Consider the following freedom fighters : 1. Barindra Kumar Ghosh 2. Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee 3. Rash Behari Bose Who of the above was/were actively associated with the Ghadar Party ?
- (a) 1 and 2
- (b) 2 only
- (c) 1 and 3
- (d) 3 only ✓ UPSC's answer
Why the answer is (d)
• The Ghadar Party (1913) was founded by Punjabi immigrants in North America and planned an armed uprising in India in 1915.
• Rash Behari Bose, already wanted for the 1912 bomb attack on Viceroy Hardinge, coordinated the planned Ghadar mutiny in Punjab in February 1915 before escaping to Japan — item 3 is correct.
• Barindra Kumar Ghosh was a leader of the Anushilan Samiti and the Alipore bomb conspiracy in Bengal, and Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee was a founder of the Hindustan Republican Association (1924); neither was part of the Ghadar Party.
• Hence 3 only, option (d).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) 1 and 2
- Neither Ghosh nor Chatterjee was in the Ghadar Party.
- (b) 2 only
- Chatterjee founded the HRA, not a Ghadar member.
- (c) 1 and 3
- Barindra Ghosh belonged to Bengal's Anushilan Samiti, not Ghadar.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2022, held on 5 June 2022. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.