Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
- ARaja Ram Mohan Roy — Ramakrishna Mission
- BLala Lajpat Rai — Arya Samaj
- CAnnie Besant — Central Hindu College
- DMadame Blavatsky — Theosophical Society
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Correct answer: (a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy — Ramakrishna Mission
Explanation
Pair (a) is wrong: the Ramakrishna Mission was founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1897. Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the Brahmo Samaj (1828).
The other pairs are correct:
- Lala Lajpat Rai was a leading member of the Arya Samaj;
- Annie Besant helped found the Central Hindu College at Banaras (1898), which later became part of the Banaras Hindu University;
- Madame Blavatsky founded the Theosophical Society with Colonel Olcott in New York (1875).