Previous Year Question
Consider the following pairs.
Radhakanta Deb–First President of the British Indian Association
Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty–Founder of the Madras Mahajana Sabha
Surendranath Banerjee–Founder of the Indian Association
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
Correct Answer: B
Detailed Solution
Pair 1—Correct
The British Indian Association was formed in 1851 through the amalgamation of the Landholders’ Society and the Bengal British India Society.
Radhakanta Deb: President of its first committee.
Debendranath Tagore: Secretary of the Association.
Therefore, Radhakanta Deb is correctly identified as its first President.
Pair 2—Incorrect
Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty was associated with the Madras Native Association, formed under his leadership in 1852. He was not the founder of the Madras Mahajana Sabha.
The Madras Mahajana Sabha was constituted later, on 16 May 1884, by a group including Veeraraghavachari, P. Anandacharlu, P. Rangaiah Naidu and others.
P. Rangaiah Naidu: Its first President.
P. Anandacharlu: One of its principal organising figures.
Therefore, the second pair is incorrectly matched.
Pair 3—Correct
Surendranath Banerjea and Ananda Mohan Bose jointly formed the Indian Association in Calcutta on 26 July 1876. Thus, Banerjea was a co-founder, not its sole founder.