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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2020 — General Studies · Question 49 of 200

Q49
Indian National MovementPeasant, Tribal & Labour Movements
'Neel-Darpan' by Dina Bandhu Mitra portrays the plight of
  1. a.Bengali artisans
  2. b.indigo planters
  3. c.landless labourers
  4. d.All of the above

Answer: (D) All of the above

The play dramatises the suffering of Bengali peasants forced into indigo cultivation under coercion by European planters during the indigo revolt of 1859-60.