Previous Year Question
Consider the following statements :
The first woman President of the Indian National Congress was Sarojini Naidu.
The first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress was Badruddin Tyabji.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: B
Detailed Solution
Statement 1 is incorrect: Annie Besant was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress. She presided over the Calcutta Session of 1917.
Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman President of the Congress, not the first woman President. She presided over the Cawnpore Session of 1925.
Statement 2 is correct: Badruddin Tyabji was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress. He presided over the third session of the Congress, held at Madras in 1887.
The sequence of the first three Congress Presidents was:
1885 — W. C. Bonnerjee
1886 — Dadabhai Naoroji
1887 — Badruddin Tyabji
Therefore, only Statement 2 is correct.