The Indian National Movement (1935-1945)

1.
Fill in the blanks:
1. The menacing presence of the Japanese army on the eastern borders of India posed a serious threat to ___________ security.
2. When the Quit India Resolution was passed in the year ___________, Gandhiji gave the Indians the mantra '___________'.
3. The Quit India Movement had shaken the very foundations of the ___________ in India
4. In Tokyo, ___________ took over the leadership of the Indian Independence Movement in East Asia from Rash Behari Bose.
5. In February 1947, the British government declared that power would be transferred to the Indians by ___________.

2.

Match the following:

A	B
1. Quit India Movement	(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
2. Forward Block	(b) Suppressed by the British
3. World War ended	(c) Division of British India into India and Pakistan
4. Mountbatten Plan	(d) 30 January 1948
5. Assassination of Gandhi	(e) 1945

3.
Choose the correct answer:
1. The Cripps Mission was sent to India in 1942, when the British empire was under the threat of a Japanese/German/Russian attack.
2. The Ouit India Resolution was passed by the Congress in 1929/1930/1942.
3. Subhash Chandra Bose/Mahatma Gandhi/Rash Behari Bose was the supreme commander of the Indian National Army.
4. Mahatma Gandhi/Subhash Chandra Bose/Jawahar Lal Nehru gave the slogan, 'You give me blood, I will give you freedom'.
5. The Constitution of India was introduced on 26 January 1950/ 26 January 1948/ 26 January 1949.
4.
State whether the following are true or false:
1. The Quit India Resolution was passed by the Muslim League.
2. The upsurge of 1942 was the last great mass challenge to British authority.
3. Subhash Chandra Bose formed a new party called the Forward Block.
4. The INA, with the help of the Japanese, liberated Imphal and Kohima in 1944.
5. Indian independence from British rule was finally attained on 15 August 1950.
5.
Why was the Cripps Mission sent to India?
6.
Why did the Cripps Mission fail?

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