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Indian HistoryMediumAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2021, Paper I

Consider the following statements : 1. The growth of socialist tendency in the national movement led to the foundation of the Congress Socialist Party in 1934 under the leadership of Acharya Narendra Deva and Jayaprakash Narayan. 2. In 1936, Jawaharlal Nehru urged the Congress to accept socialism as its goal and to bring itself closer to the peasantry and the working class. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2

Correct answer

C. Both 1 and 2

Explanation

The correct answer is C, Both 1 and 2. The Congress Socialist Party was formed in 1934 by Acharya Narendra Deva and Jayaprakash Narayan, and in 1936 Nehru asked the Congress to adopt socialism.

In the early 1930s, the Depression and the influence of the Soviet experiment pushed many young Congress members to the left. The Congress Socialist Party was founded at Bombay in October 1934, with Acharya Narendra Deva as its president and Jayaprakash Narayan as general secretary; it worked inside the Congress rather than as a rival. At the Lucknow session of April 1936, Jawaharlal Nehru as president declared socialism the answer to India's problems and urged the party to draw peasants and workers into the struggle. The same year saw the All India Kisan Sabha founded at Lucknow.

Why the others are wrong: A, it leaves out statement 2, which is also correct. B, it leaves out statement 1, which is also correct. D, both statements are correct, so "neither" cannot be the answer.

Exam tip: CSP 1934 (Narendra Deva, JP); Lucknow Congress 1936, Nehru's socialism speech and the Kisan Sabha.

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