Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Consider the following interpretation of the foundation of the Indian National Congress:

  • Politically conscious Indians already desired a national body for expressing their demands.
  • A body convened entirely by Indians would have faced overwhelming official opposition.
  • Early Congress leaders therefore used A.O. Hume as a catalyst for bringing nationalist forces together.

Which one of the following best describes this interpretation?

  1. The Congress was a safety valve deliberately created to release Indian discontent.
  2. The Congress was a conspiracy involving bourgeois leaders to prevent a popular uprising.
  3. The Congress was created exclusively on Lord Dufferin’s initiative as an official advisory organisation.
  4. Hume functioned as a lightning conductor for an existing Indian nationalist impulse.
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