With reference to the various activities during the Quit India movement, consider the following statements.

1. Underground activities were undertaken by the revolutionary terrorists only.

2. Usha Mehta started an underground radio in Bombay.

3. Establishment of Tampralipta Jatiya Sarkar in Bengal.

4. Participation from all the sections of the society.

5. Presence of communal clashes during the Quit India movement.

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Solution

· Statement 1 is incorrect: The underground activities were undertaken by almost all the groups/sections present at the society at that time. The socialists, Forward Bloc, Gandhi ashramites, revolutionary terrorists, and local organizations, all formed a single unit and worked together. Both men and women from all over the country took part in it. · Statement 2 is correct: Usha Mehta started an underground radio in Bombay. This was meant to keep up popular morale by continuing to provide a line of command and guidance to distribute arms and ammunition. · Statement 3 is correct: The Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar functioned from December 17th ,1942 to August 8th,1944 at the Midnapore district of Bengal. It undertook cyclone relief work, sanctioned grants to schools, supplied paddy from rich to the poor. It was dissolved on the explicit directions of Mahatma Gandhi, taking note of the end of the Quit India Movement. Bidyut Bahini was the force of this parallel government. · Statement 4 is correct: Active help was provided by the businessmen (through monetary and shelter aspects), students (acting as couriers), villagers (refusing to cooperate with the administration), pilots and train drivers (by delivering bombs and other sensitive materials), government officials (by passing secret information). Women, especially school and college girls actively participated (Aruna Asaf Ali, Sucheta Kriplani, Usha Mehta to name a few.) · Statement 5 is incorrect: There was no such instance of communal clashes, muslims helped by giving shelter to underground activists. The Mulsim Government servants, especially those belonging to lower levels in police and administration, participated resulting in erosion of Government loyalty. Peasants of all strata irrespective of caste lines were at the heart of the movement and there was absence of anti-zamindar violence.