Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Challenges of nation Building

Question:

"Tomorrow we shall be free from the slavery of the British domination, but at midnight India will be partitioned. Tomorrow will thus be day of rejoicing as well as of mourning". Who made the above statement?
1. Mahatma Gandhi (14 August 1947)
2. Jawahar Lal Nehru (2 August 1942)
3. Saadat Hasan Manto (18 June 1947)
4. D.K. Barooah (15 July 1945)

Options:

1

2

3

4

Correct Answer:

1

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."