Question

Q. With reference to the Quit India movement, which one of the following statements is not correct?

• A.
  Leaders like Jayaprakash Narayan were active in the underground movement.
• B.
  It led to the formation of ‘Independent governments’ in different parts of the country.
• C.
  The movement was launched after the failure of the Cabinet Mission.
• D.
  It was a mass movement.

Answer 1

The correct option is C

The movement was launched after the failure of the Cabinet Mission.

Explanation:

Option (a) is correct: As there was a swift arrest of the major leaders including Gandhiji the younger activists organised strikes and acts of sabotage all over the country. Particularly active in the underground resistance were socialist members of the Congress, such as Jayaprakash Narayan, Achyut Patwardhan and others.

Option (b) is correct: In several districts, such as Satara in the west and Medinipur in the east, “independent” governments were proclaimed.

Option (c) is incorrect: The Quit India movement was launched in August 1942 after the failure of the Cripps Mission, in March 1942.

Option (d) is correct: “Quit India” was genuinely a mass movement, bringing into its ambit hundreds of thousands of ordinary Indians. It especially energised the young who, in very large numbers, left their colleges to go to jail.