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Safety valve theory

Safety valve theory is a History concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 3 past MPSC questions (2014, 2021). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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2 · 2014–2021
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Early nationalist leadersBritish policy towards INCA.O. Hume's role in INCNationalist historiography

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काँग्रेस स्थापनेसंदर्भातील 'सुरक्षा झडप सिद्धांता' ला 'दंतकथा' संबोधून कोणी नाकारले आहे ? Who has rejected the 'Safety Valve Theory' about the foundation of the Congress calling it the 'myth' ?

1)ए.ओ. ह्यूम / A. O. Hume
2)ए. आर. देसाई / A. R. Desai
3)ताराचंद / Tarachand
4)बिपन चंद्र / Bipan Chandra✓ Correct

Historians and leaders like Bipan Chandra and others have debated the Safety Valve Theory. However, specific scholarly rejections call it a myth, and options in MPSC point to comprehensive historiography.

18 नोव्हेंबर, 1899 रोजी दिनशॉ वाचा यांनी दादाभाई नौरोजींना पत्र लिहून काँग्रेसच्या अपयशांची मीमांसा केली. Dinshaw Wancha wrote a letter to Dadabhai Naoroji on 18th Nov. 1899 to convey the failure of Congress.

(a)काँग्रेसचे कार्य सतत न चालणे.

(b)नेत्यांनी 'फावल्या वेळेतील उद्योग' म्हणून राजकारणाकडे पाहणे.

(c)'आम्ही केवळ भुंकतो, चावा घेत नाही'.

(d)क्रांतीचा मार्ग अनुसरला पाहीजे. Lay-off consistently in the work by Congress. Attitude of leaders towards politics as a leisure activity. We only bark do not bite. The only way to follow is revolutionary way.

1)(a) आणि (c) बरोबर / (a) and (c) correct
2)(b) आणि (d) बरोबर / (b) and (d) correct
3)(c), (b) आणि (a) बरोबर / (c), (b) and (a) correct✓ Correct
4)(d) केवळ बरोबर / (d) only correct

Dinshaw Wacha criticized early Congress methods in his 1899 letter to Dadabhai Naoroji, pointing out irregular work, leisure-time politics, and descriptive rhetoric ('we only bark, do not bite').

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