Civil Services Prep

Prelims 2017 · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle · Question 62

Consider the following pairs: 1. Radhakanta Deb - First President of the British Indian Association 2. Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty - Founder of the Madras Mahajana Sabha 3. Surendranath Banerjee - Founder of the Indian Association. Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

  1. 1 only
  2. 1 and 3 only
  3. 2 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

Answer

1 and 3 only

1. Radhakanta Deb – First President of the British Indian Association: Correct. The British Indian Association was formed in 1851 in Bengal, and Raja Radhakanta Deb was its first President.

2. Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty – Founder of the Madras Mahajana Sabha: Incorrect. Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty was associated with the earlier Madras Native Association, not the Madras Mahajana Sabha; the Sabha was founded in 1884 by leaders like M. Viraraghavachari, G. Subramania Iyer and P. Ananda Charlu.

3. Surendranath Banerjee – Founder of the Indian Association: Correct. The Indian Association was founded in 1876 by Surendranath Banerjee along with Ananda Mohan Bose.

Hence, pairs 1 and 3 only are correctly matched.

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