Multiple choice

Consider the following statements:

  1. Swadeshi Movement of 1905 was retaliation to the partition of Bengal.
  2. Syed Haider Raza carried the movement to the western parts of India.

Which of the above is/are incorrect?

  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Swadeshi Movement began as a retaliation to the partition of Bengal in 1905 (statement 1 is correct) and continued up to 1908. It was the most successful of the pre-Gandhian movements. Its chief architects were Aurobindo Ghosh, Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal and Lala Lajpat Rai. Mass meetings were held all over Bengal where Swadeshi or the use of Indian goods and the boycott of British goods were proclaimed and pledged. In many places, public burning of foreign cloth was organized and shops selling foreign cloth were picketed. Soon the movement spread to other parts of the country - in Poona and Bombay under Lala Lajpat Rai and Ajit Singh, in Delhi under Syed Haider Raza (statement 2 is incorrect) and in Madras under Chidambaram Pillai.