Civil Services Prep

Prelims 2018 · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle · Question 80

Which among the following events happened earliest?

  1. Swami Dayanand established Arya Samaj.
  2. Dinabandhu Mitra wrote Neeldarpan.
  3. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote Anandmath.
  4. Satyendranath Tagore became the first Indian to succeed in the Indian Civil Services Examination.

Answer

Dinabandhu Mitra wrote Neeldarpan.

  • (a) Arya Samaj established: Swami Dayanand founded Arya Samaj in 1875 at Bombay. Not the earliest.
  • (b) Neeldarpan written: Dinabandhu Mitra wrote Neeldarpan in 1860 (published 1860/1861), based on the Indigo revolt. This is the earliest.
  • (c) Anandmath written: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote Anandamath in 1882. Later event.
  • (d) Satyendranath Tagore in ICS: He became the first Indian to qualify the Indian Civil Services examination in 1863. Later than 1860.

Therefore, the earliest event is (b).

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