WBCS.LIVE practice question

Abhinav Bharat Society was a secret society of revolutionaries. It was established in ________.

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. Bombay Presidency
  2. United Provinces
  3. Punjab Province
  4. Calcutta Presidency

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: Bombay Presidency

Explanation: The correct answer is A. Bombay Presidency. The Abhinav Bharat Society was a secret revolutionary organization founded in 1904 by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (Veer Savarkar) along with his brother Ganesh Savarkar in the Bombay Presidency, which is in present-day Maharashtra. The society was originally inspired by the Italian revolutionary group ‘Young Italy’ founded by Giuseppe Mazzini.