Q. Consider the following statements regarding Surendranath Banerjee:
1.He founded the Indian Association (1876) to advocate for middle-class interests and was the first Indian to be disqualified from the Indian Civil Service (ICS) on technical grounds.
2.His autobiography, A Nation in Making, provides a detailed account of the early nationalist struggle and the anti-partition movement in Bengal.
3.He initially refused to join the Indian National Congress and instead organized the National Conference, which later merged with the INC in 1886.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Answer: D
Notes:
Explanation:
- Statement 1: Correct. He was dismissed from service in 1874.
- Statement 2: Correct. It is a seminal work on Indian nationalism.
- Statement 3: Correct. He was absent from the first INC session because he was attending his own National Conference in Calcutta, which merged with the INC the following year.
