Consider the following statement: No Indian could have started the Indian National Congress ... if the founder of the Congress had not been a great Englishman and a distinguished ex-official, such was the distrust of political agitation in those days that

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Q: 36 (NDA-I/2013)
Consider the following statement: No Indian could have started the Indian National Congress ... if the founder of the Congress had not been a great Englishman and a distinguished ex-official, such was the distrust of political agitation in those days that the authority would have at once found some way or the other to suppress the movement. Who among the following gave the statement on the establishment of Indian National Congress?

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History

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NDA-I

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0,25,65,24,25,12,29

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The statement about the establishment of the Indian National Congress was given by G. K. Gokhale. According to the statement, no Indian could have started the Congress if the founder of the Congress had not been a great Englishman and a distinguished ex-official. This is because in those days, there was a deep distrust of political agitation and the authorities would have found a way to suppress the movement.

Option 1, W. Wedderburn, is not the correct answer. Option 2, G. K. Gokhale, is the correct answer, as mentioned in the question. Option 3, R. Palme Dutt, is not the correct answer. Option 4, Allan Octavian Hume, is also not the correct answer.

It is important to note that the given answer may be correct, however, it would be helpful to provide more context and background information about G. K. Gokhale`s role in the establishment of the Indian National Congress for a better understanding.