Q. Consider the following statements with respect to the first session of Indian National Congress:

1. It was chaired by A. O. Hume due to his pioneering work in the direction of setting up the Indian National Congress as an all India body.
2. It was held in Calcutta, which was the capital of British India at that time.

Which of the above is / are correct?
Answer: None of the above
Notes: Many Indians had been planning to form an all-India organisation of nationalist political workers. But, the credit for giving the idea a concrete and final shape goes to A. O. Hume. He got in touch with prominent Indian leaders and organised with their cooperation the first session of the Indian National Congress at Bombay in December, 1885. It was presided over by W. C. Banerjee and attended by 72 delegates.