Civil Services Prep

Prelims 2012 · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle · Question 71

The Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress (1929) is very important in history, because

  1. The Congress passed a resolution demanding complete independence.
  2. The rift between the extremists and moderates was resolved in that Session.
  3. A resolution was passed rejecting the two-nation theory in that Session.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 and 3
  3. 1 and 3
  4. None of the above

Answer

1 only

1. Correct. At the Lahore Session (1929), under Jawaharlal Nehru’s presidency, the INC adopted the Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence) resolution.

2. Incorrect. The Surat split between moderates and extremists was effectively healed earlier, especially by the Lucknow Session (1916), not at Lahore in 1929.

3. Incorrect. No such resolution rejecting the two-nation theory was a defining act of the Lahore Session of 1929; that issue became prominent later.

Therefore, only statement 1 is correct.

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