Tag: the national movement (1935-42)

Questions Related to the national movement (1935-42)

Who gave the slogan "Jai Hind"?

  1. Lal Bahadur Shastri

  2. Jawaharial Nehru

  3. Subhash Chandra Bose

  4. Ras Behari Bose


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is correctly matched?

  1. Do or Die- J.L. Nehru

  2. Swaraj is my birthright- M.K. Gandhi

  3. Give me blood I will give you freedom- SC Bose

  4. Independence through nonviolence should be our aim- B.G. Tilak.


Correct Option: C

What was the slogan given by Subhash Chandra Bose?

  1. Britishers Quit India

  2. Do or die

  3. Give me blood, I shall give you freedom

  4. Inquilab Zindabad


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Subhash Chandra Bose was an Indian revolutionary who believed in violent resistance to British rule. He joined the Indian National Army in 1943. One of his most famous declarations was 'Tum mujhe khoon do mai tumhe azadi doonga' (Give me blood, I shall give you freedom). INA played a significant role in the Indian National Movement.

Which one of the following Indian freedom fighters coined the slogan 'Jai Hind'?

  1. J.L. Nehru

  2. B.G. Tilak

  3. Sardar Patel

  4. S.C. Bose


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

S.C. Bose coined the slogan 'Jai Hind'. he became President of INA in 1943. He wanted INA to be an elite fighting force, trained to the highest standards of the German army fighting for the sole cause of Indian Independence. But the Indian soldiers tended to restrict themselves to clusters of their own ethnicity and religion as they were historically organised in regiments as per religion. To tackle this issue he found the slogan “Jai Hind!”

The Indian National Army was founded by ________________.

  1. Subhas Chandra Bose

  2. Shah Nawaz Khan

  3. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

  4. Bhagat Singh


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Subhas Chandra Bose had escaped from India in 1941 and gone to Germany to work for India’s Independence. In 1943, he came to Singapore to lead the Indian Independence league and rebuild the Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) which was initially formed by Rash Behari Bose, to make it an effective instrument for the freedom of India. The Azad Hind Fauj comprised of about 45,000 soldiers, among who were Indian prisoners of war as well as Indians who were settled in various countries of south-east Asia. Hence, Option A is correct.
Among the rest of the options, Shah Nawaz Khan was an Indian politician who served as an officer in the Indian National Army during World War II, Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan led his non-violent Khudai Khidmatgar movement against the British Raj in the 1930s and 1940s, and Bhagat Singh was an Indian socialist revolutionary whose two acts of dramatic violence against the British in India and execution at age 23 made him a folk hero of the Indian independence movement. Hence, these options are incorrect. 

The Azad Hind Fauj was organised by _____.

  1. Bhagat Singh

  2. Subhash Chandra Bose

  3. Maharaj Mahendra Pratap

  4. C.R. Das


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Subhash Chandra Bose was an Indian revolutionary who believed in violent resistance to British rule. He joined the Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) in 1943. He took formal command of the demoralised and undermanned Indian National Army from Rashbehari Bose and turned it into a professional army with the help of the Japanese. INA played a significant role in the Indian National Movement.

Freedom fighter Capt Lakshmi Sehgal who passed away on 23-7-2012 was associated with_________in the freedom struggle. Fill the blank.

  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Subhash Chandra Bose

  3. Bhagat Singh

  4. Jawaharlal Nehru


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Lakshmi Sahgal  was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement, an officer of the Indian National Army, and the Minister of Women's Affairs in the Azad Hind government. Sahgal is commonly referred to in India as "Captain Lakshmi", a reference to her rank when taken prisoner in Burma during the Second World War.

Who were the advocates appointed by the Indian National Congress to take up the case of the INA officers Shah Nawaz Khan, Gurbaksh Dhillon, and Prem Sahgal at the historic Red Fort at Delhi?

  1. Bhulabhai Desai, M.A. Jinnah and Jawaharlal Nehru

  2. Bhulabhai Desai, Tej Bahadur Sapru and Jawaharlal Nehru

  3. Jawaharlal Nehru, M.A. Jinnah and Sarat Chandra Bose

  4. C. Rajgopalachari, Sardar Patel and Feroz Gandhi.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The British government charged the officers of the Indian National Army with treason. The proceedings of their trial began before the military tribunal held in Red Fort of Delhi. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Bhulabhai Desai, Tej Bahadur Sapru and other distinguished jurists defended them. The military tribunal held them guilty and they were sentenced to life imprisonment. 

Who gave the slogan 'Delhi Chalo'?

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru

  2. Ras Bihari Bose

  3. Mohan Singh

  4. Subhash Chandra Bose


Correct Option: D

The slogan 'you give me blood I will give you freedom' was given by ______.

  1. Jawahar Lal Nehru

  2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

  3. Sardar Vallabha Bhai Patel

  4. Subhash Chandra Bose


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It is a quote by Subhash Chandra Bose. According to him, it was blood alone that can pay the price of freedom. So he urged people to join him in his mission of independence.