Correct Answer - Option 2 :
(A) - (2), (B) - (4), (C) - (1), (D) - (3)
The correct answer is (A) - (2), (B) - (4), (C) - (1), (D) - (3).
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Prathana Samaj was founded by Atmaram Pandurang in Bombay in 1867.
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Servants of Indian Society was founded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale in 1905.
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Bombay Presidency Association was founded by Pheroz Shah Mehta in 1885.
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Theosophical Society was founded by Madam Blavatsky in 1875.
Pherozeshah Mehta
- Pherozeshah Mehta is also known as the 'Father of Municipal Government in India'.
- He was one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress.
- He was the president of the Calcutta Session of INC in 1890.
- Mehta was appointed as Vice-Chancellor of Bombay University in 1910.
- He founded the Bombay Presidency Association in 1885.
- He helped found the Central Bank of India, financed and controlled by Indian interests in 1911.
Atmaram Pandurang
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Prathana Samaj was founded by Atmaram Pandurang in Bombay in 1867.
- He was one of the two Indian co-founders of the Bombay Natural History Society.
- Atmaram Pandurang served briefly as sheriff of Bombay in 1879.
Gopala Krishna Gokhale
- Gopala Krishna Gokhale is popularly known as the 'Socrates of Maharashtra'.
- He is the founder of 'Servants of Indian Society' in 1905.
- The political Guru of Gokhale was M. G. Ranade.
- He was the President of the Benarus Session of INC in 1905.
- Gandhiji regarded him as the Political Guru.
- Tilak called Gokhale the 'Diamond of India'.
Madame Blavatsky
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Helena Petrovna Blavatsky often known as Madame Blavatsky
- Madame Blavatsky was a Russian philosopher.
- She gained an international following as the leading theoretician of Theosophy.
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Theosophical Society was co-founded by Madam Blavatsky in 1875.
