Question

- Who of the following was an 'Extremist leader'?
(a) Gopalkrishna Gokhale
(c) Dadabhai Navroji
(b) Surendranath Banerjee
(d) Lokmanya Tilak​

Answer 1

Answer:

(d) Lokmanya Tilak Is The Correct Answer.

Explanation:

The congress was divided into two camps-Extremist and Moderates at the Surat session of 1907. The Moderates believed in the constitutional methods of protests like petitions, prayers, meetings,etc. Extremists, on the other hand, believed in agitation, strikes and boycotts to force their demands. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was an extremist and was opposed to the moderates' method of petitions especially towards the fight for self-government.