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UPSC 2009: During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organizer of underground activity in
(a)Civil Disobedience Movement
(b)Non-Cooperation Movement
(c)Quit India Movement
(d)Swadeshi Movement
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (c) Quit India Movement
After the leaders were arrested in August 1942, Aruna Asaf Ali went underground and became one of the key organizers of the clandestine Quit India resistance, earning the sobriquet ‘Heroine of 1942’. She played no comparable underground role in the earlier mass movements listed. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quit_India_Movement?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2009, GS Paper 1, as Question 63. It falls under Modern History > Gandhian Mass Movements (1915-1942).
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