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Subramania Bharati was born at Ettayapuram, a small princely state in the Tirunelveli district in Madras state. He was an intellectually precocious child, and at the age of eleven years was given the title 'Bharati' (goddess of learning) when he gave an impressive exhibition of his poetic gifts at a court function. Bharati spent four years in Banaras from 1898 to 1902, where he learned Sanskrit, Hindi and English, and attended lectures by Annie Besant, a political activist and the founder of the Theosophical Society of India. After returning to Ettayapuram in 1902, he worked as a sub-editor of the Tamil daily Swadesamitran and as the editor of India for many years, and was actively involved in politics. His meeting with Sister Nivedita, an English woman and a disciple of Swami Vivekananda, in Calcutta in 1906, proved to be a landmark event. He pledged himself to the political liberation of India, the eradication of casteism and the emancipation of women.

The second milestone in Bharati's life was his meeting with Sri Aurobindo in Pondicherry in 1910. From him Bharati imbibed the teaching of the Vedas and the ideas of Vedantic Humanism. Bharati was in political exile in Pondicherry for ten years because of his provocative writing against British rule and returned to British India in 1918. He spent the rest of his life in Madras until a tragic accident in 1921, when he was cast to the ground by the Triplicane temple elephant, which claimed his life.

Which among the following statements is correct according to the passage?

(A) Subramania Bharati always distanced himself from politics
(B) Subramania Bharati was born in independent India
(C) Subramania Bharati had knowledge of multiple languages.
(D) Subramania Bharati celebrated and supported British rule in India.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(C)

The correct answer is Option (2) → (C)

• (C) Subramania Bharati had knowledge of multiple languages: TRUE. The passage states that during his four years in Banaras (1898 to 1902), "he learned Sanskrit, Hindi and English." Tamil was his native language, which he used in his work as a sub-editor of Swadesamitran.

• (A) Subramania Bharati always distanced himself from politics: FALSE. The passage notes he was "actively involved in politics," pledged himself to the "political liberation of India," and was in political exile for ten years for his "provocative writing against British rule."

• (B) Subramania Bharati was born in independent India: FALSE. He was born in Madras state in 1882 (calculated from 11 years old in 1893/94), which was part of British India (he returned to British India in 1918). India became independent in 1947.

• (D) Subramania Bharati celebrated and supported British rule in India: FALSE. He was in political exile because of his "provocative writing against British rule."