Given below are two statements:
Statement I: A state refusing a qualified woman a public post only because of her sex would go against the Congress declaration on the Fundamental Rights of Citizenship.
Statement II: This declaration was issued at the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress in 1931.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
Statement I: A state refusing a qualified woman a public post only because of her sex would go against the Congress declaration on the Fundamental Rights of Citizenship. — Correct. The declaration lays down that no disability attaches to any citizen by reason of sex in regard to public employment, office of power or honour. Refusing a qualified woman a public post only for her sex is such a disability.
Statement II: This declaration was issued at the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress in 1931. — Incorrect. The declaration came from the Karachi Session of the Indian National Congress in 1931. The year is right, but the session is wrong.
NCERT (2026-27): “5.3 Struggle for women’s equality and rights … “1. All citizens are equal before the law, irrespective of religion, caste, creed or sex.” “2. No disability attaches to any citizen, by reason of his or her religion, caste, creed or sex, in regard to public employment, office of power or honour, and in the exercise of any trade or calling.” |