Question

Which one of the following statements about the Quit India Movement is not correct?

• A. It broke out in August 1942.
• B. Ahmedabad Textile Mills went on strike for more than three months.
• C. Muslim League and Hindu Mahasabha actively participated in the movement.
• D. Communist Party did not support the movement

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Muslim League and Hindu Mahasabha actively participated in the movement.

Hindu nationalist parties like the Hindu Mahasabha openly opposed the call for the Quit India movement of 1942 and boycotted it officially. The Muslim League opposed the Quit India Movement as it was of the view that if the British left India in its current State, its political agenda of creating a separate state of Muslim majority would remain un-fulfilled. The Communist Party of India was banned at that time by the British government. It supported the British War effort In order to get the ban lifted, as well as to assist the Soviet Union in its war against Nazi Germany, despite support for Quit India by many industrial workers. In response the British lifted the ban on the party.