Question

The servant of India society was founded in $1905$ by …………………………………………
(A) BG Tilak
(B) Lala Lajapat Rai
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) Aurobindo Ghosh

Answer 1

Hint: society of the servants of India, a society founded in $1905$ by Gopal Krishna Gokhale to unite and train Indians of various ethnicities and religions in social work. It is the country’s first secular organizations to focus on disadvantaged people, rural and tribal areas, emergency care, literacy and other social issues.

Complete answer:
Publishing of the Hitavada, the English body of the Nagpur society, began in $1911$ . Notable Indians were its members and leaders. It chose to stay away from political activities and organizations such as the Indian National Congress. Community stance shrank after Gokhale’s death in $1915$ and entered in $1920$ s with the rise of Mahatma Gandhi as congress president, who launched a massive nationwide campaign for social reform and attracted young Indians to do so.
However, it continued to work, even with the small number of members. It has its headquarters. In the city of pune, Maharashtra. It has branches in various other states such as Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Uttarakhand. It has offices in Allahabad, UP. In Uttarakhand, the Indian Servant association’s affairs were directed by Sri PK Dwivedi, a senior member and former president of the association.

Thus the option (C) is correct

Note Gopal Krishna Gokhale was born on $9$ may $1866$ in Kotluk village in what is now Maharashtra as a son of a Brahmin family. A well- known social reformer in India, Gopal Krishna Gokhale was one of the leaders of the moderate bloc of the Indian National congress. He is known as Mahatma Gandhi’s political mentor.