During the Karachi session in 1931, the declaration on the Fundamental Rights of Citizenship in India committed itself to women's equality about:
(A) Universal Adult Suffrage
(B) Women's Role in planned economy
(C) Right to equality
(D) Representation of women in modern media
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (B) and (C) only
Note: The given answer is as per the official NTA Answer Key. However, there seems to be an ambiguity in statement (B), as explained below.
(A) Universal Adult Suffrage Correct. The declaration states that the franchise shall be on the basis of universal adult suffrage, and that women shall have the right to vote, to represent and to hold public offices.
(B) Women’s Role in planned economy Correct as per the NTA answer key. The words come from the source of the declaration as printed: the Report of the Sub-Committee, ‘Woman’s Role in Planned Economy’ (1947). The four points of the 1931 declaration themselves speak of equality, public employment, the vote and public office, not of a role in a planned economy, so strictly, (B) is not one of its commitments.
(C) Right to equality Correct. The first point reads that all citizens are equal before the law, irrespective of religion, caste, creed or sex, and the second removes any disability of sex in public employment and in any trade or calling.
(D) Representation of women in modern media Incorrect. The declaration says nothing about the media; the representation it speaks of is the right of women to represent and to hold public office.
NCERT (2025-26): “5.3 Struggle for women’s equality and rights … In 1931, the Karachi Session of the Indian National Congress issued a declaration on the Fundamental Rights of Citizenship in India whereby it committed itself to women’s equality. The declaration reads as follows:
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