State PCS PYQPrelims 2025

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · Question 78

"We shall either free India or die in the attempt..." Who said it?

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru
  2. Mahatma Gandhi
  3. Abul Kalam Azad
  4. V.D. Savarkar
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Answer: (B) Mahatma Gandhi

Explanation

This line is from Gandhi's 'Do or Die' call launching the Quit India Movement in 1942.

  • (A) Incorrect

    Wrong: not Nehru's words.

  • (B) Correct

    Correct: Gandhi said this in his 'Do or Die' speech at the Quit India session (8 Aug 1942).

  • (C) Incorrect

    Wrong: not Azad's words.

  • (D) Incorrect

    Wrong: not Savarkar's words.