Annie Besant's role in Indian history

Annie Besant was a prominent Irish-born political activist and theosophist in India. Statement 1 is correct: Annie Besant, along with B.G. Tilak, was instrumental in starting the Home Rule Movement (1916) to secure dominion status for India. Statement 2 is incorrect: The Theosophical Society was founded by Helena Blavatsky and Henry Steel Olcott in 1875, not by Annie Besant. She became president of the Theosophical Society but was not its founder. Statement 3 is correct: Annie Besant served as President of the Indian National Congress in 1917, making her the second non-Indian and the first woman president of the INC. Therefore, statements 1 and 3 are correct. > Annie Besant = Home Rule Movement + INC President (1917), but NOT Theosophical Society founder. Answer: (c).