Prafulla Chandra Ghosh — MCQs with Answers (Set 1)

Ghosh wrote Mahatma Gandhi, as I Saw Him. His other books included The Theory of Profits.

Gandhi’s speech at Dhaka in December 1920 moved Ghosh. He soon met Gandhi in Calcutta and resigned from the Calcutta Mint in January 1921.

Calcutta University awarded Ghosh a doctorate in chemistry in 1920. He later left a Calcutta Mint post to join the freedom struggle.

Ghosh joined the Dhaka Anushilan Samiti in 1909. He left in 1913 because he disliked its methods of raising money.

Ghosh was born on 24 December 1891 at Malikanda, in Dhaka district, which became part of East Pakistan after Partition and lies in present-day Bangladesh.

Ghosh’s second term, 20 years after his first, came under the “Progressive Democratic Alliance Front” coalition, after he had broken from the Congress party.

Bidhan Chandra Roy was elected Ghosh’s successor a week after Ghosh’s resignation on 14 January 1948, and went on to serve as Chief Minister for 14 years.

Ghosh met the veteran nationalist Surendranath Banerjee through his early work on Damodar flood relief, before he resigned from the Mint or entered politics.

Ghosh worked as the first Indian Assay Master at the Calcutta Mint, before resigning in 1921 to join the freedom struggle after meeting Gandhi.

His second term (21 Nov 1967 – 20 Feb 1968) came as leader of a “Progressive Democratic Alliance Front” coalition, opposed to his former party.

Bidhan Chandra Roy was elected Congress Legislative Party leader on 21 January 1948, and went on to serve as CM for 14 years.

He organised relief work for those affected by the October 1946 Noakhali violence, ahead of his Chief Ministership.

Ghosh, a chemistry doctorate holder, worked as the Calcutta Mint’s first Indian Assay Master before resigning in 1921 to join Gandhi’s movement.

It is the final novel in Ghosh’s Ibis trilogy, set around the First Opium War.