Consider the following pairs: 1. Radhakanta Deb : First President of the British Indian Association 2. Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty : Founder of the Madras Mahajana Sabha 3. Surendranath Banerjee : Founder of the Indian Association Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

Option (B) is correct because Radhakanta Deb served as the first President of the British Indian Association (1851), and Surendranath Banerjee co-founded the Indian Association of Calcutta in 1876. Pair 2 is incorrect because Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty founded the Madras Native Association (1852), whereas the Madras Mahajana Sabha was established much later in 1884 by leaders such as M. Veeraraghavachariar and P. Anandacharlu. This question tests the core concept of pre-Congress political associations and their respective founders in 19th-century India.