SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 32

SSC CGL - 12 April 2022 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q32

What was the age of the revolutionary Bhagat Singh when he was hanged to death?

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. 23.

Other Information-

  • Revolutionary Bhagat Singh was 23 years old when he was sentenced to death.
  • In 1919, at the age of 12, Bhagat Singh visited the site of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre where thousands of unarmed people were killed during a public meeting.
  • In the year 1928, Bhagat Singh changed the name of the Hindustan Republican Association to Hindustan Socialist Republic Association (HSRA).
  • Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly on April 8, 1929, to protest the passage of two repressive bills - the Public Safety Bill and the Trade Disputes Bill.