Question

Which was the only session Indian national congress presided by Mahatma Gandhi?
A) Allahabad
B) Guwahati
C) Belgaum
D) Kakinada

Answer 1

Hint: The Indian National Congress is a broad-based political party in India. It was the first modern nationalist movement to develop in the British Empire in Asia and Africa, having been founded in 1885. Under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, Congress became the primary leader of the Indian independence struggle in the late nineteenth century, particularly after 1920.

Complete answer:
A session refers to Congress's annual series of sessions. Based on the constitutional requirement that Congress meet at least once a year, each Congress usually has two sessions. A session is also a meeting of one or both houses. On any given day that the Senate and House of Representatives meet, they are considered to be in session.

Let us analyze the given options:
Option A: This is not the correct option because George Yule, Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee, Sir William Wedderburn were the president of the Indian National Congress Session at Allahabad.
Option B: This is not the correct option because S. Srinivasa Iyengar was the president of the Indian National Congress Session at Guwahati.
Option C: This is the correct option because Mahatma Gandhi was the president of the session of Belgaum on Dec 26-27, 1924. It was the only session of the Indian National Congress presided by Mahatma Gandhi.
Option D: This is not the correct option because Maulana Muhammad Ali was the president of the Indian National Congress Session at Kakinada.

Thus the correct answer is option ‘C’.

Note: The Gandhian principle of Sarvodaya–the lifting up of all parts of society–underpins Congress social policy, which includes improving the lives of economically disadvantaged and socially marginalised individuals.