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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2023 — General Studies · Question 108 of 200

Q108
Indian National MovementRise of Nationalism & the Congress
Mahatma Gandhi presided over the Annual Session of Congress only once at
  1. a.Kakinada, 1923
  2. b.Belgaum, 1925
  3. c.Kanpur, 1925
  4. d.Gauhati, 1926

Answer: (B) Belgaum, 1925

PSC cancelled this question in its final answer key and gave one mark to every candidate, because the printed option carries the wrong year. Gandhi presided over the Congress only once, at the Belgaum (now Belagavi, Karnataka) session held in December 1924, not 1925. The provisional key had accepted "Belgaum, 1925" as the intended answer. The other sessions listed: Kakinada 1923 was presided over by Maulana Mohammad Ali, Kanpur 1925 by Sarojini Naidu (the first Indian woman President) and Gauhati 1926 by S. Srinivasa Iyengar. The centenary of the Belgaum session fell in 2024.

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