INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

GS History Modern India
Q.

Which of the following activities were undertaken during the Quit India movement?

1. Disruption of communication channels.

2. Attacks on government officials and police informers.

3. Use of underground radio to disseminate news.

4. Formation of parallel governments in different parts of the country.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct. The activities during the Quit India movement included that of organizing the disruption of communications by blowing up bridges, cutting telegraph and telephone wires and derailing trains.

Statement 2 is correct. There were also a few attacks on government and police officials and police informers.

Statement 3 is correct. For dissemination of news they came up with underground Radio. Congress radio operated from different locations in Bombay. Ram Manohar Lohia, regularly broadcasted on his radio.

Statement 4 is correct. Parallel governments were propped up in various locations - Ballia under Chittu Pande, in Tamluk , in satara etc. They mostly helped in releasing arrested local leaders, set up arbitration courts, conducted Gandhian marriages etc.

Thus, Option D is Correct.

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