With reference to modern Indian history, who among the following nationalists were the moderates? 1. Aurobindo Ghose 2. Phirozshah Mehta 3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale 4. Lala Lajpat Rai

With reference to modern Indian history, who among the following nationalists were the moderates? 1. Aurobindo Ghose 2. Phirozshah Mehta 3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale 4. Lala Lajpat Rai Correct Answer 2 and 3

The correct answer is 2 and 3.

Important Points

• The leading figures during the first phase of the National Movement (1885-1905) were moderates.

Leading moderates were:

• A.O. Hume, W.C. Banerjee, Surendra Nath Banerjee, Phirozshah Mehta, Gopalakrishna Gokhale, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Badruddin Tyabji, Justice Ranade, G.Subramanya Aiyar.
• The closing decade of the nineteenth century and early years of the twentieth century witnessed the emergence of a new and younger group within the Indian National Congress, which was sharply critical of the ideology and the methods of the old leadership.

These extremists were:

• Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal and Aurobindo Ghose.