Question

V.O. Chidambaram was influenced by which Indian leader?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) E.V. Periyar

Answer 1

Hint: Vallinayagan Ulaganathan Chidambaram, also recognized as Kappalottiya Tamizhan "The Tamil Helmsman", was an Indian freedom warrior and spearhead of Indian National Congress. The inventor of Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company in 1906 to oppose the domination of the British India Steam Navigation Company (BISNC).

Complete step-by-step answer:
Bal Gangadhar Tilak (or Lokmanya Tilak, born as Keshav Gangadhar Tilak), was an Indian autonomist, educator, and an independence campaigner. He was one-third of the Lal Bal Pal threesome. Tilak was the primary spearhead of the Indian Independence Movement. The British colonial establishments called him "The father of the Indian discontent." He was also deliberated with the designation of "Lokmanya", which means "acknowledged by the people (as their spearhead)". Mahatma Gandhi named him "The Maker of Modern India". Tilak was one of the primary and sturdiest supporters of Swaraj ("self-rule") and a stout fundamental in Indian mindfulness. He is recognized for his quotation in Marathi: "Swarajya is my birthright and I shall have it!". He influenced a close fellowship with many Indian National Congress influentials counting Bipin Chandra Pal, Lala Lajpat Rai, Aurobindo Ghose, V. O. Chidambaram Pillai and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. In 1903, Tilak inscribed the book "The Arctic Home in the Vedas". In it, he claimed that the Vedas could only have been written in the Arctics, and the Aryan composers brought them south after the beginning of the last ice age. He projected a new way to ascertain the precise time of the Vedas. In "The Orion", he attempted to compute the time of the Vedas by using the location of various Nakshatras. The locations of the Nakshatras were designated in diverse Vedas. Tilak inscribed "Shrimad Bhagavad Gita Rahasya" in jail at Mandalay – the study of 'Karma Yoga' in the Bhagavad Gita, which is acknowledged to be a gift of the Vedas and the Upanishads.

Thus, option (B) is correct.

Note: In 1929 he travelled to Thoothukudi, where he expanded his time penning and issuing Tamil books. By 1935, he had inscribed an observation on the primary book of the Tirukkural (Book of Virtue) and was printed under a changed title. Still, it was only in 2008 that the entire work of his observation on the Kural was printed.