UPSC Prelims 2021 · GS Paper I
Question 47: History and Culture
In the context of Colonial India, Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon are remembered as
AnswerUPSC’s answer is (d).
Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon were officers of the Indian National Army (INA). They were tried together at the Red Fort in 1945 in the INA trials, and the public outcry over the trials became a major moment in the nationalist movement. Their different religions are remembered as a sign of the INA's unity. Remember: Red Fort trials, three officers, three faiths.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Wrong: they are not remembered as Swadeshi and Boycott leaders.
- (b) Wrong: they were not members of the 1946 Interim Government.
- (c) Wrong: they were not members of the Drafting Committee.
- (d) Right: they were INA officers tried at the Red Fort.
Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2021, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.