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UPSC 2002: With reference to the period of extremist nationalist movement in India with its spirit of Swadeshi, which one of the following statements is correct?
(a)Laikat Hossain led the Muslim peasants of Barisal in their agitations
(b)In 1989, the scheme of national education was formulated by Satish Chandra Mukherjee
(c)The Bengal National College was founded in 1906 with Aurobindo as the Principal
(d)Tagore preached the cult of Atmasakti, the main plank of which was social and economic regeneration of the villages
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (a) Laikat Hossain led the Muslim peasants of Barisal in their agitations
The question (UPSC GS Prelims 2002, Q.102) is framed as ‘Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?’.
(a) Liaqat Hussain did participate in Barisal politics but did NOT lead the Muslim peasants’ agitation there; the acknowledged organiser was Ashwini Kumar Dutt, a Hindu lawyer-educator.
(b) Satish Chandra Mukherjee’s scheme of national education was published in 1898 (not 1989).
(c) Bengal National College indeed started on 15 Aug 1906 with Sri Aurobindo as its first Principal. ([sriaurobindoinstitute.org](https://www.sriaurobindoinstitute.org/saioc/Sri_Aurobindo/bengal_national_college?utm_source=openai))
(d) Rabindranath Tagore’s essays collected in ‘Ātmashakti’ (1905) advocated self-help and village reconstruction, so the substance of the statement is correct.
Therefore, statement (a) is the only incorrect one, making option (a) the right choice.
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The correct answer is option (a): Laikat Hossain led the Muslim peasants of Barisal in their agitations. Watch the detailed video explanation in our Sherlocking Prelims course on UnlockIAS.
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