Explanation
- A
Matangini Hazra
Matangini Hazra claims association with the Quit India Movement. She led a procession in Tamluk and was shot dead by the British in 1942, making this option incorrect.
- B
Aruna Asaf Ali
Aruna Asaf Ali claims association with the Quit India Movement. She famously hoisted the Indian National Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan in Bombay in 1942, making this option incorrect.
- C
Kanaklata Barua
Kanaklata Barua claims association with the Quit India Movement. She led a juvenile death squad to hoist the national flag at the Gohpur police station in Assam in 1942, making this option incorrect.
- D
Shanti Ghosh
Shanti Ghosh claims association with the Quit India Movement, but she was actually a revolutionary nationalist from Bengal who, along with Suniti Choudhury, assassinated the District Magistrate Stevens in Comilla in 1931 during the Civil Disobedience era, establishing this as the correct key because she belonged to the earlier revolutionary terrorist phase rather than the 1942 Quit India struggle.
Summary. Official key is (d) Shanti Ghosh. While Matangini Hazra, Aruna Asaf Ali, and Kanaklata Barua actively participated in the 1942 Quit India Movement, Shanti Ghosh was associated with an earlier revolutionary militant action in 1931. Aspirants often confuse various female freedom fighters across different phases of the freedom struggle. Therefore, chronological mapping of their major historic acts clarifies their exact movement affiliations. This distinction makes option (d) the correct choice.
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