Quit India Movement (Part-II)

21. In which of the following years the Jatiya Sarkar was formed in the Midnapur district of Bengal? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

(a) 1939
(b) 1940
(c) 1941
(d) 1942

Correct Answer: (d) 1942

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.

22. In which of the following district of Uttar Pradesh, parallel Government was established during Quit India Movement? [U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2013]

(a) Allahabad
(b) Lucknow
(c) Ballia
(d) Faizabad

Correct Answer: (c) Ballia

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.

23. In which of the following district of Uttar Pradesh, parallel Government was established during Quit India Movement? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2013]

(a) Jaunpur
(b) Azamgarh
(c) Ballia
(d) Ghazipur

Correct Answer: (c) Ballia

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.

24. During the Quit India Movement, a girl named Kanaklata Barua led a public procession and defying the police, tried to enter the police station but was shot dead. This incident took place at— [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 2021]

(a) Sonitpur
(b) Midnapur
(c) Korapur
(d) Gohpur

Correct Answer: (d) Gohpur

Solution:Kanaklata Barua was an Indian Independence fighter who was shot dead by British police while leading a procession during the Quit India Movement of 1942. She was shot when she tried to hoist the national flag at the local police station of the Gohpur sub-division of Sonitpur district, Assam.

25. consider the following the statements: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2005]

Assertion (A): The Quit India Movement marked the culmination of Indian National Movement.
Reason (R): After the Quit India Movement it was a need of time to find a suitable mechanism for transfer of power.

Select the correct answer from the code given below:

(a) (A) and (R) are individually true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) (A) and (R) are individually true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Correct Answer: (a) (A) and (R) are individually true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Solution:The Quit India Movement, though short-lived and badly crushed, gave the signals that the British rule was not wanted in India. There was nothing to stop Indians from attaining their freedom. The signs of the firm determination of the people to free India from the British hastened the British decision to quit.

26. After Quit India Movement, C. Rajagopalachari issued a pamphlet entitled "The Way Out." Which one of the following was a proposal in this pamphlet? [I.A.S. (Pre) 2010]

(a) The establishment of a "War Advisory Council" composed of representatives of British India and the Indian States
(b) Reconstitution of the Central Executive Council in such a way that all its members, except the Governor-General and the Commander-in-Chief, should be Indian leaders
(c) Fresh elections to the Central and Provincial Legislatures to be held at the end of 1945 and the Constitution-making body be convened as soon as possible
(d) A solution to the Constitutional deadlock

Correct Answer: (d) A solution to the Constitutional deadlock

Solution:C. Rajagopalachari’s formula was a proposal formulated by Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari to solve the political deadlock between INC and All India Muslim League on Independence of India from the British. Rajagopalachari devised a proposal in 1944 called "The way out" for Congress to offer the league the Muslim Pakistan based on plebiscite (the direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an important public question such as a change in the Constitution). The formula was opposed even by Congress. Jinnah also rejected the proposal and the talks failed.

27. 'Operation Rubicon' was the code word proposed to be adopted by British Government in India with reference to which of the following? [R.O./A.R.O. (Pre) 2017]

(a) Gandhi's fast unto death in Jail
(b) Activities of Jai Prakash Narayan
(c) Gandhi's participation in Round Table Conference
(d) None of the above

Correct Answer: (a) Gandhi's fast unto death in Jail

Solution:While imprisoned in the Aga Khan Palace, Mahatma Gandhi's health was rapidly declining due to his fast unto death. It was considered by the British Government in India, on the advice of doctors, that if Gandhiji died, the Bombay Government would send the code word "Rubicon" to the provincial governments.

28. Where was Shri Yogendra Shukla brought on the 7th December, 1942? [45th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2001]

(a) Ranchi
(b) Munger
(c) Patna
(d) Bhagalpur

Correct Answer: (c) Patna

Solution:On November 9, 1942, Yogendra Shukla along with Jai Prakash Narayan escaped from Hazaribag jail but was arrested at Muzzafarpur and sent to Patna.

29. Who was the wife of Mr. Jagat Narayan Lal? [37th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1991]

(a) Mrs. Rampyari
(b) Mrs. Sundari Devi
(c) Mrs. Bhagawati Devi
(d) Mrs. Mangala Devi

Correct Answer: (a) Mrs. Rampyari

Solution:During the Quit India Movement, Rampyari Devi, wife of Mr. Jagat Narayan Lal, addressed the assembly in Bankipur and called people to quit government jobs.

30. Where was Mahatma Gandhi arrested in connection with the Quit India Movement? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2012]

(a) Bombay
(b) Madras
(c) Calcutta
(d) New Delhi

Correct Answer: (a) Bombay

Solution:After the Quit India Resolution, passed on August 9th, 1942, Gandhiji and other main leaders of Congress were arrested in Bombay. Gandhiji and Sarojini Naidu were kept in Aga Khan Palace, Pune.