Question

Q. With reference to the National Social Conference (NSC), which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. The objective of NSC was to keep Indian society from the influence of Western Ideas.
2. The National Social Conference was created as an adjunct body to the National Congress.
3. The religion was kept deliberately out of its agenda.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

• A.
  1 and 2 only
• B.
  2 and 3 only
• C.
  1 and 3 only
• D.
  1, 2 and 3

Answer 1

The correct option is B

2 and 3 only
Explanation:

• The statement 1 is incorrect: The reform movements, in which a number of moderate politicians were involved, essentially attempted to bring changes in Hindu social organization and practices from within to bring them into conformity with the new rationalist ideas of the West.
• The statement 2 is correct: The creation of the National Social Conference as an adjunct body to the National Congress in 1887.
• The statement 3 is correct: Although religion was kept deliberately out of its agenda, the issues it discussed and reforms it recommended to various provincial organizations had strong religious implications. These movements were both influenced by Western post-Enlightenment rationalist ideas and were also responses to the challenge of Westernizing forces and their critiques of Hindu civilization.