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BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · Question 34

Who wrote 'New Lamps for Old'?

  1. Surendranath Banerjee
  2. Aurobindo Ghosh
  3. Motilal Ghosh
  4. More than one of the above
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Answer: (B) Aurobindo Ghosh

Explanation

'New Lamps for Old' was Aurobindo Ghosh's series attacking the Moderates' mendicant politics.

  • (A) Incorrect

    Wrong: he was a Moderate leader, not the author.

  • (B) Correct

    Correct: Aurobindo's 1893–94 articles in Indu Prakash criticised the Moderates.

  • (C) Incorrect

    Wrong: editor of Amrita Bazar Patrika, not the author.

  • (D) Incorrect

    Wrong: only Aurobindo wrote it.