2021 · Q106
Consider the following statements :
- 1The 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.
- 2In 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?
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- A1 only
- B2 only
- CBoth 1 and 2
- DNeither 1 nor 2
Explanation
Both statements are correct. The Congress Socialist Party was founded in 1934 under the leadership of Acharya Narendra Deva and Jayaprakash Narayan as socialist tendencies grew in the national movement. In 1936, Jawaharlal Nehru, in his Lucknow presidential address, urged the Congress to accept socialism as its goal and align with peasants and workers. Hence both statements are correct.