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Event Cripps Mission
Asked 21 times across 3 UPSC exams over 11 years (2013–2024), peaking in 2013.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 18 of 21 PYQs
- Most asked in 2013
- Recurs across 6 years (2013–2024)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2013 → CAPF 2017 → CDS 2021
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (16 of 21) predate 2016, and it still returns.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2024
Consider the following events leading to the Indian Independence
- Lucknow Pact
- Return of Subhash Chandra Bose to India
- Cripps Mission
- Naval Mutiny in Bombay Select the chronological sequence
of these events (earliest to latest) from the code given below :
- A 4, 3, 2, 1
- B 3, 4, 2, 1
- C 1, 2, 3, 4 ✓
- D 2, 1, 3, 4
✓ Correct answer: (C)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CSE2022
With reference to the proposals of Cripps Mission, consider the following statements
- The Constituent Assembly would have members nominated by the Provincial Assemblies as well as the Princely States
- Any Province, which is not prepared to accept the new Constitution would have the right to sign a separate agreement with Britain regarding its future status
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A 1 only
- B 2 only ✓
- C Both 1 and 2
- D Neither 1 nor 2
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CDS2021
Which one of the following statements about the Cripps Mission is not correct?
- A It was sent to India by the British Government in March 1942.
- B It proposed that the Constitution of India was to be framed by an elected Constituent Assembly of the Indian people.
- C Any province which was not prepared to accept the Constitution would be free to retain its constitutional provisions existing at that time.
- D The British Government could enter into a separate constitutional arrangement with any of the acceding provinces. ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
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