RAS question
The 'Quit India Movement' was launched by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942 with which slogan?
Correct answer: (D) Do or Die.
Mahatma Gandhi launched the Quit India Movement on 8 August 1942 with the slogan "Do or Die" at the All India Congress Committee session in Bombay.
Explanation
The answer is "Do or Die" because Gandhi used that call at the All India Congress Committee session held at Gowalia Tank Maidan, also known as August Kranti Maidan, in Bombay on 8 August 1942. The setting matters for RAS: the question is not just asking for a famous slogan, but for the slogan tied to the launch of the Quit India Movement. Among the options, only "Do or Die" belongs to Gandhi's 1942 call at that AICC session. The other slogans may sound like freedom-struggle phrases, but they are not the specific call associated with the Quit India launch.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) "Jai Hind" is not the slogan identified with Gandhi's launch of the Quit India Movement at the AICC session in Bombay on 8 August 1942.
- (B) "Swaraj is my birthright" does not match the 1942 Quit India launch call, which was "Do or Die".
- (C) "Inquilab Zindabad" is not the call linked here to Gandhi's Quit India speech at Gowalia Tank Maidan.
Concept
This tests the Modern Indian History theme of nationalist movements, especially the chronology, places and slogans attached to Gandhian mass mobilisation. RAS often asks such questions because slogans act as compact identifiers for major phases of the freedom struggle.