2001 General Studies, all questions
UPSC Prelims 2001 · General Studies
Question 12: History and Culture
Who among the following was the President of the All-India States’ Peoples’ Conference in 1939?
aJaya Prakash Narayan
bJawaharlal Nehru
cSheikh Abdullah
dSardar Vallabhbhai Patel
AnswerThe answer is (b).
Jawaharlal Nehru presided over the All-India States' Peoples' Conference at its Ludhiana session in 1939. The Conference, founded in 1927, was the common platform for the political movements in the princely states, and Nehru was the Congress leader most closely identified with the cause of the states' people. Remember Nehru for the 1939 presidency.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Jayaprakash Narayan was a Socialist leader and was not the Conference's president in 1939.
- (b) Right: Nehru was the president in 1939.
- (c) Sheikh Abdullah led the National Conference in Kashmir, a state-level body.
- (d) Patel dealt with the princely states in 1947 but did not preside over the Conference in 1939.
Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2001, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.