RAS question
Who gave the slogan 'Do or Die' during the Quit India Movement?
Correct answer: (C) Mahatma Gandhi.
Mahatma Gandhi gave the slogan "Do or Die" during the Quit India Movement on 8 August 1942.
Explanation
The slogan "Do or Die" is associated with Mahatma Gandhi's call for the Quit India Movement on 8 August 1942. The slogan was given at the AICC session in Bombay on that date, and New India Samachar, Press Information Bureau states that Gandhi called for the Quit India Movement with this slogan at Gowalia Tank Ground in Mumbai. Together, these details identify both the leader and the setting: the slogan was not a general nationalist phrase later attached to the movement, but part of Gandhi's specific Quit India call in Bombay on 8 August 1942. That is why Mahatma Gandhi, not another Congress or nationalist leader, is the correct answer.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Jawaharlal Nehru is not identified as giving the Quit India slogan "Do or Die" on 8 August 1942.
- (B) Sardar Patel is a wrong choice because the Quit India call with the slogan "Do or Die" is attributed to Mahatma Gandhi.
- (D) Subhas Chandra Bose is not associated with this slogan; it points to Gandhi's Quit India call.
Concept
This tests the Modern Indian History theme of mass movements and their key slogans. RAS repeatedly asks such facts because slogans, dates, leaders and venues help distinguish overlapping phases of the freedom struggle.