Explanation:

• Satya Shodhak was founded in 1873 (Truth-Seeking Society) with Mahatma Jyotiba Phule as its first president and treasurer and Narayanrao Govindrao Kadalak was elected as its first secretary. Hence, statement 1 is not correct.

• The main objects of the samaj were -:

• To redeem the Shudras and Ati-Shudras from the influence of Brahmanical scriptures under which the Brahmin priests fleeced them to make them conscious of their human rights and to liberate them from mental and religious slavery.
• All men are the children of one God, who is thus their parent
• There is no requirement of an intermediary such as a priest or a preceptor to approach the mother or father to offer his prayer to god.

• A member at Satya Shodhak Samaj had to take an oath in the name of god Khanderao and declare his allegiance to British rule. Hence statement 2 is correct. Membership of the samaj was extended to all the castes including Mahars, Mangs, Jews and Muslims.

• The main objectives of the organisation were to liberate the Shudras and Ati Shudras and to prevent their exploitation by the upper caste like Brahmans. It opposed idolatry and denounced the chaturvarnya system (the caste system). It propounded the spread of rational thinking and rejected the need for a Brahman priestly class as educational and religious leaders. It believed neither in the caste system nor in the basic four-fold division of society. Hence statement 3 is correct.