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Social Science · 2026 · 4 marks
CBSE 2026 · Region 3 · Set 1 · Q9
Read the given source carefully and answer the questions that follow: Quit India Movement The failure of the Cripps Mission and the effects of World…
Read the given source carefully and answer the questions that follow : Quit India Movement The failure of the Cripps Mission and the effects of World War II created widespread discontentment in India. This led Gandhiji to launch a movement calling for complete withdrawal of the British from India. The Congress Working Committee, in its meeting in Wardha on $\displaystyle 14$ July, $\displaystyle 1942$, passed the historic 'Quit India' resolution demanding the immediate transfer of power to Indians and quit India. On $\displaystyle 8$ August, $\displaystyle 1942$ in Bombay, the All India Congress Committee endorsed the resolution, which called for a non-violent mass struggle on the widest possible scale throughout the country. It was on this occasion that Gandhiji delivered the famous 'Do or Die' speech. The call for 'Quit India' almost brought the state machinery to a standstill in large parts of the country as people voluntarily threw themselves into the thick of the movement. People observed hartals and demonstrations and processions were accompanied by national songs and slogans. The movement was truly a mass movement which brought into its ambit thousands of ordinary people, namely students, workers and peasants. It also saw the active participation of leaders, namely, Jayprakash Narayan, Aruna Asaf Ali and Ram Manohar Lohia and many women such as Matangini Hazra in Bengal, Kanaklata Barua in Assam and Rama Devi in Odisha. The British responded with much force, yet it took more than a year to suppress the movement. ($\displaystyle 9.1$) Mention the main aim of the Quit India Movement. ($\displaystyle 9.2$) Where did Gandhiji deliver the famous 'Do or Die' speech ? ($\displaystyle 9.3$) Explain the forms of protest observed during the 'Quit India Movement'.
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($\displaystyle 9.1$) Mention the main aim of the Quit India Movement.
Independence of India.
($\displaystyle 9.2$) Where did Gandhiji deliver the famous 'Do or Die’ speech?
Bombay /Mumbai.
($\displaystyle 9.3$) Explain the forms of protest observed during the ‘Quit India Movement’.
(i) People voluntarily threw themselves into the thick of the movement.
(ii) People observed hartals and demonstrations.
(iii) Processions were accompanied by national songs and slogans.
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