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SSC MTS 2022 PYQ — Question 50

SSC MTS - 21 July 2022 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q50

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.................. freedom fighter is also known as the ‘Grand Old Man of lndia’.

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Correct answer: C

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The correct answer is Option 3 i.e.  Dadabhai Naoroji

  1. Dadabhai Naoroji also known as the "Grand Old Man of India" and "Unofficial Ambassador of India", was an Indian political leader, merchant, scholar and writer who served as 2nd, 9th, and 22nd President of the Indian National Congress from 1886 to 1887, 1893 to 1894 and 1906 to 1907. 
  2. He was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament, the first Indian to sit on a Royal Commission
  3. In 1855, he was the first Indian Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Elphinston College, Mumbai.
  4. He was named Grand old man of India by Mahatma Gandhi.
  5. June 30, 2021, marks the 104th death anniversary of Dadabhai Naoroji,
  6. Poverty and Un- British in India book is written by Dadabhai Naoroji.