Question

Tilak called _____ as the ‘Diamond of India’, the ‘jewel of Maharashtra’ and the ‘prince of workers’.
A. Lajpat Rai
B. Shivaji
C. Gokhale
D. Madhav Rao

Answer 1

Hint: Bal Gangadhar Tilak was also called Lokmanya Tilak. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was classified as "The marker of Modern India" by Mahatma Gandhi. Tilak and him were important members of the Deccan Education Society.

Complete answer:
Gokhale and Tilak were the front-ranking political leaders in the early century. Gokhale and Bal Gangadhar Tilak were different in their ideas. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was the political opponent of Gokhale. Even though Bal Gangadhar Tilak was his opponent during the funeral of Gokhale in February Bal Gangadhar Tilak praised him as the ‘Diamond of India’, the ‘jewel of Maharashtra ‘and the ‘prince of workers’. The full name of Gokhale was Gopal Krishna Gokhale. Gopal Krishna Gokhale was born in May in Bombay. He was born in British India. His parents were Krishna Rao Gokhale and Valubai Gokhale. Gokhale was also nicknamed as Professor to orders. Gokhale was the mentor to Mahatma Gandhi. Gokhale belongs to the Indian National Congress. Gokhale believed that the right way to get self-government to India was to cooperate with the British Government. On the other hand, Bal Gangadhar Tilak thought that protest, boycott, and agitation were the ways to get freedom for India. Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Bal Gangadhar Tilak were like the north pole and south pole. Their policies were different but both of their goals were to make India a better nation. Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopal Krishna Gokhale were the most important persons in the freedom movement of India. They both belong to the Indian National Congress. But their ideas always lied differently, that is why Tilak was the political opponent of Gokhale.
So, the correct answer is option C.

Note: Tilak and Gokhale were studied at Elphinstone College. Tilak and Gokhale worked as mathematics professors. Gopal Krishna Gokhale was an Indian liberal political pioneer and a social reformer during the Indian Independence Movement.Gokhale was seen as a good-natured man of moderate attitude, while Tilak was an extreme who might not avoid utilizing force for the fulfillment of freedom.