Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Consider the following characteristics of a political current in the 1920s:

  • It criticised both the Swarajists and the No-Changers.
  • It advocated complete independence rather than a less consistent anti-imperialist position.
  • It sought to combine nationalism with social justice and raised the issue of oppression by capitalists and landlords.

Which one of the following is being described?

  1. The Responsivists within the Swarajist Party
  2. The emerging Left within the Congress
  3. The No-Changers
  4. The Unionist Party of Punjab
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