Question

Which of the following statements regarding Subhash Chandra Bose are true?

• A. His ideology and methods stood in contrast with those of Gandhi in terms of their approach to the freedom movement.
• B. He failed to clear the Indian Civil Service examination.
• C. He journeyed between Calcutta and Berlin in an official capacity for the British.
• D. He was elected as the President of the Indian Independence League while in Singapore.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (D)

He was elected as the President of the Indian Independence League while in Singapore.

• Subhas Chandra Bose did indeed pass the Indian Civil Service examination.
• Bose became an active member of the Congress. He did not agree with the path of non-violence as a means to attain freedom. He believed that freedom was not something that could be obtained by negotiations around a conference table, but by resistance and revolt.
• He made his own party, but after continuous British scrutiny, he snuck out of his residence and reached Berlin via Peshawar, Afghanistan, Iran, and Russia.
• He was elected as the President of the Indian Independence League on 4 July, 1943, while in Singapore.