Consider the following pairs:PersonsRole1. Radhakanta DebFirst President of the British Indian Assoc

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Consider the following pairs:PersonsRole1. Radhakanta DebFirst President of the British Indian Association2. Gazulu Lakshminarasu ChettyFounder of the Madras Mahajana Sabha3. Surendranath BanerjeeFounder of the Indian AssociationWhich of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

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Correct Answer: B — 1 and 3 onlySolution:Pair 1 — Radhakanta Deb as First President of British Indian Association: Correctly matched. The British Indian Association was established on 31 October 1851. Raja Radhakanta Deb was its first President, with Debendranath Tagore as Secretary and Raja Kalikrishna Deb as Vice-President. It was one of the earliest Indian political associations. ✓Pair 2 — Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty as Founder of Madras Mahajana Sabha: Incorrectly matched. The Madras Mahajana Sabha was founded in May 1884 by M. Veeraraghavachariar, G. Subramania Iyer, and P. Anandacharlu — not by Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty. Lakshminarasu Chetty was actually the founder of the Madras Native Association (1852), a different organisation. ✗Pair 3 — Surendranath Banerjee as Founder of Indian Association: Correctly matched. The Indian Association was founded in 1876 by Surendranath Banerjee and Anand Mohan Bose in Calcutta. It was the first avowedly nationalist organisation in India and a precursor to the Indian National Congress. ✓Why other options are incorrect:Option A (1 only): Excludes Pair 3 which is also correct.Option C (2 and 3 only): Pair 2 is incorrectly matched.Option D (1, 2 and 3): Pair 2 is wrong.Key Concept: Pre-Congress political organisations are a recurring UPSC topic. Key associations: Bangabhasha Prakasika Sabha (1836) — first political association in Bengal; British Indian Association (1851) — Radhakanta Deb; Madras Native Association (1852) — Lakshminarasu Chetty; Bombay Association (1852); Indian Association (1876) — Surendranath Banerjee; Indian National Congress (1885) — A.O. Hume, Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Wacha; Madras Mahajana Sabha (1884) — Veeraraghavachariar, Subramania Iyer, Anandacharlu. These organisations laid the groundwork for organised nationalist politics.

Consider the following pairs:PersonsRole1. Radhakanta DebFirst President of the British Indian Association2. Gazulu Lakshminarasu ChettyFounder of the Madras Mahajana Sabha3. Surendranath BanerjeeFounder of the Indian AssociationWhich of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

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Consider the following pairs:PersonsRole1. Radhakanta DebFirst President of the British Indian Association2. Gazulu Lakshminarasu ChettyFounder of the Madras Mahajana Sabha3. Surendranath BanerjeeFounder of the Indian AssociationWhich of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

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