Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

With reference to the foundation of the Indian National Congress and its early Moderate phase, which one of the following is the most appropriate conclusion?

  1. The Congress was formed mainly to coordinate provincial social-reform bodies and therefore kept economic and political demands outside its programme.
  2. The Congress sought to build all-India political unity, while its early leaders pursued gradual change through constitutional agitation and organised public opinion.
  3. The Congress’s establishment marked an immediate turn to direct confrontation with colonial rule, supported by active mass participation.
  4. The Congress emerged solely from A.O. Hume’s initiative, without any earlier Indian-led effort to create an all-India political platform.
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