Previous Year Question
The Quit India Movement was launched in response to which of the following developments?
Correct Answer: D
Detailed Solution
The failure of the Cripps Mission was one of the major
immediate developments leading to the Quit India Movement.
The British government sent Sir Stafford Cripps to India
in March 1942 with constitutional proposals aimed at securing Indian cooperation during the Second World War. The negotiations failed because the proposals did not produce an agreement acceptable to the major Indian political leadership.
NCERT directly states that the failure of the Cripps
Mission, together with the effects of the Second World War, created widespread discontent in India and led Gandhi to call for the complete withdrawal of the British from India.
The subsequent chronology is clear:
14 July 1942 — The Congress Working Committee at Wardha adopted a resolution demanding the immediate withdrawal of British rule.
8 August 1942 — The All India Congress Committee endorsed the Quit India Resolution in Bombay, where Gandhi gave his famous “Do or Die” call.