Q. Who among the following said, “make the administration under present conditions impossible by an organized refusal to do anything which will help either the British commerce in the exploitation of the country or British officialdom in the administration of it”?
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[A] Dadabhai Naoroji

[B] Gopala Krishna Gokhale

[C] Lala Lajpat Rai

[D] Aurobindo Ghosh

Answer: D
Notes:

Explanation: The Extremists gave a call for passive resistance in addition to swadeshi and boycott which would include a boycott of government schools and colleges, government service, courts, legislative councils, municipalities, government titles, etc.

The purpose, as Aurobindo put it, was to “make the administration under present conditions impossible by an organized refusal to do anything which will help either the British commerce in the exploitation of the country or British officialdom in the administration of it”.

Source: Spectrum Modern History


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