Development of Education
1 solved SSC CGL History previous year questions on Development of Education, each with the correct answer and a full explanation.
Q1
Abhinav Bharat Society was a secret society of revolutionaries. It was established in ___________.
✓ Correct answer: a) Bombay Presidency
ExplanationDuring the Bombay Presidency, the Abhinav Bharat Society was founded.In 1904, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar founded the Abhinav Bharat Society (Young India Society), a covert organization dedicated to Indian independence.It was originally called the "Mitra Mela" was held in Nasik when Vinayak Savarkar was still a student at Fergusson College in Pune.After then, the group grew to include several hundred political activists and revolutionaries, and Savarkar established branches not only in London, where he was studying law, but also in various other parts of India.The Abhinav Bharat Society carried out a few assassinations of British officials before the Savarkar brothers were found guilty and given prison sentences.The group was subsequently dissolved in 1952. Hence the correct answer is "Bombay Presidency"
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