INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

GS History Modern India
Q.

Consider the following statements:

1. Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from Congress after his defeat in the election for the Presidentship of Tripuri session.

2. Subhash Chandra Bose started the Forward Block and All India Agragami Kisan Sabha.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

Explanation:

Statement 1 is incorrect: Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as the President of the Congress at Haripur (1938) session and Tripuri session by defeating Gandhi’s favorite candidate Pattabhi Sitaramayya (1939). He could not make any compromise with Gandhi and thus resigned his President-ship (not congress).

Statement 2 is correct: He organized the famous Forward Block. The All India Forward Bloc, the party founded by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, is a revolutionary party which accepts Scientific Socialism as its objective. He organized All India Agragami Kisan Sabha for Peasants of India.

Thus, Option B is Correct.

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