MAH LLB 3 Year CET 2026 (1 April Shift 1)
Who gave the slogan "Do or Die" during India's Quit India Movement?
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Answer: Option C — Mahatma Gandhi
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Mahatma Gandhi gave the call 'Do or Die' at Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay, on 8 August 1942 when the Quit India resolution was passed.
Subhas Bose's slogans were 'Jai Hind' and 'Give me blood, I will give you freedom'; Nehru and Patel were arrested the next morning with Gandhi.
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Remember: Do or Die = Gandhi, 8 Aug 1942, Quit India.
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This question tests your understanding of Gandhian Era & Struggle for Independence, a key topic in the General Knowledge section. The detailed solution above uses a step-by-step approach to show the reasoning, and where available, a shortcut that helps you solve similar questions in under 90 seconds during the actual exam.
This topic covers the freedom struggle from Gandhi's return to India in 1915 to independence in 1947: the Champaran, Kheda and Ahmedabad movements, the Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh, the Non-Cooperation, Civil Disobedience and Quit India movements, the Round Table Conferences, the Cripps Mission, the Cabinet Mission and the partition of India. Most questions ask about the year, cause or result of a movement, or the event that ended it. For example, the Chauri Chaura incident (1922) led Gandhi to call off the Non-Cooperation Movement, and the Dandi March (1930) started the Civil Disobedience Movement. Learning these events on a timeline is the best way to avoid confusion. Practise the Gandhian era questions below, written in the style of the general awareness sections of exams such as SSC, banking, railways, CUET GAT, MAH CET and CLAT. Each question comes with a detailed explanation that adds related facts, so every question helps you revise more than one point.