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Correct Answer: Option (B) — 1 and 3 only
Concept & Option Breakdown
Standard Reference VerifiedPair 1 is correctly matched: Raja Radhakanta Deb was the first President of the British Indian Association established in 1851 in Calcutta. Pair 2 is incorrectly matched: Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty founded the Madras Native Association in 1852. The Madras Mahajan Sabha was established in 1884 by M. Veeraraghavachariar, B. Subramania Aiyer, and P. Anandacharlu. Pair 3 is correctly matched: Surendranath Banerjee, along with Ananda Mohan Bose, founded the Indian Association in Calcutta in 1876.
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