Most of the moderate leaders hailed from:

Correct answer: (b) Urban areas

Explanation

In the era of liberal politics or political mendicancy, most moderate leaders—such as Dadabhai Naoroji, Feroze shah Mehta, Dinshaw Wacha, Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee and Surendranath Banerjee—were associated with urban areas. During this period, the Congress was dominated by prosperous, middle-class intellectuals, including lawyers, doctors, engineers, journalists and literary persons. Titles and high positions attracted them. The representatives who came to the Congress generally came from big cities, and their contact with the common people was limited. Feroze shah Mehta himself said, “The voice of the Congress is not the voice of the people; however, it is the duty of other countrymen living among them to understand their feelings.