Consider the following statements about Jawaharlal Nehru: 1. He was the president of the Congress Party in 1947 2. He presided over the Constituent Assembly 3. He formed the first Congress ministry in United Province before India’s independence Of these statements:

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Correct answer: none is correct. Statement 1 is incorrect: JL Nehru was the first Prime Minister and Union Minister of External affairs of Independent India. He was the President of INC at Lahore Session in 1929 where the congress passed the resolution of Purna Swaraj. In the Karachi session he was credited for drafting resolutions on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Programme. Kripalani was the Congress president in 1947. Statement 2 is incorrect: Rajendra Prasad was the president of the Constituent Assembly. Statement 3 is incorrect: The first Congress-led government in the United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh) was formed in 1937 but it was headed by Govind Ballabh Pant, not Jawaharlal Nehru. UPSC GS Paper-I PYQs 128 16. ASSOCIATIONS, JOURNALS, BOOKS AND PLAYS 273

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