NDA2010General AbilityGeneral StudiesActual
These items are based on the passage given below: The myth is that the Indian National Congress was started by A.O. Hume and others under the official direction, guidance and advice of no less a person than Lord Dufferin, the Viceroy, to provide a safe, mild, peaceful and constitutional outlet or safety-valve for the rising discontent among the masses, which was inevitably leading towards a popular and violent revolu
Options
- Aevidence are insufficient to establish the validity of the thesis.
- Bthe author has concluded that in the light of available materials the thesis does not hold ground.
- Cthe congress was a nationalist organization right from the start.
- Dthe violent anti-colonial movements did not come to an end with the foundation of the congress.
Correct answer
B. the author has concluded that in the light of available materials the thesis does not hold ground.
Step-by-step solution
The correct answer is option (B).