The plan of Sir Stafford Cripps envisaged that after the Second World War
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Answer: D. The Cripps Mission (1942) offered India Dominion status after the Second World War, with an elected body to frame a new constitution and the right of provinces to stay out.
Watch for: The provincial opt-out clause makes students think partition was proposed.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because complete independence was not offered.
- B. Wrong because it did not propose partition into two.
- C. Wrong because it did not offer a republic.
Source to check: NCERT Class 12 Themes in Indian History Part III, Chapter 'Understanding Partition'; Bipan Chandra, India's Struggle for Independence, chapter on the Cripps Mission
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