2004 General Studies, all questions

UPSC Prelims 2004 · General Studies

Question 29: History and Culture

During the Indian Freedom Struggle, who among the following proposed that Swaraj should be defined as complete independence free from all foreign control?

aMazharul Haque
bMaulana Hasrat Mohani
cHakim Ajmal Khan
dAbul Kalam Azad

AnswerThe answer is (b).

Maulana Hasrat Mohani moved the proposal that Swaraj should mean complete independence free from all foreign control at the Ahmedabad Congress of 1921. The Congress did not accept it then, and adopted Purna Swaraj as its goal only at Lahore in 1929. Remember Hasrat Mohani as the first to raise the demand.

Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) Mazharul Haque was a Bihar leader but is not linked to this proposal.
  • (b) Correct: Hasrat Mohani proposed complete independence in 1921.
  • (c) Hakim Ajmal Khan was a Congress and Khilafat leader but did not make this proposal.
  • (d) Maulana Azad did not make this proposal.

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