पुढीलपैकी लोकमान्य टिळकांचे अत्यंत जवळचे सहकारी कोण होते ?
(a) नरसिंह चिंतामण केळकर
(b) दामोदर हरी चाफेकर
(c) शिवराम महादेव परांजपे
(d) कृष्णाजी प्रभाकर खाडीलकर
(e) गोपाळ कृष्ण गोखले

The correct answer is Option A ((a), (c), (d) only).

Key Points:
• Closest Associates of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak:
• (a) N. C. Kelkar (Sahityasamrat Tatyasaheb Kelkar): Tilak's trusted confidant, legal advisor, and successor editor of 'The Mahratta' and 'Kesari'.
• (c) S. M. Paranjpe (Kalkarte Paranjpe): Fiery orator, editor of 'Kaal', and staunchest ideological comrade of Tilak in the nationalist movement.
• (d) K. P. Khadilkar (Kakasaheb Khadilkar): Tilak's trusted associate, editor of 'Kesari', and author of nationalist plays like 'Kichak Vadh'.
• Exclusions: (b) Damodar Hari Chapekar was a revolutionary assassin not an organizational associate; (e) Gopal Krishna Gokhale was the prominent Moderate leader and ideological rival of Tilak.
• Hence, (a), (c), and (d) only were Tilak's closest political associates.
• Key Takeaway: Tilak's core nationalist associates in Maharashtra included N. C. Kelkar, S. M. Paranjpe, and K. P. Khadilkar.