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History GK · Q356

Modern Indian History

Competitive Exams · History GK · question 356

Q356

Who played Socrates to the first generation of the English educated young men of Bengal

A.
Swami Vivekananda
B.
Rai Narain Bose
C.
Henry Vivian Derozio
Answer
D.
Drinkwater Bethun

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (18 April 1809 – 26 December 1831) was an Indian poet and assistant headmaster of Hindu College, Kolkata, a radical thinker and one of the first Indian educators to disseminate western learning and science among the young men of Bengal. He played Socrates to the first generation of the English educated young men of Bengal.