Quit India Movement (Part-II)

31. After passing the resolution of 'Quit India Movement', Gandhiji was arrested — [41st B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1996]

(a) in Yarawada Jail
(b) in Naini Jail
(c) in the fort of Ahmednagar
(d) in Aga Khan Palace

Correct Answer: (d) in Aga Khan Palace

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.

32. With the news of Gandhi and other Congress leaders' arrest in 1942, a riot in Bihar took place, leading to a total breakdown in the rail services. The most affected area was: [43rd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1999]

(a) Munger
(b) Gaya
(c) Patna
(d) Shahabad

Correct Answer: (a) Munger

Solution:On August 9, 1942, Gandhiji and other main leaders of Congress were arrested. Police launched a suppression cycle to crack down on the Movement. Outraged by the suppression of the police, the public attacked at several places. Police stations, Railway stations, and post offices were the target. Rail lines were uprooted at several places. As a result, rail services were disrupted completely. Medinipur district of Bengal, Baliya district of Uttar Pradesh, and Munger district of Bihar were the centers of public anger. The incident of uprooting railway tracks had mostly happened in Bihar. Munger was the most affected district which remained cut off from the outside world for 2 weeks.

33. In which context did Jai Prakash Narayan get the recognition of national leader? [41st B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1996]

(a) Quit India Movement
(b) Establishment of Congress Socialist Party
(c) Bhoodan Movement
(d) Making the member of Congress Executive Committee

Correct Answer: (a) Quit India Movement

Solution:Jai Prakash Narayan got recognition as a national leader during the Quit India Movement. All the main leaders of Congress were arrested at the start of the movement. Congress leaders who couldn’t be arrested started to consolidate public support secretly. Jai Prakash Narayan, Ram Manohar Lohia, and Aruna Asaf Ali were the main leaders among them.

34. In 1942 AD, on the occasion of which festival did Jayaprakash Narayan escape from Hazaribagh jail? [67th B.P.S.C. (Pre) (Re. Exam) 2022]

Correct Answer: (d) Deepawali

Solution:During the Quit India Movement, on the day of Diwali (Deepawali), November 9, 1942, Jai Prakash Narayan escaped from jail along with his comrades. As a Marxist, Narayan returned to India from the US in the latter half of 1929. Jawaharlal Nehru invited him to join the Indian National Congress, and Mahatma Gandhi served as his mentor there. With his close friend and nationalist Ganga Sharan Singh (Sinha), with whom he had the warmest and longest friendship, he shared a home in Kadam Kuan, Patna. During the Quit India movement, he gained particular notoriety. Narayan was incarcerated in Nasik Jail for his role in the civil disobedience movement against British rule in 1930. There, he made friends with Ram Manohar Lohia, Minoo Masani, Achyut Patwardhan, Ashok Mehta, Basawon Singh, Yusuf Desai, C K Narayanaswami, as well as other national figures.

35. During the Quit India Movement, who among the following escaped from the Hazaribagh Jail? [67th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2022]

Correct Answer: (b) Jayaprakash Narayan

Solution:During the Quit India Movement, on the day of Diwali (Deepawali), November 9, 1942, Jai Prakash Narayan escaped from jail along with his comrades.