RAS question
The Karachi Session of 1931 is notable for adopting the resolution on:
Correct answer: (D) Fundamental Rights and National Economic Programme.
The Karachi Session of 1931 is notable for adopting the resolution on Fundamental Rights and the National Economic Programme.
Explanation
The Karachi Session, held in March 1931 and presided over by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, adopted the resolution on Fundamental Rights and the National Economic Programme, which was drafted by Nehru. eGyanKosh, IGNOU notes that the Indian National Congress endorsed the interests of workers and peasants at Karachi and that the session became memorable for this resolution. The National Economic Programme linked political freedom with real economic freedom for the masses, and the session also endorsed the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. This makes option D the precise answer: the session is remembered for a rights-and-economy resolution, not for launching a later mass movement or deciding partition.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Non-Cooperation is wrong because the Non-Cooperation Movement belongs to 1920, not to the Karachi Session of March 1931.
- (B) Quit India is wrong because Quit India was a 1942 movement, whereas the Karachi Session discussed the 1931 rights-and-economic programme resolution.
- (C) Partition of India is wrong because partition came later and is not what made the 1931 Karachi Session notable.
Concept
This tests the modern Indian history theme of Congress sessions and their landmark resolutions. It recurs in RAS because such sessions connect political events with constitutional rights, economic demands and national movement chronology.