STF : Bharat Sabha was established in 1836

Question 

1. Bharat Sabha was established in 1836. 
2. ‘Bharat Mata’ was a famous painting drawn in the backdrop of Sepoy Mutiny. 
3. ‘Bangtabhasa Prakashika Sabha’ was not the first political organisation.
4. ‘Anandamath’ was a nationalist novel. 
5. 18th Century is called the age of Associations.
6. Young man Gora by birth was an Indian.

Answer

1. False; On 26th July 1876, Surendranath Banerjee formed the Bharat Sabha or Indian Association.
2. False; The painting ‘Bharat Mata’ was not drawn in the backdrop of the Sepoy Mutiny. It was painted in 1905 by Abanindranath Tagore as a symbol of Indian nationalism during the Swadeshi Movement, which was a movement for Indian independence against British colonial rule.
3. True
4. False; Anandamath was the first historical novel by Bankim Chandra.
5. False; 19th Century is called the age of Associations.
6. False; Gora was not an Indian at all, but actually an Irishman by birth.