Who among the following were lawyers of Gujarati extraction trained in London?
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(C) Bipin Chandra Pal
(D) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(E) Lala Lajpat Rai
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (B), (D) Only
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak Incorrect. Tilak, of Maharashtra, was one of “Lal, Bal and Pal”, the leaders of the Swadeshi movement who advocated militant opposition to colonial rule.
(B) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Correct. Gandhiji was a lawyer of Gujarati extraction trained in London.
(C) Bipin Chandra Pal Incorrect. Bipin Chandra Pal, of Bengal, was another of “Lal, Bal and Pal”.
(D) Mohammad Ali Jinnah Correct. Jinnah, one of the Moderates, was, like Gandhiji, a lawyer of Gujarati extraction trained in London.
(E) Lala Lajpat Rai Incorrect. Lala Lajpat Rai, of Punjab, was the third of “Lal, Bal and Pal”.
NCERT (2026-27): “1. A Leader Announces Himself … 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.…” |