47th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2005

Who among the following capitalists served as an AICC Treasurer for many years and went to jail in 1930?

aG. D. Birla
bJamnalal Bajaj✓ Correct
cJ. R. D. Tata
dBalechand Hirachand

Explanation

(135) ## Page 34 Seth Jamnalal Bajaj was among the close associates of Gandhiji. He remained the Treasurer of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) for a long time. He went to jail for participating in the Nagpur Flag Satyagraha (1923) and again during the Civil Disobedience Movement (1930).

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