Which popular movement against the British Raj is identified with the year 1942?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Quit India Movement
The ‘Quit India’ campaign, Mahatma Gandhi’s third major movement against British rule, began in August 1942, after the failure of the Cripps Mission.
Note: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
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NCERT (2026-27): “4. Quit India … 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.…” |