State PCS PYQPrelims 2022

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · Question 73

The 'Azad Dasta' was active in Bihar during which movement?

  1. Non-Cooperation Movement
  2. Civil Disobedience Movement
  3. Quit India Movement
  4. Champaran Satyagraha
  5. None of the above / More than one of the above
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Answer: (C) Quit India Movement

Explanation

The Azad Dasta was an underground guerrilla group organised by Jayaprakash Narayan from the Nepal terai.

  • (A) Incorrect

    Wrong: not this movement.

  • (B) Incorrect

    Wrong: not this movement.

  • (C) Correct

    Correct: JP formed the Azad Dasta during Quit India (1942–43).

  • (D) Incorrect

    Wrong: not this movement.

  • (E) Incorrect

    Wrong: only one of the options A–D is correct.