August 8, 1942 will always be remembered as the date when India’s Quit India Movement took shape and form to change our country’s future forever. Take our quiz to gauge how well you recall the developments centred on the important date
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1. On August 8, where in Bombay did the meeting that passed the Quit India resolution take place?
>> Gowalia Tank Maidan
>> Shivaji Park
>> Azad Maidan
2. Whose famous “Do or Die” speech demanding for the voluntary withdrawal of British forces acted as a key factor to set the Quit India Movement into motion?
>> Sardar Patel
>> Lokmanya Tilak
>> Mahatma Gandhi
3. Who moved the Quit India resolution at the Bombay session of the Indian National Congress?
>> Maulana Azad
>> Subhas Chandra Bose
>> Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Who coined the term ‘Quit India Movement’?
>> Yusuf Meher Ali
>> Badruddin Tyabji
>> Sarojini Naidu
5. After the arrest of major leaders as a result of the clarion call, name the young woman leader who presided over the AICC session and hoisted the National Flag?
>> Madame Bhikaiji Cama
>> Aruna Asaf Ali
>> Meera Ben
Answers
1. Gowalia Tank Maidan
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Yusuf Meher Ali
5. Aruna Asaf Ali