Reaction to outbreak of the Second World War

Question 1

How did Congress react to the declaration of war?

Answer 1

Ordered all Congress members to resign from provincial ministries (23 October 1939)

Question 2

What date did Jinnah assign as being Muslim’s Day of Deliverance?

Answer 2

22 December 1939

Question 3

When was the Lahore Resolution?

Answer 3

March 1940

Question 4

How many people attended the Muslim League meeting at Lahore?

Answer 4

100,000 Muslims

Question 5

What were the two proposals of the Lahore Resolution?

Answer 5

Areas of Muslim majority should form separate Independent states and minorities should be protected

Question 6

What was agreed at the 1940 August Offer in Simla?

Answer 6

‘Representative’ Indians would join the Viceroy’s executive council; A War Advisory Council would be setup; no new constitution without Muslim approval

Question 7

Who was the Secretary of State for India and Burma in 1940 at the time of the August Offer?

Answer 7

L.S. Amery

Question 8

When was Bose arrested due to suspected treason and for the fear of an uprising?

Answer 8

2 July

Question 9

When did Bose escape from imprisonment?

Answer 9

January 1941

Question 10

Who did Bose cooperate with during his time away from India?

Answer 10

Germany after briefly staying in the Soviet Union

Question 11

With which country did Bose form the Indian National Army?

Answer 11

Japan

Question 12

Which town did the Japanese aim to take in the Indian state of Manipur in 1942?

Answer 12

Imphal

Question 13

When did Bose die?

Answer 13

18 August 1945

Question 14

How many of the 6,000 INA forces defected to the British, killed and died from dysentery and malaria?

Answer 14

600 defected, 400 killed and 1,500 died from dysentery and malaria

Question 15

When was the fall of Singapore?

Answer 15

February 1942

Question 16

When did Linlithgow declare war?

Answer 16

3 September 1939

Question 17

When did the Congress Working Committee state that it will not support the British unless self-determination is granted to India?

Answer 17

14 September 1939

Question 18

When did Congress demand complete Independence and a a constituent assembly?

Answer 18

20 March 1940 (3 days before the Lahore Resolution)

Question 19

When did the Forward Bloc hold its first All-India meeting in Nagpur?

Answer 19

20-22 June 1940

Question 20

When did Congress reject the August Offer?

Answer 20

15 September 1940

Question 21

When did the Muslim League reject the August Offer?

Answer 21

28 September 1940

Question 22

When did the British Authorities ban the Forward Bloc?

Answer 22

August 1942