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UPSC 2008: Who among the following Gandhian followers was a teacher by profession?
(a)A. N. Sinha
(b)Braj Kishore Prasad
(c)J. B. Kriplani
(d)Rajendra Prasad
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (c) J. B. Kriplani
J. B. (Acharya) Kripalani taught at Muzaffarpur’s L. S. College and later headed Gujarat Vidyapith (1920-27); hence he was prominently known as a teacher, earning the honorific ‘Acharya’. A. N. Sinha and Rajendra Prasad did have short stints as professors (history at T.N.B. College, Bhagalpur, and economics/English at Langat Singh College & Calcutta City College, respectively) but they are chiefly remembered for their legal and political careers. Braj Kishore Prasad was a practising lawyer. Thus, Kripalani is the only one whose principal pre-movement profession was teaching, making option (c) correct.
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