Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Consider the following statements regarding participation in the Quit India Movement:

No. Statement
1. Students participated in strikes and processions and served as couriers for underground networks.
2. Peasant action was primarily directed against zamindars, producing widespread anti-landlord violence.
3. Some lower-level police and administrative officials assisted the movement, weakening governmental loyalty.
4. Muslims sheltered underground activists, and the movement witnessed no communal clashes.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. Only three
  4. All four
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