Towards Quit India Movement

Following proposals were carried in the McDonald's Communal Award:

1. To recognize depressed class as minority community and make them entitled to the right of separate electorates.
2. To double the existing seats in the provincial legislatures for depressed class.
3. To reserve three percent of seats for women in all the provincial legislatures, except in the North West Frontier Province.

Statement 1 is incorrect: The first All India Congress Socialists' Conference was convened at Patna in 1934.
Statement 2 is correct: As the Organising Secretary of the Conference, J.P. Narayan campaigned in different parts of the country to organize the provincial wings of the party.

Statement 1 is correct: In 1928, Jwaharlal Nehru launched the Independence for India League as a pressure group within the Congress.
Statement 2 is correct: One of the aims behind this move was to work for the establishment of an Indian Republic on socialistic lines.

Session (1936) and Faizpur Session (1937) were presided over by Jwaharlal Nehru; Haripura Session (1938) and Tripuri Session (1938) were presided over by Subhash Chandra Bose.

It was in the Faizpur Session of 1937 (presided over by J. L. Nehru) that the Indian National Congress demanded formation of Constituent Assembly for the first time.

Statement 1 is correct: Gandhiji withdrew from the Civil Disobedience Movement to focus on Harijan welfare.
Statement 2 is incorrect: Gandhiji began a fast unto death in 1932 for abolition of separate electorates for untouchables.
Moreover, his fast unto death in Yervada Jail was for the cause of the depressed class, not for that of the untouchables especially.

Statement 1 is correct: Jwaharlal Nehru presided over the Lahore Session of the Congress in December 1929.
Statement 2 is incorrect: J.L. Nehru along with Subhash Chandra Bose moved a resolution to replace the Congress goal of 'dominion status' by 'complete independence' at the Calcutta Session of 1928. It was in 1929 (Lahore Session) that the Congress adopted 'complete independence' as its goal.

Proposal number 1 and 3 were put forward in the August Offer that was introduced by Lord Linglithgow in 1940. However, Proposal 2 is incorrect. Instead, the British Government promised 'dominion status' but on an unspecified future date.

The Muslim League passed the Pakistan Resolution in its Lahore Session. It was drafted by Sikandar Hayat Khan, moved by Fazlul Haq and seconded by Khaliquzzaman.

Statement 1 is incorrect. The very reason for confining the movement to individual participation was that neither Gandhiji nor the Congress wished to hamper the War effort of the British government.
Statement 2 is incorrect. In October 1940, Vinoba Bhave was chosen as the first Individual Satyagrahi by Gandhiji. Nehru was the IInd satyagrahi.

Correct explanation for Assertion: The Congress rejected August Offer, 1940 because there was no suggestion for a national government and because the demand for 'dominion status', which was promised by the government after the war, was already discarded by the Congress in favour of Poorna Swaraj.

Statement 1 is incorrect: It was promised that a certain percentage of the seats, which were hitherto reserved for Non-Muslims, would be now allotted to the depressed classes.
2. The Congress also accepted that adequate representation would be given to the depressed classes in the Civil Services.
3. The depressed classes represented by Dr. Ambedkar accepted the principle of joint electorates.

A. Delhi Pact/Gandhi-Irwin Pact - 5^th March, 1931
B. First Round Table Conference - January, 1931
C. McDonald's Award - August, 1932
D. Karachi Session of Congress - 29^th March, 1931

The correct chronological order is

1. August Declaration - 1917
2. Launch of Individual Satyagraha - 1934
3. Cripps Mission - 1942
4. Rajaji Formula - 1944
   It should be noted that there is a difference between August Declaration (1917) and August Declaration (1940).