Congress Party Evolution and History

To promote India's independence

To act as a pressure group for the newly educated, professional and commercial classes (correct)

To expand its leadership beyond the upper caste and upper class professionals

To bring together diverse groups of peasants and industrialists

It led to the domination of the political system by the upper caste and upper class professionals

It led to a decrease in the social base of the Congress

It brought together diverse groups with often contradictory interests (correct)

It resulted in the Congress becoming a mass political party

It was dominated by agriculture-based leaders with a rural orientation

It was led by workers and owners from various industries

It was dominated by the English-speaking, upper caste, upper middle-class and urban elite (correct)

It was comprised of diverse groups, including peasants and industrialists

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