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Q48 (IAS/2015) History & Culture › National Movement (1857–1947) › Indian National Congress Official Key

Consider the following statements : 1. The first woman President of the Indian National Congress was Sarojini Naidu. 2. The first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress was Badruddin Tyabji. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Your answer: —  ·  Correct: B
Explanation

The correct answer is option B because only statement 2 is correct.

**Statement 1 is incorrect:** Sarojini Naidu became the president of the Indian National Congress in 1925[1], but she was not the first woman president. Annie Besant was the first woman to hold this position in 1917, making Sarojini Naidu the second woman president of the Congress.

**Statement 2 is correct:** Badruddin Tyabji was the first Muslim President of the third Indian National Congress held at Madras[2]. This session took place in 1887, and he was one of the founding members and the first Muslim president of the Indian National Congress[3].

Therefore, only statement 2 is accurate, making option B the correct answer.

Sources
  1. [1] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 8: Socio-Religious Reform Movements: General Features > Direction of Social Reform > p. 198
  2. [2] https://www.mcgm.gov.in/irj/go/km/docs/documents/D%20Ward/Heritage-Sites/81_Legacy%20of%20D%20Ward_Article_Badruddin%20Tyabji.pdf
  3. [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badruddin_Tyabji
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Q. Consider the following statements : 1. The first woman President of the Indian National Congress was Sarojini Naidu. 2. The first Muslim …
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This is a classic 'Precision Check' question. The facts are standard static history found in every basic book (Spectrum Appendix), but Statement 1 contains a legendary 'Qualifier Trap'. If you read 'First Woman' as 'First Indian Woman', you lose marks. It tests alertness, not just memory.

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Statement 1
Was Sarojini Naidu the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?
Origin: Direct from books Fairness: Straightforward Book-answerable
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Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 39: After Nehru... > Civil Disobedience Movement > p. 810
Presence: 5/5
“Jawaharlal Nehru was actively involved in the movement and was arrested on April 17, 1930 for defiance of the salt law. He formulated a radical agrarian programme and suggested formation of the Constituent Assembly as the prime political slogan. P. Krishna Pillai defended the national flag and resisted lathicharge on the Calicut beach on November 11, 1930. He later founded the Kerala Communist Movement. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan formed a clan of non-violent revolutionaries, the Khudai Khidmatgars (known as Red Shirts), who played an active role in the movement. Sarojini Naidu, the first Indian woman to become the president of the Congress, was involved in a march towards the Dharsana Salt Works, a government salt depot.”
Why this source?
  • Explicitly calls Sarojini Naidu 'the first Indian woman to become the president of the Congress'.
  • Links her role as Congress president to active participation in the civil disobedience movement, corroborating political leadership.
Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 8: Socio-Religious Reform Movements: General Features > Direction of Social Reform > p. 198
Presence: 4/5
“Health facilities began to be provided to women with the opening of Dufferin Hospitals in the 1880s. Participation in the swadeshi and anti-partition and the Home Rule movements during the opening decades of the twentieth century was a major liberating experience for the otherwise home-centred Indian women. After 1918, they faced lathis and bullets and were jailed during political processions, picketing, etc. They actively participated in trade union and kisan movements, or revolutionary movements. They voted in, stood for and got elected to various legislatures and local bodies. Sarojini Naidu went on to become the president of the Indian National Congress (1925) and later the governor of the United Provinces (1947-49).”
Why this source?
  • States Sarojini Naidu became president of the Indian National Congress (1925), confirming her presidency.
  • Places her presidency in the broader narrative of women's growing political participation, supporting the claim's context.
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