Who was the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate?

(A) Uthman ibn Affan (R.A)
(B) Mu’awiya ibn Abi Sufyan (R.A)
(C) Ali ibn Abi Talib (R.A)
(D) Hasan ibn Ali (R.A)

The answer is: (B) Mu’awiya ibn Abi Sufyan (R.A)
Mu’awiya ibn Abi Sufyan (R.A) was the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate.