Prelims 2016 · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle · Question 18
The plan of Sir Stafford Cripps envisaged that after the Second World War
Answer
India should be given Dominion status
- (a) India should be granted complete independence — Incorrect. 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 independence — Incorrect. 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 Commonwealth — Incorrect. The plan spoke of Dominion status, not a republic.
- (d) India should be given Dominion status — Correct. 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)