Question

Bal Gangadhar Tilak, along with Sir Ratanji Jamsetji Tata, opened a shop of indigenous goods in the year 1905, what was the name of that shop?

A. Bharat Swadeshi Co-Op Shop Co. Ltd.

B. Jai Hind Co-Op Shop Ltd.

C. Hindustan Swadeshi Co-Op Shop Co. Ltd.

D. Bombay Swadeshi Co-Op Stores Co. Ltd.

1. C
2. D
3. B
4. A

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : D

The correct answer is Bombay Swadeshi Co-Op Stores Co. Ltd.

• Bal Gangadhar Tilak along with Ratanji Jamshedji Tata founded the Bombay Swadeshi Co-operative Stores Co to promote swadeshi goods during early 1900.

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• Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on 23rd July 1856 in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
  • Freedom fighter and lawyer, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, is also known as Lokmanya Tilak.
• Educationist:
  • Founder of the Deccan Education Society (1884) along with his associate Gopal Ganesh Agarkar and others.
  • One of the founders of the Fergusson College (1885) in Pune through the Deccan Education Society.
• Ideology:
  • He was a devout Hindu and used Hindu scriptures to rouse people to fight oppression.
  • Stressed the need for self-rule and believed that without self-rule or swarajya, no progress was possible.
• Slogan: “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it!”
• A book ‘Indian Unrest’ written by Valentine Chirol, an English journalist, stated Tilak the ‘father of Indian unrest’