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Consider the following leaders of the Indian National Congress and the sessions they presided over: 1. W. C. Bonnerjee - First session at Bombay in 1885 2. Badruddin Tyabji - First Muslim president at Madras in 1887 3. George Yule - First British president at Allahabad in 1888 4. Annie Besant - First woman president at Calcutta in 1917. Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

A. 1 and 2 only
B. 3 and 4 only
C. 1, 2 and 4 only
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4✓ Correct Answer

💡 Solution & Explanation

All listed pairings of INC presidents and historical milestones are entirely accurate. W. C. Bonnerjee chaired the inaugural session in Bombay, Badruddin Tyabji presided over the Madras session becoming the first Muslim president, George Yule led the Allahabad session as the first non-Indian president, and Annie Besant assumed the presidency at Calcutta in 1917 as the first female president. Sarojini Naidu later became the first Indian woman president at the Kanpur session in 1925.

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