Cripps Mission

* The Quit India Movement was launched in 1942 in response to the failure of the Cripps Proposals. * The Cripps Mission, led by Sir Stafford Cripps, aimed to secure Indian cooperation in World War II by offering limited self-government after the war. However, the proposals were rejected by both the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League as they were deemed inadequate. * The Wavell Plan was an event of 1945 and the Cabinet Mission Plan was announced in 1946, much later than the Quit India movement while the Simon Commission arrived in India in 1928.

* The Cripps Mission was a failed attempt in late March 1942 by the British government to secure full Indian cooperation and support for their efforts in World War II. * The mission was headed by a senior minister Sir Stafford Cripps, Lord Privy Seal and leader of the House of Commons. * Cripps was sent to negotiate an agreement with the nationalist Congress leaders, who spoke for the majority Indians, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the Muslim League, who spoke for the minority Muslim population. * Cripps worked to keep India loyal to the British war effort in exchange for a promise of elections and full self-government (Dominion status) once the war was over. * Cripps discussed the proposals, which he had drafted himself, with the Indian leaders and published them. * Both the major parties rejected his proposals, and they were also unacceptable to Churchill; no middle way was found and the mission failed.

The statements given refer to the proposals of the Cripps Mission, which was a mission sent to India in 1942 by the British government during World War II to negotiate with Indian leaders regarding constitutional reforms. **Statement 1 is incorrect:** The Cripps Mission proposed setting up a Constitution-making body for India after the War, whose members would be **elected by the Provincial Assemblies** and **nominated** by the rulers in the case of the **Princely States**. **Statement 2 is correct:** One of the proposals of the Cripps Mission was that provinces unwilling to join the proposed Constituent Assembly or accept the new constitution would have the option to negotiate separate agreements with Britain regarding their future status. Therefore, the correct answer is (b) 2 only.