Quit India Movement

The Quit India Movement was launched in August 1942 after the All India Congress Committee adopted the Quit India resolution at Bombay. Gandhi called for an immediate end to British rule, and the movement spread despite the arrest of major leaders. Thus 1942 is correct. 1930 marks the Civil Disobedience Movement, 1919 the Rowlatt-era crisis, and 1885 the founding of the Congress.

Gandhi used the call “Do or Die” during the Quit India Movement in 1942. It expressed the determination to achieve freedom immediately through mass, non-violent resistance, not a call to harm others. The Swadeshi, Champaran and Home Rule movements belonged to earlier phases of nationalism and are not identified with this particular slogan.

The Quit India Movement began in August 1942 during the Second World War. The Congress demanded an immediate end to British rule, and the movement continued through strikes, protests, underground networks, and acts of resistance despite widespread arrests. 1935, 1916, and 1905 refer to other constitutional or nationalist developments.

The Quit India Movement, launched in August 1942, called for an immediate end to British rule in India. Gandhi gave the famous call of “Do or Die,” urging people to continue a determined mass struggle, primarily through non-violent resistance. Buying foreign cloth, restoring Company rule or increasing the salt tax contradicted nationalist aims. Therefore A is correct.

Soon after the Quit India resolution was adopted in August 1942, the colonial government arrested Gandhi and most senior Congress leaders. The arrests were intended to stop the organised leadership, but spontaneous protests and underground networks continued in many areas. The leaders were not appointed to colonial offices or made kings. Hence option A correctly describes the government response.