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UPSC 2012: During Indian freedom struggle, the National Social Conference was formed. What was the reason for its formation?
(a)Different social reform groups or organizations of Bengal united to form a single body to discuss the issues of larger interest and to prepare appropriate petitions/representations to the government
(b)Indian National Congress did not want to include social reforms in its deliberations and decided to form a separate body for such a purpose
(c)Behramji Malabari and M. G. Ranade decided to bring together all the social reform groups of the country under one organization
(d)None of the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above is correct in this context
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (b) Indian National Congress did not want to include social reforms in its deliberations and decided to form a separate body for such a purpose
At the 1887 Madras session, Congress leaders felt political issues should be kept distinct from social reform; Ranade and others therefore convened a parallel ‘National Social Conference’ to discuss topics like widow-remarriage. Thus it arose because INC chose to exclude social reform from its agenda, making option (b) correct; the other statements misstate its genesis. ([testbook.com](https://testbook.com/question-answer/ques--601c06c0284a3aafc44cccef?utm_source=openai))
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The correct answer is option (b): Indian National Congress did not want to include social reforms in its deliberations and decided to form a separate body for such a purpose. Watch the detailed video explanation in our Sherlocking Prelims course on UnlockIAS.
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2012, GS Paper 1, as Question 28. It falls under Modern History > Social & Religious Reform Movements.
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