Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Cultural Change

Question:
What is the importance of the Karachi Session of the Indian National Congress?
Options:
It discussed the ideas of a democratic constitution for an independent India and proposed the idea of swaraj.
The Karachi session agreed that India should join the Britishers for the second world war.
Mahatma Gandhi became the president of the Indian National Congress
Nehru was elected as the future prime minister of India in the Karachi session of Congress.
Correct Answer:
It discussed the ideas of a democratic constitution for an independent India and proposed the idea of swaraj.
Explanation:
As far back as 1928, Motilal Nehru and eight other Congress leaders drafted a constitution for India. In 1931, the resolution at the Karachi session of the Indian National Congress dwelt on how independent India’s constitution should look like. The Karachi resolution reflects a vision of democracy that meant not just formal holding of elections but a substantive reworking of the Indian social structure in order to have a genuinely democratic society