UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2016

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

Correct Answer

India should be given Dominion status

Explanation

The Cripps Mission (1942) proposed that India be granted Dominion Status after the Second World War, with the right to opt out of the Commonwealth.

Topics: british proposals, cripps mission, modern india, national movement