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Question
Who presided over the first Session of Indian National Congress?
Options
Allen Octavian Hume
Motilal Nehru
W. C. Bonnerjee
None of these
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Solution
W. C. Bonnerjee
Explanation:
The Indian National Congress was founded/organized by A. O. Hume, but the first session (held 28–31 December 1885 at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College, Bombay) was presided over by W. C. Bonnerjee.
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