Multiple choice

Who among the following organized the first all-India agitations in 1877-78 on the issue of Civil Services?

  1. Poona Sarvajanik Sabha

  2. Indian Association

  3. Madras Mahajana Sabha

  4. Bombay Presidency Association

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Explanation

The Indian Association, founded in 1876 by Surendranath Banerjea and Ananda Mohan Bose, organized the first all-India agitation in 1877-78 on the issue of Civil Services reforms. This agitation demanded simultaneous civil services examinations in both England and India, lowering the maximum age limit, and other reforms. The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha (founded 1870) focused on regional Maharashtra issues. The Madras Mahajana Sabha (1884) and Bombay Presidency Association (1885) were formed later.

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