The 'Swadeshi' and 'Boycott' were adopted as methods of struggle for the first time during the
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Answer: A. Swadeshi (using Indian goods) and Boycott (of British goods) were first used as methods of mass struggle during the movement against the Partition of Bengal in 1905.
Watch for: Non-Cooperation is famous for boycott, but it was not the first time.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Wrong because the Home Rule Movement came later, in 1916.
- C. Wrong because Non-Cooperation (1920) used them later, not first.
- D. Wrong because the Simon Commission came in 1928.
Source to check: NCERT Class 8 Our Pasts III, Chapter 'The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947'; Bipan Chandra, India's Struggle for Independence, chapter on the Swadeshi Movement
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