The first Indian selected for Indian Civil Service was

(A) Surendra Nath Banerji
(B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) Satyendranath Tagore

Correct Answer : Satyendranath Tagore
Question Asked : SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam 1999, SSC Multi-Tasking Staff Exam 2013
Explanation : Satyendranath Tagore was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Service. He was an author, song com poser, linguist and made significant contribution to wards the emancipation of women in Indian society during the British Raj. Satyendranath was selected for the Indian Civil Service in June, 1863. He served in the ICS for about thirty years and retired as Judge of Satara in Maharashtra in 1897. He was a brothel of Ravindranath Tagore, Surendranath Banerjee appeared at the examination in 1869 and joined the service in 1871. Romesh Dutt and Behari Lal Gupta were the second and third Indian to qualify in the Indian Civil Services Examination in 1869.
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