UPSC Modern Indian History – Chapter 23: Quit India Movement, Subhas Chandra Bose and the INA (24 MCQs)

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UPSC Modern Indian History – Chapter 23: Quit India Movement, Subhas Chandra Bose and the INA (24 MCQs) – 24 questions, subject: History. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  

The Quit India resolution was adopted by the AICC at Bombay on:

Correct Answer: B [8 August 1942]

Explanation:

The AICC, meeting at Gowalia Tank in Bombay, adopted the Quit India resolution on 8 August 1942.

2.  

The call "Do or Die" in 1942 was given by:

Correct Answer: A [Mahatma Gandhi]

Explanation:

Gandhi gave the call 'Do or Die' in his speech to the AICC at Bombay on 8 August 1942.

3.  

Who hoisted the national flag at Gowalia Tank on 9 August 1942?

Correct Answer: D [Aruna Asaf Ali]

Explanation:

Aruna Asaf Ali hoisted the national flag at Gowalia Tank on 9 August 1942, after the leaders were arrested.

4.  

The underground Congress Radio during 1942 was run by:

Correct Answer: D [Usha Mehta]

Explanation:

Usha Mehta ran the underground Congress Radio from Bombay during the Quit India Movement of 1942.

5.  

The parallel government at Ballia in 1942 was led by:

Correct Answer: A [Chittu Pande]

Explanation:

Chittu Pande headed the short-lived national government set up at Ballia in the United Provinces in August 1942.

6.  

The Jatiya Sarkar of 1942–1944 functioned at:

Correct Answer: D [Tamluk in Midnapore]

Explanation:

The Jatiya Sarkar of Tamluk in Midnapore, Bengal, functioned from 1942 to 1944 and had the Vidyut Vahini as its army.

7.  

Matangini Hazra is associated with the Quit India Movement at:

Correct Answer: A [Tamluk]

Explanation:

Matangini Hazra was shot dead while leading a procession at Tamluk in Midnapore, Bengal, in 1942.

8.  

The Provisional Government of Free India was proclaimed by Subhas Bose at:

Correct Answer: A [Singapore in 1943]

Explanation:

Subhas Bose proclaimed the Provisional Government of Free India at Singapore on 21 October 1943.

9.  

The first Indian National Army (1942) was organised by:

Correct Answer: C [Mohan Singh]

Explanation:

Mohan Singh formed the first INA in 1942 from Indian prisoners of war after the fall of Singapore, with Japanese help.

10.  

Consider the following about the Quit India Movement:

1. The Muslim League supported the movement.
2. The Communist Party of India stayed away from the movement.
3. Gandhi was arrested on 9 August 1942.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Correct Answer: B [2 and 3 only]

Explanation:

The Communist Party of India stayed away and Gandhi was arrested on 9 August; only statement 1 is wrong.

11.  

Assertion (A): The Congress launched the Quit India Movement in August 1942.

Reason (R): The Cripps Mission had failed to offer a real transfer of power.

Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]

Explanation:

Both are true, and the failure of the Cripps Mission is what drove the Congress to launch Quit India.

12.  

The Rani Jhansi Regiment of the INA was commanded by:

Correct Answer: B [Lakshmi Swaminathan]

Explanation:

Captain Lakshmi Swaminathan, later Lakshmi Sahgal, commanded the women's Rani Jhansi Regiment of the INA.

13.  

Subhas Bose renamed the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as:

Correct Answer: C [Shaheed and Swaraj]

Explanation:

After Japan handed over the islands in 1943, Bose renamed the Andamans Shaheed and the Nicobars Swaraj.

14.  

The defence in the Red Fort trials of 1945 was led by:

Correct Answer: C [Bhulabhai Desai]

Explanation:

Bhulabhai Desai led the INA defence at the Red Fort in 1945, assisted by Sapru, Nehru and Asaf Ali.

15.  

Gandhi's 21-day fast of February 1943 was undertaken at:

Correct Answer: D [Aga Khan Palace, Poona]

Explanation:

Gandhi was detained in the Aga Khan Palace, Poona, where he fasted for 21 days in February 1943.

16.  

Subhas Chandra Bose escaped from house arrest in Calcutta in:

Correct Answer: B [January 1941]

Explanation:

Bose escaped from house arrest in Calcutta in January 1941 and reached Germany later that year.

17.  

Arrange the following in chronological order:

1. Provisional Government of Free India proclaimed
2. Quit India resolution
3. Red Fort trials begin
4. Cripps Mission

Select the correct answer:

Correct Answer: C [4-2-1-3]

Explanation:

March 1942, August 1942, October 1943, November 1945.

18.  

The Prati Sarkar of Satara is associated with:

Correct Answer: A [Nana Patil]

Explanation:

Nana Patil led the Prati Sarkar of Satara, which ran people's courts and village work from 1943 to 1945.

19.  

"Delhi Chalo" was the call of:

Correct Answer: D [the INA under Subhas Bose]

Explanation:

'Delhi Chalo' was the war cry Subhas Bose gave to the INA for its march towards India.

20.  

Kanaklata Barua was killed during the Quit India Movement in:

Correct Answer: C [Assam]

Explanation:

Kanaklata Barua was shot dead at Gohpur in Assam in September 1942 while leading a flag procession.

21.  
UPSC Prelims 2021

With reference to 8th August 1942 in Indian history, which one of the following statements is correct?

Correct Answer: A [The Quit India Resolution was adopted by the AICC.]

Explanation:

On 8 August 1942 the AICC, meeting at Bombay, adopted the Quit India resolution.

22.  
UPSC Prelims 2021

In the context of Colonial India, Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon are remembered as

Correct Answer: D [officers of the Indian National Army]

Explanation:

Shah Nawaz Khan, Sahgal and Dhillon were INA officers tried together at the Red Fort in November 1945.

23.  
UPSC Prelims 2017

With reference to Indian freedom struggle, consider the following events:

1. Mutiny in Royal Indian Navy
2. Quit India Movement launched
3. Second Round Table Conference

What is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?

Correct Answer: C [3-2-1]

Explanation:

Second Round Table Conference (1931), Quit India (August 1942), then the RIN mutiny (February 1946).

24.  
UPSC Prelims 2013

Quit India Movement was launched in response to

Correct Answer: B [Cripps Proposals]

Explanation:

The failure of the Cripps proposals of March 1942 led the Congress to launch Quit India in August 1942.

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