2013 · Modern HistoryPrevious Year Question
Q30.
Annie Besant was 1. Responsible for starting the Home Rule Movement 2. The founder of the Theosophical Society 3. 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
Answer

C

Explanation

Annie Besant was the first woman President of INC in 1917 Calcutta Session. Madam Blavatsky and Henry Steel Olcott founded the Theosophical Society — not Annie Besant. She started the Home Rule Movement in India.