UPSC Prelims 2013 – Question 30

Q: Annie Besant was

• Responsible for starting the Home Rule Movement
• The founder of the Theosophical Society
• Once the President of the Indian National Congress

Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below.

a) 1 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3

Correct Answer: Option (c)

• Annie Besant was the 1st women President of INC in 1917 Calcutta Session. Madam Blavatsky and Henry Steel Olcott founded Theosophical Society. Hence, option (c) is correct.

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