WWII, Cripps & Cabinet Mission
The Cripps Mission (1942) was sent to India to secure Indian cooperation in WWII by offering:
- A. Dominion status after the war with a right of provinces to opt out ✓
- B. Immediate full independence
- C. A separate Pakistan immediately
- D. Permanent British rule
Correct answer
A. Dominion status after the war with a right of provinces to opt out
Explanation
Stafford Cripps offered post-war Dominion status and allowed provinces the option to stay out of the proposed union, but talks failed.