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Indian HistoryEasyAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2017, GAT

Which one of the following was a significant feature of the Quit India Movement ?

  1. A.Women did not play an important role in the movement
  2. B.Nasik in Maharashtra was an important regional base during the movement
  3. C.It was marked by anti-zamindar violence
  4. D.It was marked by the emergence of parallel governments in different parts of India

Correct answer

D. It was marked by the emergence of parallel governments in different parts of India

Explanation

The correct answer is D, It was marked by the emergence of parallel governments in different parts of India. With the leaders in jail, people in several regions set up their own governments.

The Quit India resolution was passed at the Bombay session of the Congress on 8 August 1942, with Gandhi's call of Do or Die. All top leaders were arrested the next morning, and the movement passed into the hands of the people. Parallel governments arose in Ballia in eastern Uttar Pradesh under Chittu Pandey, in Tamluk in Midnapore, Bengal, as the Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar, and in Satara in Maharashtra as the Prati Sarkar under Y. B. Chavan and Nana Patil, which lasted the longest.

A is wrong: women such as Aruna Asaf Ali, Usha Mehta, who ran the Congress Radio, Sucheta Kripalani and Matangini Hazra played leading roles. B is wrong: the important base in Maharashtra was Satara, not Nasik. C is wrong: the violence was aimed at symbols of British authority, such as police stations, railways and telegraph lines, not at zamindars.

Exam tip: Quit India parallel governments: Ballia (first), Tamluk, and Satara (longest-lasting).

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Q1.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2016, GKHard

Which one of the following sources tells us about women protesting against the infidelity of their husbands or the neglect of the wife and children by the male head of the household?

  1. A.The Kitab-ul-Hind
  2. B.Documents belonging to the Village Panchayats of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra
  3. C.Sculptures from Mandor
  4. D.The Ain-i-Akbari of Abul Fazl
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Correct answer: B. Documents belonging to the Village Panchayats of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra

These records preserve petitions that women sent to the panchayat seeking redress. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries village panchayats settled disputes and punished misconduct.

Q2.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2024, GKEasy

Who among the following was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army of independent India?

  1. A.S. M. Srinagesh
  2. B.K. M. Cariappa
  3. C.K. S. Thimayya
  4. D.K. S. Rajendrasinhji
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Correct answer: B. K. M. Cariappa

General K. M. Cariappa took over as the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army on 15 January 1949. He succeeded General Sir Francis Butcher, the last British chief, and the day he took charge is celebrated every year as Army Day on 15 January.

Q3.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKHard

Which of the following statements with regard to the speech of Mahatma Gandhi at the opening of the Banaras Hindu University are correct? 1. He charged the Indian elite with a lack of concern for the labouring poor. 2. He asserted that our salvation can come only through the farmers. 3. He highlighted the plight of the untouchables. 4. He promised to take up the cause of the mill owners of Ahmedabad. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. A.1, 2, 3 and 4
  2. B.1 and 2 only
  3. C.1, 2 and 3 only
  4. D.3 and 4 only
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Correct answer: B. 1 and 2 only

At the opening of Banaras Hindu University in February 1916, Gandhi criticised the elite for ignoring the poor and said India's salvation lay with its farmers.