NOTES ON MODERN INDIA

TEXT BOOK AND QUESTION BANK QUESTIONS
1A. Fill in the blanks
i. In June 1945, an All Party Conference was organised in Shimla to consider the ____ plan. (Wavell, Cripps, Cabinet Mission)
ii. The British administrators had used the word ‘Independence’ for the first time in _____. (Attlee’s announcement, Cabinet Mission Plan, Mountbatten Plan)
iii. The provisional government of India was led by ______ . ( Jawahar Lal Nehru, Rajgopalachari, Vallabhbhai Patel)
2. Write the answer of the following in 2-3 sentences.
i. State the provisions of the Wavell Plan. (Oct. 99; 01)
ii. What were the important points of Attlee’s announcement?
iii. State any two features of the Mountbatten Plan? (Oct. 98)
iv. What were the shortcomings of Cabinet Mission Plan? (March 2001)
v. Who had appointed the Provisional Government? Why did the Muslim League create a number of problems in its operations? (Oct. 96) (March 97)
3. Give Reasons in two-three sentences.
i. Muslim League rejected the Cabinet Mission Plan.
ii. The National Congress approved the Cabinet Mission Plan. (March 99)
iii. The Wavell Plan was abandoned. (March 98)
iv. The provisional government was established on September 2, 1946.
v. On July 18, 1947, the British Parliament passed the Indian Independence Act.
vi. The All Party Conference at Simla failed.
vii. Indian National Congress found shortcomings in the Cabinet Mission Plan.
viii. Muslim League created problems in the operations of Provisional government.
ix. The Indian National Congress accepted the partition of India. (Oct. 01)
4. Write answer of the following in 5-6 sentences.
i. Sate the provisions of the Mountbatten Plan.
ii. State the features of the Indian Independence Act. (March 00)
iii. Why did Muslim League plan to take “Direct Action”?
iv. Sate the provisions of the Indian Independence Act. (March 2001)
v. State the nature of Cabinet Mission Plan.
vi. State the provisions of Wavell Plan. Why did it fail?
Question : 5 Write the answer of following in 20 lines
i. Give information about the Mountbatten Plan with the help of the points given below.
1) Transfer of power.
2) Division of the states.
3) Administration of the state.
ii. Give an account of the Indian Independence Act with the help of the following points.
1) Background.
2) Provisions. (March 96; 97)
3) Celebrations of Independence.
Other Important Examination Question
1A. Fill in the blanks
i. Lord Wavell was Viceroy of India in ______. (1935, 1945, 1926)
ii. _____ became the Prime Minister of Britain after Second World War. (Attlee, Churchill, Macdonald)
iii. The Cabinet Mission included Lawrence, Alexander and ______. (Cripps, Wavell, Mountbatten)
1B.
Match the followings
i. Cripps Mission 1928
ii. Wavell Plan 1945
iii. Cabinet Mission 1946
1C
Writing the following events in the ascending order sequence.
i. Cripps Mission
ii. Round Table Conference
iii. Government of India Act 1935
iv. Quit India Movement
v. Wavell Plan
vi. Cabinet Mission Plan
vii. Election of Constituent Assembly. (March 2001)
viii. Mountbatten Plan.
ix. Independence of India.
2. Write the answer of the following in 2-3 sentences.
i. Why did Mahatma Gandhi launch Quit India Movement?
ii. Why did the Wavell Plan fail?
iii. What was Direct Action Day of Muslim League?
3. Give Reasons in two-three sentences.
i. Wavell Plan was abandoned.
ii. Congress participated in the elections to the Constituent Assembly.
iii. Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru gave his speech popular as “Tryst with Destiny”.
Question : 5 Write the answer of following in 20 lines
1. Write about ten important steps towards the independence of India.
2. State the features of Mountbatten Plan. (March 99) (Oct. 99)
3. What was the nature of Cabinet Mission Plan? (Oct. 98)
4. Describe the provisions of the Indian Independence Act. (March 00, Oct. 01)