UPSC Prelims 1998 · General Studies

Question 99: History and Culture

Who was the leader of the Ghaddar Party?

aBhagat Singh

bLala Hardayal

cBal Gangadhar Tilak

dV. D. Savarkar

AnswerThe answer is (b).

The Ghadar Party was founded in 1913 by Indians on the US west coast, at San Francisco, and took its name from its newspaper Ghadar. Lala Har Dayal was its guiding spirit and general secretary, with Sohan Singh Bhakna as president. It planned an armed revolt against British rule during the First World War. Bhagat Singh, Tilak and Savarkar belonged to other streams.

Why each option is right or wrong

(a) Bhagat Singh belonged to a later generation, in the 1920s.
(b) Right: Lala Har Dayal was the leader of the Ghadar Party.
(c) Tilak was a leader of the Home Rule movement and the Extremists.
(d) Savarkar was associated with the Abhinav Bharat Society.

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