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Quit India Movement (Part-II)

📆 October 24, 2024

Total Questions: 35

1. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the "Quit India Movement of 1942"? [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Pre) (Re-Exam) 2016]

Correct Answer: (b) Congress was declared an illegal body
Solution:Because of the arrest of all major leaders on 8 August 1942, the "Quit India Movement" became a spontaneous movement. Since Gandhiji was in jail, he never got to lead the movement. During the movement, a lot of violence did happen, hence it was not a non-violent movement. After the announcement of the movement, Congress was declared illegal. Both (a) & (c) options are correct. However, UPPSC has accepted option (b) as the correct option.

2. The draft of the "Quit India" resolution was prepared by: [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2002]

Correct Answer: (b) Mahatma Gandhi
Solution:Mahatma Gandhi drafted the resolution with the help of Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad calling upon the British to Quit India.

3. Who coined the slogan 'Quit India'? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2018]

Correct Answer: (c) Yusuf Meher Ali
Solution:The Quit India slogan was coined by Yusuf Meher Ali. Yusuf Meherally was a freedom fighter and Congress member who contributed to the Indian independence movement. He was born in Bombay (Mumbai) in 1903. He was a sympathizer of the working class and was imprisoned eight times.

4. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress when it passed the 'Quit India' resolution? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1996]

Correct Answer: (b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Solution:Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was the President of the Indian National Congress when the 'Quit India Resolution' was passed. He became the President of Congress in the session of Ramgarh in 1940, and no session of Congress was held during 1941-1945.

5. Which of the following parties did not support the 'Quit India Movement'? [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004]

Correct Answer: (d) All of the above
Solution:The Hindu Mahasabha, Communist Party of India, Unionist Party (Punjab), and Muslim League did not support the 'Quit India Movement.' Quit India Movement was a massive anti-colonial struggle in India, launched on August 8, 1942, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, who gave the mantra of "Do or Die" during this Movement. Projected initially as the civil disobedience movement, this 'third great wave' of India's struggle for freedom soon took a violent turn with the aim of 'fight to the finish' of the colonial empire. Gandhi, understanding the mood of the nation and the importance of individual liberties, was even prepared for riots and violence caused by the Quit India Movement as he thought it morally correct to defend against the state's organised violence. Also known as the "August Kranti Movement," Quit India Movement was more a rejection of British rule than a traditional Satyagraha and also influenced the unprecedented and tumultuous events for the next five years in Indian history.

6. Which one of the following had supported the Quit India Resolution of 1942? [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2009]

Correct Answer: (c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Solution:On August 8, 1942, in the meeting of AICC, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru presented the Quit India Resolution and Sardar Patel supported it. Quit India Movement was a massive anti-colonial struggle in India, launched on August 8, 1942, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, who gave the mantra of "Do or Die" during this Movement. Projected initially as the civil disobedience movement, this 'third great wave' of India's struggle for freedom soon took a violent turn with the aim of 'fight to the finish' of the colonial empire. Gandhi, understanding the mood of the nation and the importance of individual liberties, was even prepared for riots and violence caused by the Quit India Movement as he thought it morally correct to defend against the state's organised violence. Also known as the "August Kranti Movement," Quit India Movement was more a rejection of British rule than a traditional Satyagraha and also influenced the unprecedented and tumultuous events for the next five years in Indian history.

7. By whom was the 'Quit India' resolution moved in the Bombay Session of the Congress in the year 1942? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2013]

Correct Answer: (a) Jawaharlal Nehru
Solution:On August 8, 1942, in the meeting of AICC, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru presented the Quit India Resolution and Sardar Patel supported it. Quit India Movement was a massive anti-colonial struggle in India, launched on August 8, 1942, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, who gave the mantra of "Do or Die" during this Movement. Projected initially as the civil disobedience movement, this 'third great wave' of India's struggle for freedom soon took a violent turn with the aim of 'fight to the finish' of the colonial empire. Gandhi, understanding the mood of the nation and the importance of individual liberties, was even prepared for riots and violence caused by the Quit India Movement as he thought it morally correct to defend against the state's organised violence. Also known as the "August Kranti Movement," Quit India Movement was more a rejection of British rule than a traditional Satyagraha and also influenced the unprecedented and tumultuous events for the next five years in Indian history.

8. Quit India Movement' was a reaction of: [Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2003]

  1. The disappointment of Indians against Cripps Mission.
  2. The threat of Japanese attack on India.
  3. To provoke countrymen to adopt violent means by Gandhiji’s articles.
  4. Due to passing the proposal of August, 1942 by AICC.

Choose the answer using the given options:

Correct Answer: (b) 1, 2 and 4
Solution:After the failure of Cripps Mission in March, 1942, it seemed clear that the British Government wanted to continue the partnership with India in Second World War without their consent but was not ready for any sacred agreement. Gandhiji declared in his 'Do or Die' speech 'that "I do not want  to make the instrument either of Russia's defeat or of China's." But it seemed by spring 1942 that the struggle was inevitable. Thus, Congress Passed Quit India Resolution in August, 1942. Gandhiji had never provoked to adopted violent means in his articles. Thus, statement 3 is not correct while the other statements are correct about 'Quit India Movement.'

9. consider the following the statements: [I.A.S. (Pre) 1999]

Assertion (A): Lord Linlithgow described the August Movement of 1942 as the most serious rebellion since Sepoy Mutiny.
Reason (R): There was a massive upsurge of the peasantry in certain areas.

Correct Answer: (a) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Solution:The involvement of peasants in Quit India Movement made the struggle more violent. This forced Linlithgow to describe the Quit India Movement launched on 9th August, 1942 as the most serious rebellion since Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. Thus, both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).

10. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was arrested on 9th August, 1942 and was sent to: [48th to 52nd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2008 43rd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1999]

Correct Answer: (d) Bankipur Jail
Solution:On August 9, 1942, Gandhi and other main leaders of Congress were arrested. Gandhi and Sarojini Naidu were kept in Aga Khan Palace at Pune and the other members of Congress Working Committee (Nehru, Abul Kalam Azad, Govind Vallabh Pant, Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramaiyya, Dr. Saiyyad Mahmood, Acharya Kriplani) were kept in the fort of Ahmednagar. Dr. Rajendra Prasad, a member of Congress Working Committee, was not in Bombay thus he was arrested in Patna under Bharat Security Rules and sent to Patna (Bankipur) jail.
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