Read the passage and answer the questions:
Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian Freedom Movement
After the failure of the Cripps Mission, Mahatma Gandhi decided to launch his third major movement against British rule. This was the “Quit India” campaign, which began in August 1942. Although Gandhiji was jailed at once, 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. In several districts, such as Satara in the west and Medinipur in the east, “independent” governments were proclaimed.
The British responded with much force, yet it took more than a year to suppress the rebellion. “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. However, while the Congress leaders languished in jail, Jinnah and his colleagues in the Muslim League worked patiently at expanding their influence. It was in these years that the League began to make a mark in the Punjab and Sind, provinces where it had previously had scarcely any presence. In June 1944, with the end of the war in sight, Gandhiji was released from prison.
Mahatma Gandhi regularly published in his journal _____.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Harijan
The passage does not carry this point: Mahatma Gandhi regularly published in his journal, Harijan, letters that others wrote to him.
Note: This passage is taken from the NCERT chapter ‘Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement’ (section ‘Quit India’) word for word, while this question comes from the part of the chapter on private letters as a source. Read the whole chapter, not only the passage; one question of a passage set may come from another page of it.
NCERT (2025-26): “6.1 Public voice and private scripts … Many letters are written to individuals, and are therefore personal, but they are also meant for the public. The language of the letters is often shaped by the awareness that they may one day be published. Conversely, the fear that a letter may get into print often prevents people from expressing their opinion freely in personal letters. Mahatma Gandhi regularly published in his journal, Harijan, letters that others wrote to him. Nehru edited a collection of letters written to him during the national movement and published A Bunch of Old Letters.…” |