SSC GD 2021 PYQ — Question 35

SSC GD Constable (English) - 7th December 2021 Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q35

 _______, a lawyer from East Bengal, was especially active in the Non- Cooperation
movement.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Chittaranjan Das.

  • Chittaranjan Das served as the Indian National Congress president for a session.
  • He co-founded the Swaraj Party, also he is remembered as 'Deshbandhu', or 'friend of the nation', as the people of his times affectionately called him.
  • Das was politically most active between 1917 and 1925.
  • In 1917 he presided over the Bengal Provincial Conference and put forward a plan for village reconstruction through the establishment of local self-government, cooperative credit societies, and the regeneration of cottage industry.