Quit India Movement Quiz with Answers

Question 1. On 6th July, 1942, at the Working Committee of the Congress, Mahatma Gandhi discussed for the first time his ‘Quit India Policy’. The President of the Committee was ___________.

(A) Dr. Annie Besant

(B) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

(C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

(D) Rajagopalachari

Question 2. Where did the Congress Working Committee meet to pass the ‘Quit India Resolution’ of 14th July, 1942? 

(A) Tripura

(B) Lucknow

(C) Wardha

(D) Bombay

Question 3. The Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army during Quit India Movement was _________.

(A) Lord Wavell

(B) Lord Mountbatten

(C) Lord Linlithgow

(D) None of the above

Question 4. Quit India movement began on __________.

(A) 16th August, 1942

(B) 15th August, 1942

(C) 10th August, 1942

(D) 9th August, 1942

Question 5. In which ground of Bombay the proposal was passed for ‘Quit India Movement’?

(A) Gwaliya Tank

(B) Chamboor ground

(C) Kala Ghoda ground

(D) Marine drive ground

Question 6. Why is the year 1942 important?

(A) Independence of India

(B) Quit India Movement

(C) Non-Co-operation Movement

(D) Salt Satyagraha

Question 7. Where did the Congress launch the Quit India Movement on 8 August, 1942? 

(A) Poona

(B) Calcutta

(C) Madras

(D) Bombay

Question 8. The Quit India Movement started in________.

(A) October, 1942

(B) September, 1942

(C) August, 1942

(D) July, 1942

Question 9. Consider the following statements. On the eve of launch of Quit India, Movement, Mahatma Gandhi

1. Asked Government servants to resign.
   
2. Asked the soldiers to leave their posts.
   
3. Asked the Princess of the Princely states to accept the sovereignty of their people.

Which of the statements is/are correct?

(A) 1, 2 and 3

(B) Only 3

(C) 2 and 3

(D) 1 and 2

Question 10. The statement, ‘We shall either free India or die in the attempt’ is associated with _________.

(A) Quit India Movement

(B) Individual Satyagraha

(C) Civil Disobedience Movement

(D) Non-Co-operation Movement

Question 11. The slogan ‘Do or Die’ was given by __________.

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B) Bhagat Singh

(C) Jawaharlal Nehru

(D) Bal Gangadhar Tila

Question 12. With which one of the following movements is the slogan ‘Do or Die’ associated? 

(A) Quit India Movement

(B) Civil Disobedience Movement

(C) Non-Co-operation Movement

(D) Swadeshi Movement

Question 13. ‘Do or Die’ call was given by Gandhiji during ___________.

(A) Khilafat Movement

(B) Non-Co-operation Movement

(C) Civil Disobedience Movement

(D) Quit India Movement

Question 14. When did Baldev Sahai resigned from the post of Advocate General?

(A) 1911

(B) 1913

(C) 1943

(D) 1942

Question 15. Quit India Movement was launched in response to__________.

(A) Wavell Plan

(B) Simon Commission Report

(C) Cripps Proposals

(D) Cabinet Mission Plan

Question 16. Which one of the following observation is not true about the Quit India Movement of 1942?

(A) It did not attract the labour

(B) It was a spontaneous Movement

(C) It was led by Mahatma Gandhi

(D) It was a Violent Movement

Question 17. Quit India Movement was led by________.

(A) B.R. Ambedkar

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(C) Jawaharlal Nehru

(D) None of the above

Question 18. Which of the following parties did not support ‘Quit India Movement’?

(A) The Hindu Mahasabha

(B) The Unionist Party of Punjab

(C) The Communist Party of India

(D) All of the above

Question 19. Which one of the following had supported the ‘Quit India Resolution’ of 1942?

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

(C) Rajendra Prasad

(D) A.K. Azad

Question 20. By whom the ‘Quit India’ Resolution was moved in the Bombay Session of the Congress in the year 1942?

(A) J.B. Kriplani

(B) Rajendra Prasad

(C) Narendra Deo

(D) Jawaharlal Nehru

Question 21. The draft of the ‘Quit India’ Resolution was prepared by ___________.

(A) Sarojini Naidu

(B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

(C) Mahatma Gandhi

(D) Jawaharlal Nehru

Question 22. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress when it passed the ‘Quit India’ resolution?

(A) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) Sardar Patel

(C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

(D) Mahatma Gandhi

Question 23. Who of the following was the President of Indian National Congress for consecutive six years?

(A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

(B) Abul Kalam Azad

(C) Dadabhai Naoroji

(D) Jawaharlal Nehru

Question 24. ‘Quit India Movement’ was reaction of _________.

1. The disappointment of Indians against Cripps Mission.
   
2. The threat of Japanese attack on India.
   
3. To provoke countrymen to adopt violent means by Gandhiji’s articles.
   
4. Due to passing the proposal of August, 1942 by AICC.

Choose the answer using the given options.

(A) 1 and 2

(B) 2, 3 and 4

(C) 1, 2 and 4

(D) All of these

Question 25. Who among the following ran ‘Congress Radio’ during the ‘Quit India’ Movement?

(A) Aruna Asaf Ali

(B) Usha Mehta

(C) Jai Prakash Narayan

(D) None of the above