2009 General Studies, all questions
UPSC Prelims 2009 · General Studies
Question 63: History and Culture
During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organizer of underground activity in
aCivil Disobedience Movement
bNon-Cooperation Movement
cQuit India Movement
dSwadeshi Movement
AnswerThe answer is (c).
Aruna Asaf Ali is remembered as a major organiser of the underground movement during the Quit India Movement of 1942. She hoisted the Congress flag at Gowalia Tank Maidan in Bombay on 9 August 1942 after the leaders were arrested, and then worked underground, helping bring out Inquilab with Ram Manohar Lohia.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) She was jailed in the 1930 salt protests, but is remembered mainly for Quit India.
- (b) The Non-Cooperation Movement began in 1920; her fame comes later.
- (c) Right: she organised underground activity in Quit India.
- (d) The Swadeshi Movement was in 1905-08.
Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2009, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.