Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Which one of the following is the most appropriate conclusion regarding the initial objectives of the Indian National Congress?

  1. Political education and an all-India organisation were intended to build a common national identity around shared economic and political demands.
  2. The Congress intended to restrict itself to social reform until the colonial government voluntarily introduced representative institutions.
  3. The Congress sought to preserve separate provincial political identities and therefore avoided adopting a common programme.
  4. The Congress was established primarily to begin an immediate direct confrontation with British rule.
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  5. Although Bahadur Shah Zafar was the symbolic leader at Delhi, effective command was exercised by
  6. Although most Provincial Congress Committees opposed Jawaharlal Nehru’s nomination, Gandhi supported him for…