The `Swadeshi’ and ‘Boycott’ were adopted as methods of struggle for the first time during the

The methods of Swadeshi (promoting indigenous goods) and Boycott (rejecting foreign goods) were first adopted as strategies of struggle during the agitation against the Partition of Bengal in 1905.

This movement aimed to exert economic pressure on the British government and promote Indian industries as a response to the partition.

Hence, option a is the correct answer.