Who among the following was the first to accept a ministerial position in the Central Provinces in October 1925?

The correct answer is C, S. B. Tambe. In October 1925 Tambe, a Swarajist member from the Central Provinces, accepted a seat on the Governor's Executive Council. He became the first Swarajist to take office under the dyarchy that the party had vowed to wreck from within. The Swaraj Party, formed by C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru in 1923, had entered the councils to obstruct them, and Tambe's move deepened its internal split. Leaders who favoured working the reforms for whatever gains they offered called themselves 'Responsivists'. Option A is wrong because B. S. Moonje, a Responsivist and Hindu Mahasabha leader, was not the one who accepted office in October 1925. Option B is wrong because M. R. Jayakar led the Responsivist group in Bombay but did not take up a ministerial post then. Option D is wrong because B. N. Sasmal was a Congress leader of Midnapore in Bengal, not a minister in the Central Provinces. Exam tip: S. B. Tambe, Central Provinces, 1925, was the first Swarajist to accept office.