2009 General Studies, all questions

UPSC Prelims 2009 · General Studies

Question 53: History and Culture

Who of the following Prime Ministers sent Cripps Mission to India?

aJames Ramsay MacDonald
bStanley Baldwin
cNeville Chamberlain
dWinston Churchill

AnswerThe answer is (d).

The Cripps Mission came to India in March 1942, during the Second World War, sent by the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who led the wartime government from 1940 to 1945. Sir Stafford Cripps offered Dominion status after the war and a constituent assembly; Congress and the Muslim League rejected it. MacDonald, Baldwin and Chamberlain had left office before 1942.

Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) MacDonald was Prime Minister until 1935.
  • (b) Baldwin was Prime Minister until 1937.
  • (c) Chamberlain was Prime Minister 1937-40, before Churchill.
  • (d) Right: Churchill was Prime Minister in 1942.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2009, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.