Annie Besant was
1. responsible for starting the Home Rule Movement
2. the founder of the Theosophical Society
3. once the President of the Indian National Congress
Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below.

Correct Option: 1 and 3 only

Annie Besant launched the Home Rule League in September 1916 to demand self-government for India, making Statement 1 correct. Statement 2 is incorrect because the Theosophical Society was founded in New York in 1875 by H.P. Blavatsky and H.S. Olcott (Besant joined later and became its president in 1907). Statement 3 is correct as she presided over the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress in 1917, becoming its first woman President.