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Prelims 2021 · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle · Question 47

In the context of Colonial India, Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon are remembered as

  1. leaders of Swadeshi and Boycott Movement
  2. members of the Interim Government in 1946
  3. members of the Drafting Committee in the Constituent Assembly
  4. officers of the Indian National Army

Answer

officers of the Indian National Army

  • (a) Leaders of Swadeshi and Boycott Movement — Incorrect. The Swadeshi-Boycott Movement is associated with leaders like Bipin Chandra Pal, Lala Lajpat Rai and Bal Gangadhar Tilak, not these three.
  • (b) Members of the Interim Government in 1946 — Incorrect. The 1946 Interim Government included leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel and Liaquat Ali Khan; these names were not members.
  • (c) Members of the Drafting Committee in the Constituent Assembly — Incorrect. The Drafting Committee was chaired by B.R. Ambedkar and included members like Alladi Krishnaswamy Ayyar and K.M. Munshi, not these three.
  • (d) Officers of the Indian National Army — Correct. Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon were INA officers, famous for the Red Fort trials after World War II.
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