UPSC General Studies Solved Paper - General Studies-2017

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    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)  Only 1 

    B)  1 and 3    

    C)  2 and 3

    D)  1, 2 and 3

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Exp. [b] The President of the first committee of British Indian Association was Raja Radhakanta Deb, while Debendranath Tagore was its secretary. The newspaper of this society was "Hindu patriot" which adopted a strongly critical political tone. Its editor Harish Chandra Mukherjee. Lakshminarasu established Madras Native Association in 1849 as a platform for educated Indians to protest against any injustice on the part of the British. It was the first Indian political organisation in the Madras Presidency. Lakshminarasu, the founder, served as its first president. Indian National Association was the first declared Nationalist organisation founded in British India by Surendranath Banerjee and Anand Mohan Bose in 1876. It was originally established as Bharat Sabha and held its first annual conference in Calcutta.


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