governmental responsibility.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1942 - Constitutional Proposals - Cripps Mission
The future constitution was to be accompanied by a treaty between:
A. Congress and the Muslim League only
B. Britain and the constitution-making body
C. The Viceroy and Japan
D. Punjab and Bengal only
Correct Answer: B
A negotiated treaty would regulate matters arising from the transfer of responsibility.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1942 - Constitutional Proposals - Cripps Mission
Even if a princely state did not join, its existing treaty relations would require:
A. Revision in light of the new situation
B. Automatic cancellation without negotiation
C. Approval by Congress alone
D. A provincial referendum
Correct Answer: A
The declaration acknowledged that new constitutional arrangements required revision of state treaties.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1942 - Constitutional Proposals - Cripps Mission
A princely state was free to decide whether to:
A. Abolish its ruler immediately
B. Join the Muslim League
C. Become a British county
D. Adhere to the new constitution
Correct Answer: D
Accession by the Indian states depended on their decision.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1942 - Constitutional Proposals - Cripps Mission
Representatives of princely states would possess:
A. Only observer status
B. No voting power
C. The same powers as British Indian members
D. Power to veto every decision individually
Correct Answer: C
The declaration granted state representatives the same powers in the constitution-making body.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1942 - Constitutional Proposals - Cripps Mission
The number of representatives from princely states was to be based mainly on:
A. Military strength
B. Population proportion
C. Age of the ruling dynasty
D. Land revenue only
Correct Answer: B
State representation was to be in the same population proportion as British Indian representation.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1942 - Constitutional Proposals - Cripps Mission
How were the princely states to participate in constitution-making?
A. By appointing representatives
B. Through direct adult franchise in every state
C. By sending provincial governors
D. By remaining permanently excluded
Correct Answer: A
The rulers of Indian states were invited to appoint representatives.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1942 - Constitutional Proposals - Cripps Mission
One Muslim League objection was that the procedure treated Pakistan as a question of:
A. British parliamentary seats
B. Municipal taxation
C. Princely succession
D. Provincial choice rather than Muslim national self-determination
Correct Answer: D
The League wanted a clearer recognition of Muslim nationhood and separate constitution-making.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1942 - Constitutional Proposals - Cripps Mission
The non-accession clause applied to:
A. Only religious communities
B. Only municipalities
C. Individual provinces of British India
D. Only the British Parliament
Correct Answer: C
The decision was framed provincially rather than as a collective right of the Muslim nation.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1942 - Constitutional Proposals - Cripps Mission
Why did the League remain dissatisfied despite the opt-out clause?
A. The proposals immediately created Pakistan
B. Pakistan was not explicitly and unequivocally conceded
C. The League opposed all provincial autonomy
D. The proposal excluded Muslim-majority provinces
Correct Answer: B
The declaration provided an opening for separation but did not directly accept the Lahore Resolution.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1942 - Constitutional Proposals - Cripps Mission
Did Cripps publicly admit that the proposals had accepted Pakistan?
A. No
B. Yes, without conditions
C. Yes, through a separate Pakistan constitution
D. Yes, by naming Pakistan in the declaration
Correct Answer: A
Cripps denied at a press conference that the mission had formally accepted the Pakistan scheme.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1942 - Constitutional Proposals - Cripps Mission
The Muslim League saw the non-accession clause as:
A. A complete rejection of provincial choice
B. An immediate abolition of the Lahore Resolution
C. A plan for unitary Congress rule
D. A possible opening for Pakistan
Correct Answer: D
The clause acknowledged that Muslim-majority provinces might remain outside a single Indian Union.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1942 - Constitutional Proposals - Cripps Mission
Congress opposed the non-accession clause because it feared:
A. Immediate British withdrawal
B. Abolition of provincial legislatures
C. Fragmentation of India
D. Loss of the princely states only
Correct Answer: C
Congress believed the clause could divide India into separate political units.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1942 - Constitutional Proposals - Cripps Mission
The provincial opt-out clause is often called the principle of:
A. Dyarchy
B. Non-accession
C. Separate electorate
D. Paramountcy
Correct Answer: B
Non-accession meant a province could decline to join the new Union.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1942 - Constitutional Proposals - Cripps Mission
If a non-acceding province desired a separate constitution, Britain was prepared to grant it:
A. The same full status as the Indian Union
B. Only municipal status
C. No constitutional status
D. Status below a province
Correct Answer: A
The declaration envisaged a separate arrangement with full status comparable to the Indian Union.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1942 - Constitutional Proposals - Cripps Mission
A non-acceding province could later:
A. Never reconsider its decision
B. Be automatically annexed by Britain
C. Join only through Congress approval
D. Join the Indian Union if it chose
Correct Answer: D
The declaration allowed subsequent accession.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1942 - Constitutional Proposals - Cripps Mission
The most controversial territorial clause allowed a province to:
A. Abolish all neighbouring provinces
B. Join Britain as a county
C. Remain outside the new Indian Union
D. Control defence of the whole subcontinent
Correct Answer: C
A province unwilling to accept the new constitution could retain its existing constitutional position.