UPSC CSE Prelims
Question 69
In the context of Colonial India, Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon are remembered as
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Correct answer: D
Correct Option: D (officers of the Indian National Army)
Explanation: Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon were INA officers tried in the celebrated Red Fort trials after World War II.
Option-wise Analysis:
A. Incorrect-The Swadeshi/Boycott movement chiefly dates to the 1905 Bengal partition period.
B. Incorrect-The 1946 Interim Government members were a different political group.
C. Incorrect-They did not serve as members of the Constitution Drafting Committee.
D. Correct-these were Indian National Army officers tried at Red Fort.