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?
- A.1 only
- B.1 and 3 only
- C.2 and 3 only
- D.1, 2 and 3
Correct answer
Explanation
The correct answer is B, 1 and 3 only. Radhakanta Deb headed the British Indian Association and Surendranath Banerjee founded the Indian Association; pair 2 is wrong.
The British Indian Association was formed in Calcutta in 1851 by the landed gentry of Bengal, with Raja Radhakanta Deb as its first president and Debendranath Tagore as secretary. The Indian Association was set up in Calcutta in 1876 by Surendranath Banerjee and Anandamohan Bose; it drew the educated middle class and campaigned on issues such as the age limit for the civil service examination.
Pair 2 is wrong: Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty founded the Madras Native Association in 1852. The Madras Mahajana Sabha came much later, in 1884, founded by M. Viraraghavachari, G. Subramania Iyer and P. Anandacharlu.
So A is wrong because it leaves out the true pair 3, C is wrong because pair 2 is false, and D is wrong for the same reason.
Exam tip: Calcutta 1851 British Indian Association (Radhakanta Deb); Madras 1852 Native Association (Lakshminarasu Chetty); Calcutta 1876 Indian Association (Surendranath Banerjee); Madras 1884 Mahajana Sabha.
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