RAS question
During the Quit India Movement, Jayaprakash Narayan escaped from which jail to organise underground resistance?
Correct answer: (B) Hazaribagh Central Jail.
During the Quit India Movement, Jayaprakash Narayan escaped from Hazaribagh Central Jail to organise underground resistance.
Explanation
Jayaprakash Narayan's escape is tied to the underground phase of the Quit India Movement. JP escaped from Hazaribagh Central Jail on 9 November 1942 with other prisoners and then organised underground resistance. Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Culture, Government of India identifies the jail: during the Quit India movement, Suraj Narayan Singh, Jayaprakash Narayan and Yogendra Shukla escaped from Hazaribagh Jail on 9 November 1942. The same account links the escape to later revolutionary activity, including active efforts to paralyse the government's machinery and the founding of Azad Dasta with Jayaprakash Narayan. That makes Hazaribagh Central Jail the substantive answer, not merely a jail associated with another leader.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Ahmednagar Fort is not the jail named in Jayaprakash Narayan's 9 November 1942 escape or the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Culture, Government of India account.
- (C) Aga Khan Palace is not identified as the place from which Jayaprakash Narayan escaped during the Quit India Movement.
- (D) Yerwada Jail is wrong because the account specifically places the escape at Hazaribagh Jail, with Jayaprakash Narayan among the leaders who escaped.
Concept
This tests the underground resistance phase of the Quit India Movement, where individual leaders, prisons and escape episodes often become factual anchors. RAS asks such details because they connect national movements with named revolutionary networks and events.