Question

59. Annie Besant was [2013 – I4]

i) Responsible for starting the Home Rule Movement

ii) The founder of the Theosophical Society

iii) Once the President of the Indian National Congress

Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below.

• A. a) i only
• B. b) ii and iii only
• C. c) i and iii only
• D. d) i, ii and iii

Answer 1

The correct option is C

c) i and iii only

Ans: c

Annie Besant had formed and led the Home Rule Movement as she was influenced by Irish Home Rule League. She also became the President of Indian National Congress in 1917. But she was not the founder of the Theosophical Society; rather she was the second President of the society. The founder was Henry Steel Olcott.