Explanation:

• The first session of the Indian National Congress was attended by 72 delegates and presided over by Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee. Hereafter, the Congress met every year in December, in a different part of the country each time.
• Some of the great presidents of the Congress during this early phase were Dadabhai Naoroji (thrice president), Badruddin Tyabji, Pherozshah Mehta, P. Anandacharlu, Surendranath Banerjea, Romesh Chandra Dutt, Ananda Mohan Bose and Gopal Krishna Gokhale. Badruddin Tyabji was the first muslim president of Indian National congress.
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak and M.G.Ranade never became presidents of Indian National Congress.
• Hence option b is the correct answer.