Q. The plan of Sir Stafford Cripps envisaged that after the Second World War
(a) India should be granted complete independence
(b) India should be partitioned into two before granting independence
(c) India should be made a republic with the condition that she will join the Commonwealth
(d) India should be given Dominion status
Ans: (d) India should be given Dominion status
Explanation: The correct answer is (d) India should be given Dominion status.
The plan of Sir Stafford Cripps, known as the Cripps Mission or Cripps Offer, envisaged that after the Second World War, India should be given Dominion status.
The Cripps Mission was sent to India in 1942 by the British government as an attempt to seek Indian cooperation and support during the war. The mission was led by Sir Stafford Cripps, a senior British politician.
Under the Cripps Offer, the British government proposed to grant India the status of a Dominion, which would provide a significant level of self-government and independence. The plan included the provision for the framing of a new Indian constitution by an elected Constituent Assembly.
However, the Cripps Offer came with certain conditions and limitations. It suggested that the princely states could choose to join or remain outside the proposed Indian Dominion. Additionally, the offer did not address the issue of immediate independence but instead proposed a scheme for post-war constitutional negotiations.
The Cripps Offer did not find acceptance among Indian political leaders, as they felt that it did not meet the demands for complete and immediate independence. The offer was rejected by the Indian National Congress and other nationalist groups.
Therefore, option (d) correctly states that the plan of Sir Stafford Cripps envisaged that after the Second World War, India should be given Dominion status.
