Question

Bhagat Singh’s father Kishan Singh and Uncles Ajit Singh and Swaran Singh were members of which party?
A)Indian National Congress
B)Muslim League
C)Ghadar party
D)Hindustan Socialist Republican Association

Answer 1

Hint: Bhagat Singh, born in 1907, west Punjab( now Lahore) was a revolutionary folk hero of Indian Independence movement. He is remembered for the phrase’ Inquilab Zindabad’ meaning long live revolution. He was hanged at the age of 23 for murder of Saunders and bombing the Legislative assembly.

Complete answer:
Option A: India National Congress, a political party promoting civic nationalism and secularism is a prominent party in Indian politics.
Option B: In 1906, the All-India Muslim League political party was established and led to the movement calling for separate Muslim nation to be created at the time of partition of British India.
Option C: Bhagat Singh’s uncle Ajit and Swaran Singh as well as his father Kishan Singh were members of Ghadar party, which was an extremist revolutionary organization founded by Sikhs with the aim of securing India’s Independence from the British rule. The party dissolved in 1948, after India gained Independence. Ghadar literally means ‘revolution’, the movement started in 1913,among the Sikhs to end British rule in their homeland India while they were in North America. The party’s leader Lala Har Dayal went to Berlin in search of arms and money to support their revolution.
Option D: in 1928, Hindustan Socialist Republican Association was formed by Chandrasekhar Azad. It was a revolutionary organization. This option is not correct.

So, option C is correct.

Note: Bhagat Singh since childhood was politically aware as he was born in a family of dedicated nationalists. His uncle Swaran Singh spent many years in jail and his other uncle Ajit Singh founded the Bharat Mata Society and was involved in peasantry. He evolved as a political being and participated in Anti-Colonial struggles frequently.