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Quit India Movement had taken place in ___________.

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  1. 1941

  2. 1942

  3. 1945

  4. 1946

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

On 8 August 1942 at the All-India Congress Committee session in Bombay, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi launched the 'Quit India' movement. The movement was accompanied by a mass protest on non-violent lines, in which Gandhi called for “an orderly British withdrawal from India”. It was in this movement that he gave the nation the slogan of ‘Do or Die’.

'August Offer' was issued on ____________ $1940$.

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  1. ${8}^{th}$ August

  2. ${15}^{th}$ August

  3. ${20}^{th}$ August

  4. ${30}^{th}$ August

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
The Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, issued a statement from Simla on 8 August 1940 known as the August Offer. It was an attemt to secure the cooperation of the Indians in WW II. Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of England at the time. Some of the provisions of the August Offer were:
1. Dominion status as the objective for India.
2. The number of the Indians in the Viceroy’s Executive council will be increased.
3. A representative “Constitution Making Body” shall be appointed immediately after the war.

'August Offer' was issued by __________.

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  1. British Crown

  2. British Parliament

  3. Viceroy

  4. Secretary of State

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
The Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, issued a statement from Simla on 8 August 1940 known as the August Offer. It was an attemt to secure the cooperation of the Indians in WW II. Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of England at the time. Some of the provisions of the August Offer were:
1. Dominion status as the objective for India.
2. The number of the Indians in the Viceroy’s Executive council will be increased.
3. A representative “Constitution Making Body” shall be appointed immediately after the war.

Who had given the slogan of 'Do or Die'during All India Congress Committee in Bombay and ratified the 'Quit India' resolution? 

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  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Jawaharlal Nehru

  3. Subhash Chandra Bose

  4. Jayaprakash Narayan

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Correct Option: A

When was the 'Quit India Movement' Launched by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi?

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  1. 1946

  2. 1939

  3. 1942

  4. 1940

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Correct Option: C

During the Second World War, ______ sided with America against Japan.

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  1. Germany

  2. Italy

  3. England

  4. France

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The second World War went on from 1939 to 1945. It was fought between the Axis powers—Germany, Italy, and Japan—and the Allies—France, Great Britain (England), the United States, the Soviet Union, It caused 50 to 85 million fatalities and thus was the deadliest conflict in the human history. It resulted in the victory of the Allied forces.

On which date were leaders such as Maulana Azad, Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel arrested?

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  1. 9th August

  2. 7th August

  3. 14 July

  4. 8th August

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Correct Option: A

Match the following.

A B
a Bhai Kotwal 1) Azad Radio
b General Awari 2) Parallel government
c Usha Mehta 3) Azad Dasta
d Midnapore 4) Red Army


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  1. a-2 b-3 c-4 d-1

  2. a-1 b-2 c-3 d-4

  3. a-4 b-1 c-2 d-3

  4. a-3 b-4 c-1 d-2

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Correct Option: D

The Working Committee of the Congress passed the Quit India resolution on ________.

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  1. July $14$, $1942$

  2. August $10$, $1942$

  3. August $8$, $1942$

  4. June $30$, $1942$

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Correct Option: A

In March $1942$, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill appointed the Cripps Mission to resolve Indian political crisis because __________.

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  1. He was under pressure from the US President Roosevelt

  2. Of the gravity of the Japanese war menace on India's borders

  3. Both (a) and (b) above

  4. Of INA's initial success of India's eastern borders

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Stafford Cripps, a member of the War Cabinet, was dispatched to India to discuss the British Government’s Draft Declaration on the Constitution of India with representative Indian leaders from all parties. It was sent due to two reasons:
1. Because of the reverses suffered by Britain in South-East Asia, the Japanese threat to invade India seemed real now ‘and Indian support became crucial.
ii. There was pressure on Britain from the Allies (USA, USSR, and China) to seek Indian cooperation.