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Person Dinabandhu Mitra
Asked 4 times across 4 UPSC exams over 11 years (2014–2025), peaking in 2014.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 4 PYQs
- Most asked in 2014
- Recurs across 3 years (2014–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CAPF 2014 → GEO 2023 → CDS 2025
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (2 of 4) predate 2016, and it still returns.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2025
"Neel Darpan", a play that depicted the atrocities on the indigo planters, was translated into English by :
- A Dinabandhu Mitra
- B Michael Madhusudan Dutta
- C James Long
- D James C. Scott
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
GEO2023
Nil Darpan, which deals with the condition of indigo planters, was written by
- A Michael Madhusudan Dutta
- B Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
- C Lal Behari Dey
- D Dinabandhu Mitra ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CAPF2014
Dinabandhu Mitra published a play in Bengali titled : Neel Darpan (Blue Mirror), which depicted the atrocities on the indigo planters. The play was translated into English by :
- A Reverend James Long
- B Dwarkanath Tagore
- C Michael Madhusudan Dutta ✓
- D Rabindranath Tagore
✓ Correct answer: (C)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
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