UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2017

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 pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

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

Answer

Correct Answer

1 and 3 only

Explanation

Radhakanta Deb was indeed the first President of the British Indian Association, and Surendranath Banerjee founded the Indian Association — both correctly matched. Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty founded the Madras Native Association, while the Madras Mahajana Sabha was founded by others (M. Viraraghavachari, B. Subramaniya Iyer, and P. Anandacharlu), so pair 2 is incorrect.

Topics: early nationalist associations, founders of political associations, history, modern india