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Quit India Movement (Part-II)

📆 October 24, 2024

Total Questions: 35

11. Who among the following leaders had secretly escaped from the jail and organized underground activities during Quit India Movement? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2011]

Correct Answer: (d) Jai Prakash Narayan
Solution:Popular leader Jai Prakash Narayan was kept under arrest in Hazaribag Jail during the Quit India Movement of 1942. He escaped from a high-security prison and organized underground activities.

12. During which movement the two brothers Gangaram and Kheemdev were martyred? [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]

Correct Answer: (d) Quit India Movement
Solution:The two brothers Gangaram and Kheemdev were martyred during the Quit India Movement in 1942 during police firing at Almora.
Note: In the dictionary of Martyrs Vol. 2, they are mentioned as Gangadutt and Kheemandan.

13. Who among the following women freedom fighters was not associated with 'Quit India Movement'? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2023]

Correct Answer: (d) Shanti Ghosh
Solution:Matangini Hazra was 73 years old when she fell to British bullets, leading a protest march in 1942 in Tamluk, Bengal during the Quit India Movement. Kanaklata Barua was an Indian freedom fighter and AISF leader. She joined the Mrityu Bahini ("Death Army"), a death squad comprising a group of youth from the Gohpur sub-division of Assam in line with Gandhiji's "Do or Die" call during the Quit India Movement. She was shot dead in September 1942 while bearing the national flag at the age of about 17 in Borangabari, Gohpur, Assam. Aruna Asaf Ali was an Indian educator, political activist, and publisher. An active participant in the Indian independence movement, she is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National Flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan, Bombay (Mumbai) during Quit India Movement in 1942. Shanti Ghosh was an active member of the revolutionary group, Yugantar. On 14th December, 1931, Shanti Ghosh, along with Suniti, entered the bungalow of a district magistrate with a pistol and shot him dead at point-blank range. Hence, option (d) is the correct answer.

14. Consider the following the statements: [Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2003]

Assertion (A): Quit India Movement succeeded in awakening and encouraging people.
Reason (R): People have assimilated the slogan of 'Do or Die.'
In the above context, which of the following is right?

Correct Answer: (a) (A) and (R) are individually true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Solution:On August 8, 1942, Gandhi gave the call for Quit India Movement (Bharat Chhodo Andolan). Soon after the arrest of Gandhi, rioting broke out immediately throughout the country and many violent demonstrations took place. Quit India became the most powerful movement in the freedom struggle. Thousands of freedom fighters were arrested. He called on all Congressmen and Indians to maintain discipline via non-violence and "Do or Die" (Karo Ya Maro) to achieve ultimate freedom. Thus, Quit India Movement succeeded in awakening and encouraging people who assimilated the slogan of "Do or Die."

15. Two statements are given below; one is Assertion (A) and the other is Reason (R). Read them carefully: [40-B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1995]

Assertion (A): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was separate from Quit India Movement, 1942.
Reason (R): It thought that the freedom of India will be delayed due to this Movement.

Which of them is correct from the given statements—

Correct Answer: (c) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
Solution:Assertion (A) is true, but reason (R) is false. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was isolated from Quit India Movement, 1942. From 1940 to the end of colonial power in 1947, RSS did not take part in any National Movement.

16. Consider the statements given below and select the correct answer from the code given below: [U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2003]

Assertion (A): As a result of Quit India Movement, British and Muslims came closer to each other due to similar hatred against Congress.
Reason (R): Jinnah had worked as staunch ally of the British Government and asked the Muslims to stay away from Congress’s Movement of 1942.

Correct Answer: (a) (A) and (R) are individually true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Solution:Assertion (A) and Reason (R) both are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). Muslim League had condemned the Movement in the leadership of Jinnah. Jinnah said that if the British leave India, the lawlessness will capture India. As a result, Muslims came closer to the British.

17. During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organizer of underground activities in: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2009]

Correct Answer: (c) Quit India Movement
Solution:Aruna Asaf Ali was a famous Indian freedom fighter and organizer of underground activities in Quit India Movement. She would always be remembered for hoisting the flag of Congress in Gwaliya Tank Ground, Bombay in 1942.

18. With which one of the following Movements is Aruna Asaf Ali associated? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2013 U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Spl) (Pre) 2010]

Correct Answer: (d) Quit India Movement
Solution:Aruna Asaf Ali was a famous Indian freedom fighter and organizer of underground activities in Quit India Movement. She would always be remembered for hoisting the flag of Congress in Gwaliya Tank Ground, Bombay in 1942.

19. With which one of the following Movements was Aruna Asaf Ali associated? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2010]

Correct Answer: (d) Quit India Movement
Solution:Aruna Asaf Ali was a famous Indian freedom fighter and organizer of underground activities in Quit India Movement. She would always be remembered for hoisting the flag of Congress in Gwaliya Tank Ground, Bombay in 1942.

20. Given below is a list of places. Name those where parallel Governments were established during 'Quit India Movement.' [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2002]

Select your answer from the code given below the list:

  1. Balia
  2. Satara
  3. Hazaribagh
  4. Meerut
  5. Agra
Correct Answer: (a) 1 and 2
Solution:An important feature of the Quit India Movement was the establishment of parallel Government in many parts of the country. During 1942-43 in three places—(1) Ballia-August, 1942 in the leadership of Chittu Pandey (2) Tamluk (Midnapore) Bengal; from December, 1942 to August, 1944, the parallel Government had started the program to assist the victims of storm and (3) Satara (Maharashtra)—in the August of 1943 to May 1946; it was the longest-running Government. Y.B. Chavan and Nana Patil were the main leaders. Beside this Orissa also ran the parallel Government for some time.
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