UPSC CSE Prelims
Question 60
With reference to Congress Socialist Party, consider the following statements :
- It advocated the boycott of British goods and evasion of taxes.
- It wanted to establish the dictatorship of proletariat.
- It advocated separate electorate for minorities and oppressed classes.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: D
Correct Option: D
Explanation: The Congress Socialist Party, established in 1934 within the INC, pursued socialist policies and anti-imperialist mobilisation but did not adopt any of the three positions stated here as its programme.
Statement/Pair-wise Analysis:
Statement/Item 1: Incorrect - Boycotts and tax resistance were features of other Congress mass campaigns, not a defining CSP demand in this question.
Statement/Item 2: Incorrect - The CSP favoured democratic-socialist reorganisation rather than explicitly advocating a dictatorship of the proletariat.
Statement/Item 3: Incorrect - It did not promote separate electorates for minorities and oppressed classes.
Option-wise Analysis:
A: Incorrect - includes incorrect statement/items 1, 2.
B: Incorrect - includes incorrect statement/item 3.
C: Incorrect - includes incorrect statement/items 1, 2, 3.
D: Correct - none of the given statements is correct.