State PCS PYQPrelims 2022

UPPCS · Question 97

Who returned the 'Knighthood' title to the British Government in reaction against the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?

  1. Rabindranath Tagore
  2. Shankaran Nair
  3. Md. Ali Jinnah
  4. Rameshwar Singh
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Answer: (A) Rabindranath Tagore

Explanation

Tagore renounced his knighthood in protest in May 1919.