Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Challenges of nation Building

Question:

The following statement was given by which leader "Tomorrow we shall be free from the slavery of the British domination. But at midnight India will be partitioned. Tomorrow will thus be a day of rejoicing as well as mourning".
(1) Jawaharlal Nehru
(2) Mohd. Ali Jinnah
(3) Mahatma Gandhi
(4) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Options:

1

2

3

4

Correct Answer:

3

Explanation:

Mahatma Gandhi said these lines on 14 August 1947, Kolkata:

"Tomorrow we shall be free from the slavery of the British domination. But at midnight India will be partitioned. Tomorrow will thus be a day of rejoicing as well as of mourning."