Study the picture and answer the following questions:

(a) Identify the person in the picture with Gandhiji. When and why did he come to India?

(b) Give any two important points in the proposals given by this person. How did Gandhiji describe his proposals?

(c) Why were the proposals of this Mission rejected by both the Congress and the Muslim League?

The British Government sent a mission headed by Sir Stafford Cripps to India in March 1942. In this context, answer the following:

(a) Why was the mission sent to India?

(b) Mention any three proposals of the Cripps' Mission.

(c) Why were these proposals rejected by both the Congress and the Muslim League?

Why was the August Offer rejected by the Congress as well as the Muslim League?

Under what condition, the Congress proposed to support Britain during the Second World War? Why did the Congress Ministries resign in 1939?