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Did the Muslim League join the Interim Government immediately on 2 September 1946?
A. No, it joined later in October 1946
B. Yes, from the first day
C. No, it never joined
D. It joined only after independence
Correct Answer: A
The League initially stayed out and joined the Interim Government in October 1946.
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Who headed the Interim Government formed on 2 September 1946?
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
C. Lord Wavell
D. J.B. Kripalani
Correct Answer: A
Nehru served as Vice-President of the Viceroy's Executive Council and effective head of the Interim Government.
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Which Congress session, held after a six-year gap, met in 1946?
A. Meerut session
B. Lahore session
C. Tripuri session
D. Haripura session
Correct Answer: A
The Meerut session met in a tense atmosphere of communal violence and ratified key decisions on the Constituent Assembly and Interim Government.
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Who became president of the Indian National Congress in 1946?
A. J.B. Kripalani
B. Maulana Azad
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Vallabhbhai Patel
Correct Answer: A
Acharya J.B. Kripalani presided over Congress during the final transfer-of-power period.
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Which Congress leader's July 1946 statements about the Constituent Assembly alarmed the Muslim League?
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Rajendra Prasad
D. C. Rajagopalachari
Correct Answer: A
Nehru emphasized the sovereignty of the Constituent Assembly, which the League saw as weakening the agreed grouping safeguards.
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What was Congress's main concern about the Cabinet Mission's provincial grouping scheme?
A. It feared compulsory grouping would weaken provincial choice and national unity
B. It demanded permanent British rule
C. It wanted no Constituent Assembly
D. It opposed elections altogether
Correct Answer: A
Congress accepted participation in the Constituent Assembly but interpreted provincial grouping as not permanently compulsory.
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What was a central feature of the Cabinet Mission Plan?
A. A Union controlling foreign affairs, defence and communications with provincial groups
B. Immediate division into many sovereign states
C. A strong unitary central government with no provinces
D. Restoration of dyarchy
Correct Answer: A
The plan attempted to preserve Indian unity through a limited centre and grouped provinces.
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Which British delegation came to India in 1946 to arrange constitutional transfer of power?
A. Cabinet Mission
B. Cripps Mission
C. Simon Commission
D. Hunter Commission
Correct Answer: A
The Cabinet Mission consisted of three British cabinet ministers and proposed a united but loosely structured India.
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What did the Muslim League's success in Muslim-reserved seats in 1945-46 strengthen?
A. Its claim to represent the Muslims of British India
B. Congress control over Muslim politics
C. The Unionist Party's all-India dominance
D. The Simon Commission
Correct Answer: A
The League used its electoral victory to support its demand for Pakistan and representative status.
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In the 1945-46 elections, Congress won most of which category of seats?
A. General non-Muslim seats
B. Reserved Muslim seats
C. European seats only
D. Princely-state seats
Correct Answer: A
Congress demonstrated broad strength in general constituencies, while the Muslim League dominated Muslim-reserved seats.
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What central issue contributed to the failure of the Simla Conference?
A. Congress-League disagreement over who could nominate Muslim representatives
B. The salt tax
C. The Bengal partition of 1905
D. The choice of Congress president
Correct Answer: A
The League claimed the exclusive right to nominate Muslim members, while Congress rejected being treated as solely a Hindu organization.
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Which plan was discussed at the Simla Conference of 1945?
A. Wavell Plan
B. Cripps Plan
C. Mountbatten Plan
D. Nehru Report
Correct Answer: A
The Wavell Plan proposed reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council with greater Indian participation.
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The Gandhi-Jinnah talks of 1944 mainly failed over disagreement about what?
A. The basis and timing of Pakistan and the nature of sovereignty
B. Salt taxation
C. Council entry
D. Partition of Bengal in 1905
Correct Answer: A
The two leaders differed over whether Pakistan was an accepted principle and how any plebiscite and transfer of power would operate.
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Which formula of 1944 proposed a possible Congress-League settlement based on a postwar plebiscite in Muslim-majority areas?
A. C. Rajagopalachari Formula
B. Wavell Plan
C. Nehru Report
D. August Offer
Correct Answer: A
The Rajagopalachari Formula tried to bridge Congress-League differences over Pakistan and independence.
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Which of the following became a well-known parallel government during Quit India?
A. Satara Prati Sarkar
B. Punjab Unionist Ministry
C. Interim Government of 1946
D. Government of India Council
Correct Answer: A
Parallel governments emerged in places such as Satara, Tamluk and Ballia.
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Which feature distinguished the Quit India Movement from earlier centrally controlled campaigns?
A. It developed decentralized underground and local resistance after the leadership was arrested
B. It was fully supported by the colonial government
C. It was limited to legislative speeches
D. It involved no students or workers
Correct Answer: A
Mass arrests forced local activists and underground networks to act with limited central direction.
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Who hoisted the Congress flag at Gowalia Tank after many senior leaders were arrested?
A. Aruna Asaf Ali
B. Sarojini Naidu
C. Sucheta Kripalani
D. Annie Besant
Correct Answer: A
Aruna Asaf Ali became an iconic figure of the movement by raising the flag.
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What is the present name commonly associated with Gowalia Tank Maidan?
A. August Kranti Maidan
B. Jinnah Park
C. Company Bagh
D. Azad Maidan only
Correct Answer: A
The site is remembered as August Kranti Maidan because of the 1942 resolution.
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Which slogan did Gandhi give during the Quit India Movement?
A. Do or Die
B. Swaraj is my birthright
C. Jai Jawan Jai Kisan
D. Pakistan ka matlab kya
Correct Answer: A
Gandhi's 'Do or Die' call urged determined but nonviolent struggle for immediate British withdrawal.
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On which date was the Quit India Resolution adopted?
A. 8 August 1942
B. 9 August 1942
C. 22 December 1939
D. 23 March 1940
Correct Answer: A
The resolution was adopted on 8 August; major Congress leaders were arrested early on 9 August.