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Indian HistoryMediumAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2017, GAT

Which of the following statements about the Chittagong group is NOT correct?

  1. A.Its membership included a large number of youth including Ganesh Ghosh, Lokenath Baul and Anant Singh
  2. B.Its leader Surya Sen had been a lawyer in Dhaka before joining the group
  3. C.Surya Sen and his group were closely associated with Congress work in Chittagong
  4. D.This group had prepared an action plan to occupy the armouries in Chittagong

Correct answer

B. Its leader Surya Sen had been a lawyer in Dhaka before joining the group

Explanation

The correct answer is B. Surya Sen was a schoolteacher in Chittagong, not a lawyer in Dhaka, so statement B is not correct.

Surya Sen, called Masterda by his followers, taught mathematics at a school in Chittagong. He had taken part in the Non-Cooperation Movement and was secretary of the Chittagong District Congress Committee, so his group worked closely with the Congress. On 18 April 1930 his Indian Republican Army seized the police and auxiliary force armouries of Chittagong, cut telegraph and rail links and proclaimed a provisional revolutionary government. Young members such as Ganesh Ghosh, Lokenath Baul, Ananta Singh, Pritilata Waddedar and Kalpana Dutt took part. Surya Sen was arrested in 1933 and hanged in January 1934.

A is wrong as a choice because it is correct: the group was made up of many young men, including those named. C is wrong because it is correct: Surya Sen and his group were active in local Congress work. D is wrong because it is correct: the plan to seize the armouries was carried out in April 1930.

Exam tip: Chittagong Armoury Raid, 18 April 1930, led by Masterda Surya Sen, a teacher; hanged in 1934.

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