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RAS question

The Amritsar Congress Session (1919) was presided by:

Correct answer: (B) Motilal Nehru.

Motilal Nehru presided over the Amritsar Congress Session of 1919.

  1. (A)

    Lala Lajpat Rai

  2. (B)

    Motilal Nehru

  3. (C)

    Mahatma Gandhi

  4. (D)

    Annie Besant

Explanation

The Amritsar Congress Session of 1919 was presided over by Motilal Nehru. The session sat in the same year as the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar, making the location and year politically charged in Modern Indian History. It also approved the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms despite opposition, linking the presidency with the wider debate over constitutional reforms. For RAS, the reliable recall chain is: Amritsar session, 1919, Motilal Nehru, with the wider context of Jallianwala Bagh and the debate around the reforms.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) Lala Lajpat Rai is associated with the special Calcutta session of 1920, not the Amritsar Congress Session of 1919.
  • (C) Mahatma Gandhi was not the president of the Amritsar Congress Session of 1919; the session was presided over by Motilal Nehru.
  • (D) Annie Besant fits the 1917 Congress presidency context, not the Amritsar session of 1919.

Concept

Modern Indian History requires matching Congress sessions with their presidents and immediate political setting. Session-president pairings recur in RAS because they condense leaders, reforms and turning points into high-yield factual checks.

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