Question:
Which of the following statements are incorrect regarding the 'Cripps Mission'?
1.The Cripps Mission was sent by the British government to India in March 1942 to obtain Indian cooperation for the British war efforts in the 2nd World War.
2.It was headed by Sir Richard Stafford Cripps, a labour minister in Winston Churchill’s coalition government in Britain
A1 only
B2 only
CBoth 1 and 2
DNeither 1 nor 2
Answer:
D. Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation:
The Cripps Mission was a failed attempt in late March 1942 by the British government to secure full Indian cooperation and support for their efforts in World War II. The mission was headed by a senior minister Sir Stafford Cripps. Cripps belonged to the left-wing Labour Party, traditionally sympathetic to Indian self-rule, but was also a member of the coalition War Cabinet led by the Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who had long been the leader of the movement to block Indian independence.