Which of the following is are the feature s of Quit India movement 1 The emergence of ldquo parallel...........

Modern Indian History 1933-1941

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Which of the following is/are the feature/s of Quit India movement?

1. The emergence of “parallel government” in some parts of the country.

2. It saw participation of youth, women, peasants etc.

3. It was a non-violent movement.

4. Movement was a spontaneous outburst.

5. There were communal clashes during the movement.

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3, 4 and 5 only

2, 4 and 5 only

1, 2 and 3 only

1, 2 and 4 only

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Explanation:

3rd statement is incorrect
Quit Indian Movement was not free from violence. For one, there were many who refused to use or sanction violent means and confined themselves to the traditional weaponry of the Congress. But many of those, including many staunch Gandhians, who used ‘violent means’ in 1942 felt that the peculiar circumstances warranted their use. Many maintained that the cutting of telegraph wires and the blowing up of bridges was all right as long as human life was not taken. Others frankly admitted that they could not square the violence they used, or connived at with their belief in nonviolence, but that they did it all the same. Gandhiji refused to condemn the violence of the people because he saw it as a reaction to the much bigger violence of the state.

5th statement is incorrect
While it is true that Muslim mass participation in the Quit India movement was not high, yet it is also true that even Muslim League supporters not act as informers. There was a total absence of any communal clashes, a sure sign that though the movement may not have aroused much support from among the majority of the Muslim masses, it did not arouse their hostility either.