Question

The extremist leaders were _____________.

• A. Gokhale, Gandhiji and C.R. Das
• B. Lala Lajpat Rai, Balagangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
• C. Firoj Shah Mehta, Dada Bhai Nauroji and Umesh Chand Banerji
• D. Moti Lal Nehru, Teg Bahadur Sapru and Sir Sayed Ahmad Khan

Answer 1

The correct option is B Lala Lajpat Rai, Balagangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal

The congress was divided into two camps-Extremist and Moderates at the Surat session of 1907. The Moderates believed in the constitutional methods of protests like petitions, prayers, meetings,etc. Extremists, on the other hand, believed in agitation, strikes and boycotts to force their demands. Some of the extremist leaders were Lala Lajpat Rai, Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Bipin Chandra Pal, Aurobindo Ghosem Rajnarayan Bose and Ashwini Kumar Dutt.