UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2018

Which among the following events happened earliest?

  1. Swami Dayanand established Arya Samaj.
  2. Dinabandhu Mitra wrote Neeldarpan.
  3. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote Anandmath.
  4. Satyendranath Tagore became the first Indian to succeed in the Indian Civil Services Examination.

Answer

Correct Answer

Dinabandhu Mitra wrote Neeldarpan.

Explanation

Neel Darpan was written in 1859-60, Satyendranath Tagore entered the ICS in 1863, Arya Samaj was founded in 1875 and Anandamath was published in 1882, so Neel Darpan came earliest.

Topics: chronology of 19th century events, history, modern india, socio-religious reform and literature