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Railways PYQCBT 2 2017

RRB NTPC · Question 55

Freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged for the murder of:

  1. J.P. Saunders

  2. Reginald Dyer

  3. John Simon

  4. James A. Scott

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Answer: (A) J.P. Saunders

Explanation

Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev shot British police officer J.P. Saunders in 1928 (mistaking him for James Scott) to avenge Lala Lajpat Rai's death. They were hanged on 23 March 1931.