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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2018 — General Studies · Question 66 of 200

Q66
Indian National MovementRise of Nationalism & the Congress
Who among the following gave a systematic critique of the moderate politics of Indian National Congress in a series of articles entitled 'New Lamps for Old'?
  1. a.Aurobindo Ghosh
  2. b.R. C. Dutt
  3. c.Syed Ahmad Khan
  4. d.None of the above

Answer: (A) Aurobindo Ghosh

Aurobindo Ghosh wrote the series 'New Lamps for Old' in the Bombay paper 'Indu Prakash' in 1893-94; it was the first systematic criticism of the Moderates' politics of prayer and petition. Later he edited 'Bande Mataram' and was tried in the Alipore Bomb Case (1908-09). R. C. Dutt wrote 'The Economic History of India', and Sir Syed Ahmed Khan opposed the Congress from outside through the United Indian Patriotic Association (1888).

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