INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

FREEDOM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who among the following freedom fighter opposes the Annie Besant’s idea of launching Home Rule Movement?
A
Mahatma Gandhi
B
Aurobindo Ghosh
C
B. G. Tilak
D
G. K. Gokhale
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -G. K. Gokhale freedom fighter opposes the Annie Besant’s idea of launching Home Rule Movement.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is MA Jinnah.

Detailed explanation-3: -Home Rule League was formed by Indian militant nationalist Bal Gangadhar Tilak and British social reformer and Indian independence leader Annie Besant.

Detailed explanation-4: -Annie Besant had formed and led the Home Rule Movement as she was influenced by Irish Home Rule League. She also became the President of Indian National Congress in 1917. But she was not the founder of the Theosophical Society; rather she was the second President of the society.

Detailed explanation-5: -Annie Besant (née Wood; 1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was a British socialist, theosophist, freemason, women’s rights and Home Rule activist, educationist, and campaigner for Indian nationalism. Regarded as a champion of human freedom, she was an ardent supporter of both Irish and Indian self-rule.

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