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"Do or Die" statement is related to which of the following?

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  1. Quit India Movement

  2. Civil Disobediance Movement

  3. Non Co-operation Movement

  4. Champaran Movement

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • Gandhiji gave the slogan "Do or Die" during the speech delivered by him on August 8, 1942.
  • Quit India Movement was started by Gandhiji on August 8,1942.
  • The Primary cause to start Quit India Movement is failure of Cripps Mission
  • On August 9, 1942 every major political leader was arrested by the British.

'Do or Die' Slogan was given by Gandhi ji _______

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  1. During Non-cooperation Movement

  2. During Civil Disobedience Movement

  3. During 'Quit India' Movement

  4. During Industrial Satyagrah

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Correct Option: C

Who among the following is called Heroine of 1942 Quit India Movement?

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  1. Dr. Annie Besant

  2. Suchitra Kriplani

  3. Aruna Asaf Ali

  4. Sarojini Naidu

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Aruna Asaf Ali is called Heroine of 1942 Quit India Movement. It was her chivalrous behaviour that gave her the title of 'Heroine of 1942' movement or 'Grand Old Lady' of Independence Movement. She began the Quit India Movement by hoisting the Indian Flag at the Gowalia Tank ground. 

Where were the parallel governments formed?

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  1. Balia

  2. Midnapur

  3. Satara

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Parallel governments were formed at many places:


  1. Ballia (in August 1942 for a week)—under Chittu Pandey. He got many Congress leaders released.
  2. Tamluk (Midnapore, from December 1942 to September 1944)—which undertook cyclone relief work, sanctioned grants to schools, supplied paddy from the rich to the poor, organised Bidyut Bahinis etc.
  3. Satara (mid-1943 to 1945)—named “Prati Sarkar”, was organised under leaders like Y.B. Chavan, Nana Patil, etc. Village libraries and Nyayadan Mandals were organised, prohibition campaigns were carried on and ‘Gandhi marriages’ were organised.

 


When the ________ _________ failed, the Quit India movement started in 1942.

civics the national movement (1935-42) cabinet mission freedom and partition of india prominent leaders in indian freedom movement

  1. August Offer

  2. Cabinet Mission

  3. Cripps Proposal

  4. Mountbatten Plan

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Correct Option: C

When and where Cripps Mission arrived?

civics the national movement (1935-42) cabinet mission freedom and partition of india prominent leaders in indian freedom movement

  1. March 1942, Delhi

  2. July 1941, Bombay

  3. May 1942, Karachi

  4. August 1944, Madras

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Stafford Cripps with this aims and directives arrived in Delhi on 22nd March, 1942. He brought with him a new constitutional scheme approved by the British Cabinet. But no body from the Congress expected any good thing from him. The Congress however agreed to have dialogues with Cripps only with an aim to know the British mind.

Who was the leader of House of Commons and a member of British War Cabinet?

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  1. Stafford Cripps

  2. Lord Minto I

  3. Lord Curzon

  4. Lord Irwin

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sir Stafford Cripps was the leader of House of Common and a member of British War Cabinet. He lead one Mission to India in 1942 under his name Cripps Mission.

Who were the official negotiators for the Congress with Cripps Mission?

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  1. Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Azad

  2. Jawaharlal Nehru and Md. Ali Jinnah

  3. Md. Ali Jinnah and Maulana Azad

  4. Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Azad were the official negotiators for the Congress with Cripps Mission.

Who commented Cripps proposal as 'post dated cheque on a failing bank'?

civics the national movement (1935-42) cabinet mission freedom and partition of india prominent leaders in indian freedom movement

  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Md. Ali Jinnah

  3. Jawaharlal Nehru

  4. Lala Lajpat Rai

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mahatma Gandhi described the Cripps' proposals as a "post-dated cheque on a failing bank".

Who was the British Prime minister at the time of Cripps mission?

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  1. Neville Chamberlain

  2. Winston Churchill

  3. Clement Attlee

  4. Anthony Eden

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Cripps mission was an attempt in late March 1942 by the British government to secure full Indian cooperation and support for their efforts in World War II. The mission was headed by Sir Stafford Cripps, a senior left-wing politician and government minister in the War Cabinet of Prime Minister Winston Churchill.