UPSC Prelims 2021— Question 53

The Quit India Resolution was adopted by the All India Congress Committee on 8 August 1942 in Bombay, launching the movement against British rule. The other options refer to events of different dates or contexts: the Viceroy's Executive Council changes occurred later, Congress ministries had resigned earlier in 1939, and the Cripps proposal belonged to 1942 negotiations before the Quit India call. Thus the AICC statement is correct. The final answer-key position for Set C identifies option A as the correct option. Option A — The Quit India Resolution was adopted by the AICC. — is correct because it is the alternative that matches the constitutional, historical, geographical, scientific or economic principle established above. Option B — The Viceroy’s Executive Council was expanded to include more Indians. — is not correct because it does not satisfy the specific condition tested in the question; it represents an alternative that is contradicted, incomplete, or less precise than the accepted answer. Option C — The Congress ministries resigned in seven provinces. — is not correct because it does not satisfy the specific condition tested in the question; it represents an alternative that is contradicted, incomplete, or less precise than the accepted answer. Option D — Cripps proposed an Indian Union with full Dominion Status once the Second World War was over. — is not correct because it does not satisfy the specific condition tested in the question; it represents an alternative that is contradicted, incomplete, or less precise than the accepted answer. For PYQ interpretation, the distinction between the correct alternative and merely related facts is important. UPSC often places plausible distractors beside the precise statement that matches the underlying rule, chronology, definition or empirical relationship. The answer should therefore be read against the exact wording of the question rather than against a broadly related fact.