UPSC Prelims 2010 · General Studies

Question 121: History and Culture

For the Karachi session of Indian National Congress in 1931 presided over by Sardar Patel, who drafted the Resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Programme ?

aMahatma Gandhi

bPandit Jawaharlal Nehru

cDr. Rajendra Prasad

dDr. B. R. Ambedkar

AnswerThe answer is (b).

At the Karachi session of the Congress in March 1931, presided over by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the resolution on Fundamental Rights and the Economic Programme, which promised civil liberties, equality and economic measures such as control of key industries, was drafted by Jawaharlal Nehru. The session also endorsed the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. Remember: Karachi 1931 = Fundamental Rights and economic programme.

Why each option is right or wrong

(a) Gandhi guided the Congress at Karachi, but the resolution was Nehru's draft.
(b) Right: Jawaharlal Nehru drafted the resolution.
(c) Rajendra Prasad did not draft it.
(d) Ambedkar was not part of the Congress drafting.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2010, General Studies, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.