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The Congress began in 1885 as a pressure group for which classes?
ASoldiers and priests
BEducated and professional
CPeasants and workers
DPrinces and landlords
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Educated and professional
1. Congress started as an elite pressure group in 1885.
2. Civil disobedience widened its base.
3. By 1947 it was a rainbow social coalition.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 2, Era of One-Party Dominance._
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