Question

Which of the following proposals are put in the August offer of 1940?

1.A representative Indian body would be formed after the war to frame a constitution for India. Dominion status was the objective for India.

2.The Viceroy’s Executive Council would be expanded right away to include for the first time more Indians than whites. 

• A. 1 only
• B. 2 only
• C. Both 1 and 2
• D. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Both 1 and 2

The following proposals were put in August offer: 1.A representative Indian body would be formed after the war to frame a constitution for India. Dominion status was the objective for India. 2.The Viceroy’s Executive Council would be expanded right away to include for the first time more Indians than whites. However, defence, finance and home portfolios were to remain with the British. 3.An advisory war council was to be established. 4.An assurance was given to the minorities that no transfer of power would take place “to any system of government whose authority is directly denied by large and powerful elements in Indian national life.”