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UPSC 1996: Consider the following statements about Jawaharlal Nehru: I. He was the President of the Congress Party in 1947. II. He presided over the Constituent Assembly. III. He formed the first Congress Ministry in United Province before India’s independence. Of these statements
(a)I, II and III are correct
(b)I and III are correct
(c)I and II are correct
(d)None is correct
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (d) None is correct
All three statements are incorrect: (I) The Congress president in 1947 was J. B. Kripalani, not Nehru. (II) The Constituent Assembly was presided over by Dr. Rajendra Prasad. (III) The first Congress ministry in the United Provinces (1937) was headed by Govind Ballabh Pant, not Nehru. Hence none of the statements is correct. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._Kripalani?utm_source=openai))
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