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SSC CHSL 2019 PYQ — Question 38

SSC CHSL - 5th July 2019 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q38

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Who was affectionately called 'The Grand Old Man of India"? 

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Correct answer: A

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The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Dadabhai Naoroji.  

Who was affectionately called 'The Grand Old Man of India"?

Dadabhai Naoroji

Dadabhai Naoroji:
  • Also known as Unofficial Ambassador of India.
  • He was an Indian Parsi scholar, trader, and politician who was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom House of Commons between 1892 and 1895, 
  • He was the first Indian to be a British MP.
  • Naoroji was one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress.
  • His book ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’ brought attention to the draining of India's wealth into Britain. 
  • In it, he explained his wealth drain theory.