Previous Year Question
Under whose leadership were the two Home Rule Leagues started in 1915–16?
A.
Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
B.
Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C.
Tilak and Aurobindo Ghosh
D.
Tilak and Lala Lajpat Rai
Correct Answer: B
Detailed Solution
The Home Rule Movement in India was led by Annie Besant
and Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Both established their own separate Home Rule Leagues in 1916.
The more precise chronology is:
April 1916 → Bal Gangadhar Tilak established his Home Rule League.
September 1916 → Annie Besant launched her Home Rule League.
The principal objective of both organisations was to strengthen the demand for Home Rule or Self-Government for India and spread political awareness.