Quit India Movement Quiz with Answers Set 2

Question 1.  With reference to Indian freedom struggle, Usha Mehta is well known for__________.

(A) Assisting in the formation of Interim Government under Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) Leading a contingent of Indian National Army

(C) Participating in the Second Round Table Conference

(D) Running the Secret Congress Radio in the wake of Quit India Movement

Question 2.  Who amongst the following made regular broadcasted on Congress Radio operated during Quit India Movement?

(A) Sucheta Kriplani

(B) Ram Manohar Lohia

(C) Subhash Chandra Bose

(D) Jai Prakash Narayan

Question 3.  The Prime Minister of England during Quit India Movement was_________.

(A) MacDonald

(B) Clement Attlee

(C) Churchill

(D) Chamberlain

Question 4.  The American publicist who was with Mahatma Gandhi during his ‘Quit India’ Movement was________.

(A) Negley Farson

(B) Web Miller

(C) William L. Shiver

(D) Louis Fischer

Question 5.  Louis Fischer was the biographer of Mahatma Gandhi, he was_______.

(A) A German journalist

(B) A France journalist

(C) A British journalist

(D) An American journalist

Question 6.  Louis Fischer, the biographer of Mahatma Gandhi, was associated with the movement of_______.

(A) Quit India Movement

(B) Non-Co-operation

(C) Individual Satyagraha

(D) Civil Disobedience

Question 7.  Who among the following journalist is the biographer of Mahatma Gandhi? 

(A) Louis Fischer

(B) Web Miller

(C) Richard Gregg

(D) None of the above

Question 8.  Which area was affected widest with the communal riots due to ‘Quit India’ Movement?

1. Bihar
2. Bengal
3. Gujarat
4. United Province

Select your answer of the following code.

(A) 1 and 4

(B) 2 and 3

(C) Only 1

(D) 1 and 2

Question 9.  Dr. Rajendra Prasad was arrested on 9th August, 1942 and was sent to _________.

(A) Bankipur Jail

(B) Bhagalpur Jail

(C) Hazaribag Jail

(D) Camp Jail

Question 10.  Where was Mahatma Gandhi arrested in connection with Quit India Movement?

(A) New Delhi

(B) Calcutta

(C) Madras

(D) Bombay

Question 11.  After passing the resolution of ‘Quit India Movement’ Gandhiji was arrested________.

(A) in Agha Khan Palace

(B) in the fort of Ahmadnagar

(C) in Naini Jail

(D) in Yarvada Jail

Question 12. On 9th August 1942, the two arrested leaders of Hazaribag were________.

(A) Shiv Kumar and Ramanand

(B) Ramnath and Devnath

(C) Narayan Singh and  Sukhla Singh

(D) Ramlal and Devilal

Question 13.  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_______.

(A) Shahabad

(B) Patna

(C) Gaya

(D) Munger

Question 14.  In which context did Jai Prakash Narayan get the recognition of national leader?

(A) Making the member of Congress Executive Committee

(B) Bhoodan Movement

(C) Establishment of Congress Socialist Party

(D) Quit India Movement

Question 15.  Who among the following leaders had secretly escaped from the jail and organized underground activities during Quit India Movement? 

(A) Jai Prakash Narayan

(B) Achyut Patwardhan

(C) Ram Manohar Lohia

(D) J.B. Kriplani

Question 16. 

• 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) is false, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Question 17.  Consider the statements given below and select the correct answer from the code given below.

• Assertion (A): As a result of Quit India Movement, British and Muslims came closer to each other due to similar hatred against congress.
  
• Reason (R): Jinnah had worked as staunch ally of the British Government and asked the Muslims to stay away from Congress’s Movement of 1942.

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) (A) and (R) are individually true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Question 18.  Two statements are given below; the one is Assertion (A) and other is the Reason (R), read them carefully.

• Assertion (A): Rashtriya Swayam-sevak Sangh (RSS) was separate from Quit India Movement, 1942.
  
• Reason (R): It thought that the freedom of India will be delayed due to this Movement.

Which of them is correct from the given statements?

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) (A) and (R) are individually true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) (A) and (R) are individually true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Question 19. 

• Assertion (A): Quit India Movement succeeded in awakening and encouraging people.
  
• Reason (R): People have assimilated the slogan of ‘Do or Die’.

In the above context, which of the following is right?

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) (A) and (R) are individually true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Question 20. 

• Assertion (A): Lord Linlithgow described the August Movement of 1942 as the most serious rebellion since Sepoy Mutiny.
  
• Reason (R): There was a massive upsurge of the peasantry in certain areas.

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Question 21. After Quit India Movement, C. Rajagopalachari issued a pamphlet entitled ‘The Way Out’. Which one of the following was a proposal in this pamphlet? 

(A) A solution to the Constitutional deadlock

(B) 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

(C) 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

(D) The establishment of a ‘War Advisory Council’ composed of representatives of British India and the Indian States

Question 22.  In which of the following district of Uttar Pradesh, parallel Government was established during Quit India Movement?

(A) Faizabad

(B) Ballia

(C) Lucknow

(D) Allahabad

Question 23.  In which of the following years the Jatiya Sarkar was formed in the Midnapur district of Bengal?

(A) 1942

(B) 1941

(C) 1940

(D) 1939

Question 24.  Given below is a list of places. Name those where parallel Governments were established during ‘Quit India Movement’. Select your answer from the code given below the list.

1. Balia
2. Satara
3. Hazaribagh
4. Meerut
5. Agra

(A) 1, 3 and 4

(B) 2, 3 and 5

(C) 1, 2 and 3

(D) 1 and 2

Question 25.  With which one of the following Movements is Aruna Asaf Ali associated? 

(A) Quit India Movement

(B) Individual Satyagraha

(C) Civil Disobedience Movement

(D) Non-Co-operation Movement

Question 26.  During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organizer of underground activities in_____.

(A) Swadeshi Movement

(B) Quit India Movement

(C) Non-Co-operation Movement

(D) Civil Disobedience Movement

Question 27.  Who was the wife of Mr. Jagat Narayan Lal?

(A) Mrs. Mangala Devi

(B) Mrs. Bhagawati Devi

(C) Mrs. Sundari Devi

(D) Mrs. Rampyari

Question 28.  Where was Shri Yogendra Shukla brought on the 7th December, 1942?

(A) Bhagalpur

(B) Patna

(C) Munger

(D) Ranchi