Who amongst the following revolutionaries refused to drink the given milk on the eve of his execution and said “Now, I shall take my mother’s milk only.” ?

The correct answer is C) Ramprasad Bismil. On the eve of his hanging at Gorakhpur jail on 19 December 1927, Bismil declined the milk offered to him, saying he would take only his mother's milk. He was convicted in the Kakori conspiracy case, the 1925 train robbery planned by the Hindustan Republican Association, which he co-founded with Sachindranath Sanyal and others.

• A) Rajguru: He was hanged in Lahore on 23 March 1931 with Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev in the Lahore Conspiracy Case, linked to the Saunders killing. He is not the subject of this anecdote.
• B) Ashfaqulla Khan: He was also a Kakori convict, but he was hanged at Faizabad jail on the same date as Bismil, and the milk anecdote is not attributed to him.
• D) Bhagat Singh: He was hanged in 1931 after the Assembly bombing and the Saunders case. His famous jail-era episodes involve hunger strikes and his demand to be treated as a political prisoner, not this incident.

Core concept: the Kakori case and the HRA's shift from reform to armed revolution, which is a standard topic in modern Indian history and links to the Mains theme of revolutionary nationalism versus Gandhian methods.

Trap: Candidates pick Bhagat Singh because he is the most famous name, or pick Ashfaqulla because he shares the Kakori case and execution date with Bismil. Anchor the anecdote to Bismil specifically.