Match List-I with List-II.
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (Importance and place) | (Year) | ||
| (A) | First All India Youth Congress (Calcutta/Kolkata) | (I) | 1929 |
| (B) | ‘Poorna Swaraj’ (Complete Independence) (Lahore) | (II) | 1898 |
| (C) | Support for socialism through democracy (Lucknow) | (III) | 1928 |
| (D) | Social reform set as the main goal (Madras) | (IV) | 1936 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II
Each event is fixed by its place and the stage of the national movement it belongs to.
(A) First All India Youth Congress (Calcutta/Kolkata) — this matches (III) 1928. It met at Calcutta in December 1928, alongside the Congress session there, as youth leagues spread after the Simon Commission protests.
(B) ‘Poorna Swaraj’ (Complete Independence) (Lahore) — this matches (I) 1929. The Lahore session of December 1929, under Jawaharlal Nehru, adopted complete independence as the Congress goal.
(C) Support for socialism through democracy (Lucknow) — this matches (IV) 1936. At the Lucknow session of 1936, Nehru as president called for socialism to be reached by democratic means.
(D) Social reform set as the main goal (Madras) — this matches (II) 1898. The year left is 1898, when the Congress met at Madras; the Indian National Social Conference, which made social reform its main aim, met with the Congress sessions in these years.