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SSC CHSL 2022 PYQ — Question 41

SSC CHSL - 25 May 2022 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q41

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Among the following freedom fighters of India, whose autobiography is ‘Why am I an Atheist’?

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Bhagat Singh.

  • The revolutionary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh and the rationalist Narendra Dabholkar raised questions of this sort on religion and appealed to reason to argue for the valuelessness of religion.
  • Bhagat Singh wrote a pamphlet “Why I am an Atheist” in prison in 1930.
  • Bhagat Singh (born September 28, 1907) was convicted and subsequently hanged on March 23, 1931 for his participation in the John Saunders murder case.