Q. Consider the following statements regarding Indian Home Rule Leagues:
  1. Both Annie Besant's and Tilak's Home Rule Leagues started simultaneously
  2. Both operated in similar geographic areas
  3. Commonweal and New India were official newspapers of the respective Leagues
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Answer: None of them
Notes: None of the statements are correct. Tilak's and Besant's Leagues started separately in April and September 1916, operated in different regions, and both newspapers, Commonweal and New India, were started by Annie Besant, not by both Leagues individually.
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