2025 · Q102
Which of the following statements about Home Rule Movement is/are correct?
- 1The advocates of the Home Rule Movement believed in constitutional methods and were opposed to violence and revolutionary action.
- 2In 1917, the two Home Rule Leagues of Lokmanya Tilak and Annie Besant worked in cooperation with each other.
- 3Annie Besant confined her activities to the Bombay Presidency and the Central Provinces and the rest of India was left to Lokmanya Tilak. Select the answer using the codes given below:
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- A1 and 2
- B2 and 3
- C1 only
- D3 only
Explanation
Statements 1 and 2 are correct: the Home Rule Leaguers worked by constitutional agitation and eschewed violence, and in 1917 Tilak's and Besant's leagues cooperated. Statement 3 is wrong: it was Tilak's league that was confined to Maharashtra, Karnataka, Central Provinces and Berar, while Besant's league was all-India in scope. Hence 1 and 2 only.