Quit India Movement

Question 1

State 3 causes for the Quit India Movement.

Answer 1

1. Failure of the Cripps’ mission
2. Communal Threats
3. Japanese Threat

Question 2

What is the failure of the Cripps’ mission?

Answer 2

1. The Cripps’ Mission did not bring with it the promise of Independence in the near future.
2. The plan involved partitioning the country.
3. The league opposed the creation of a single union.
4. The congress wanted that all subjects including Defence should be handed over to the national government.

Question 3

What is the Japanese Threat?

Answer 3

1. The war situation was discouraging in 1942.
2. The Japanese Army had attacked Burma (Myanmar) and was heading towards Assam.
3. Gandhiji observed, ‘The presence of British in India is an invitation to Japan to invade India. Their withdrawal removes the bait.’
4. The Indian leaders were anxious to save their country from the Japanese invasion but their slavery was a hindrance.
5. So they decided to launch a movement calling upon the British to quit India.

Question 4

Explain the Quit India Resolution.

Answer 4

The Congress working committee met at the wardha in July, 1942. It adopted a resolution known as the Quit India Resolution. The resolution stated: “British rule in India must end immediately.”

Question 5

What are the impacts of the Quit India Movement?

Answer 5

1. It was evident that the British would no longer find it possible to rule in India against the wishes of the people.
2. People from all over the country took part in the processions and demonstrations. The Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians and Parsis and even people from the princely states participated.
3. After the suppression of the Quit India Movement of 1942, there was hardly any political activity inside the country till the war ended in 1945.
4. The Quit India Movement was in fact short lived but its important lay in the fact that it demonstrated the depth of nationalist feeling.

Question 6

What are the Communal Threats?

Answer 6

1. The Congress opposed the plan which involved partitioning the country.
2. The league opposed the creation of a single union because they wanted Pakistan specifically in order to protect their right of self determination.