Consider the following lists:
List I (cogress session ) List II (president)
1 Bombay,1885 (a) Rahimtullah M. Sayani
2 Calcutta, 1896 (b) Rash behari ghosh
3 Surat .,1907 (c) Sarojini naidu
4 Kanpur, 1925 (d) Womesh chandra Bannerjee
select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. 1-d, 2-a, 3-b, 4-c.
The correct matching of Congress sessions with their respective presidents is as follows:
1 — Bombay, 1885: (d) Womesh Chandra Bannerjee, who was the first president of the Indian National Congress.
2 — Calcutta, 1896: (a) Rahimtullah M. Sayani, who presided over the session where Vande Mataram was sung for the first time.
3 — Surat, 1907: (b) Rash Behari Ghosh, during which the Congress split into Moderates and Extremists.
4 — Kanpur, 1925: (c) Sarojini Naidu, the first Indian woman to preside over a Congress session.
So, the correct code is: 1-d, 2-a, 3-b, 4-c .