Ministry of Culture, Government of India as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrated the birth anniversary of Saheed Ram Prasad Bismil in June, 2021 at which one of the following places in Uttar Pradesh?
- (a)Chauri Chaura
- (b)Shahjahanpur
- (c)Rampur
- (d)Ballia
Correct — B, Shahjahanpur. Ram Prasad Bismil, the revolutionary of the Kakori train action, was born on 11 June 1897 at Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh. In June 2021 the Ministry of Culture marked his birth anniversary at Shahjahanpur as part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav commemorations of 75 years of independence.
- (a)Chauri Chaura — Wrong — Chauri Chaura (Gorakhpur district) is remembered for the February 1922 incident that led Gandhi to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement; it is not Bismil's birthplace.
- (c)Rampur — Wrong — Rampur has no association with Bismil's birth; it is a decoy.
- (d)Ballia — Wrong — Ballia is celebrated for the 1942 Quit India revolt (the short-lived 'Ballia Republic' under Chittu Pandey); Bismil was born at Shahjahanpur, not Ballia.
Ram Prasad Bismil (1897-1927) was a leading revolutionary of the Hindustan Republican Association and a central figure in the Kakori train action of 9 August 1925, when revolutionaries looted a government treasury from a train near Kakori. He was hanged at Gorakhpur Jail on 19 December 1927. He was born at Shahjahanpur, UP, where his birth anniversary was commemorated in June 2021.
The question pairs a freedom fighter with a place under the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav banner. The key is to know Bismil's birthplace (Shahjahanpur) rather than the sites of other freedom-struggle events — Chauri Chaura (1922) and Ballia (1942) are famous places, which makes them tempting traps. Match the person to his birthplace.
- Ram Prasad Bismil was born on 11 June 1897 at Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
- He was a key organiser of the Kakori train action (9 August 1925) of the Hindustan Republican Association.
- He was executed by hanging at Gorakhpur Jail on 19 December 1927.
- The Ministry of Culture held his birth-anniversary event at Shahjahanpur in June 2021 under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
- Confusing a revolutionary's birthplace with the site of a famous freedom-struggle event (Chauri Chaura, Ballia)
- Mixing up Ram Prasad Bismil (revolutionary) with Ustad Bismillah Khan (musician)
UPPSC pairs a person with a place or event, and current-affairs items ask which anniversary was marked where under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists: List I: I. Chittagong Armoury Raid II. Kakori Conspiracy III. Lahore Conspiracy IV. Ghadar Party List II: A) Lala Hardayal B) Jatin Das C) Surya Sen D) Ram Prasad Bismil E) Vasudev Phadke
- (a) I-C, II-D, III-A, IV-E
- (b) I-D, II-C, III-B, IV-E
- (c) I-C, II-D, III-B, IV-A
- (d) I-B, II-D, III-C, IV-A
Answer(c) I-C, II-D, III-B, IV-A
Same figure and event — this UPSC match-list pairs the Kakori Conspiracy with Ram Prasad Bismil, exactly the revolutionary whose birthplace (Shahjahanpur) the UPPSC question tests.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Ram Prasad Bismil is best associated with which of the following revolutionary events?
- (a)Chittagong Armoury Raid
- (b)Kakori train action
- (c)Chauri Chaura incident
- (d)Chittagong hunger strike
Answer(b) Kakori train action — the 1925 treasury raid organised by Bismil and his colleagues.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Ram Prasad Bismil was a founding member of which revolutionary organisation?
- (a)Hindustan Republican Association (HRA)
- (b)Anushilan Samiti
- (c)Ghadar Party
- (d)Azad Hind Fauj
Answer(a) Hindustan Republican Association — the body behind the Kakori train action.