Match List-I with List-II:
| List-I National-Leaders | List-II Native-Region | ||
| (A) | Bal Gangadhar Tilak | (I) | Gujarat |
| (B) | Bipin Chandra Pal | (II) | Punjab |
| (C) | Lala Lajpat Rai | (III) | Bengal |
| (D) | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | (IV) | Maharashtra |
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak — this matches (IV) Maharashtra. He was one of the towering leaders thrown up by the Swadeshi movement of 1905-07, Bal Gangadhar Tilak of Maharashtra.
(B) Bipin Chandra Pal — this matches (III) Bengal. He was the “Pal” of the trio, Bipin Chandra Pal of Bengal.
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai — this matches (II) Punjab. He was the “Lal” of the trio, Lala Lajpat Rai of Punjab. The three were known as “Lal, Bal and Pal”, the alliteration conveying the all-India character of their struggle, since their native provinces were very distant from one another.
(D) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi — this matches (I) Gujarat. Gandhiji, like Mohammad Ali Jinnah, was a lawyer of Gujarati extraction trained in London.
NCERT (2026-27): “1. A Leader Announces Himself … The India that Mahatma Gandhi came back to in 1915 was rather different from the one that he had left in 1893. Although still a colony of the British, it was far more active in a political sense. The Indian National Congress now had branches in most major cities and towns. Through the Swadeshi movement of 1905-07 it had greatly broadened its appeal among the middle classes. That movement had thrown up some towering leaders – among them Bal Gangadhar Tilak of Maharashtra, Bipin Chandra Pal of Bengal, and Lala Lajpat Rai of Punjab. The three were known as ‘Lal, Bal and Pal’, the alliteration conveying the all-India character of their struggle, since their native provinces were very distant from one another. Where these leaders advocated militant opposition to colonial rule, there was a group of ‘Moderates’ who preferred a more gradual and persuasive approach. Among these Moderates was Gandhiji’s acknowledged political mentor, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, as well as Mohammad Ali Jinnah, who, like Gandhiji, was a lawyer of Gujarati extraction trained in London.…” |