State PCS PYQPrelims 2022

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · Question 80

Whom did Sardar Udham Singh kill?

  1. Curzon Wyllie
  2. Michael O'Dwyer
  3. Saunders
  4. General Dyer
  5. None of the above / More than one of the above
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Answer: (B) Michael O'Dwyer

Explanation

Udham Singh avenged Jallianwala Bagh by killing Michael O'Dwyer, Punjab's Lt. Governor in 1919.

  • (A) Incorrect

    Wrong: killed by Madan Lal Dhingra (1909).

  • (B) Correct

    Correct: Udham Singh shot O'Dwyer in London in 1940.

  • (C) Incorrect

    Wrong: killed by Bhagat Singh and Rajguru (1928).

  • (D) Incorrect

    Wrong: Dyer died of illness in 1927.

  • (E) Incorrect

    Wrong: only one of the options A–D is correct.