Second World War – Old Year Questions and Answers

1. What was the policy of the Indian National Congress during IInd World War?

(a) Cooperation of Britain in the case of assurance of Complete Independence.
(b) Active collaboration of British (Britain)
(c) Neutrality
(d) None of the above.

[U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 1993]

2. Statement (S): Indian National Congress had collaborated with/assisted the British in IInd World War.
Reason (R): Because they were expecting to complete independence.
Code :

(a) (S) and (R) are individually true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (S).
(b) Both (S) and (R) are false.
(c) (S) is true, but (R) is false.
(d) (R) is true, but (S) is false.

[U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 1992]

3. Assertion (A): The Congress Ministries in all the provinces resigned in the year 1939.
Reason (R): Congress did not accept the decision of the Viceroy to declare war against Germany in the Context of the Second World War.
Code:

(a) (A) and (R) are individually true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) (A) and (R) are individually true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(d) (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

[I.A.S. (Pre) 2008]

4. The Congress Ministries in all the provinces resigned in the year 1939, because :

(a) Congress was unable to make a cabinet in the other four provinces.
(b) The rise of the left wing of Congress made it impossible to work for the cabinet.
(c) There was too much communal turbulence in the provinces
(d) None of the above is true from the given statement (a), (b), (c).

[I.A.S. (Pre) 2012]

5. When did the IInd World War end?

(a) 1937
(b) 1918
(c) 1946
(d) 1945

[M.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 1995]

6. Who was the British Prime Minister of Britain during the Second World War?

(a) Clement Attlee
(b) Anthony Eden
(c) Winston Churchill
(d) Herald Wilson

[38th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1992]