With reference to the period of Indian freedom struggle, which of the following was/were recommended by the Nehru report? 1) Complete Independence for India. 2) Joint electorates for reservation of seats for minorities. 3) Provision of fundamental rights for the people of India in the Constitution. Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

The Nehru Report (1928), drafted by a committee under Motilal Nehru at the All Parties Conference, is the answer to this question. Statements 2 and 3 are correct; statement 1 is not.

• Statement 1 is wrong. The Report demanded Dominion Status within the British Empire, not complete independence. The demand for Purna Swaraj came later, at the Lahore Session of 1929, and was a point of friction with the more moderate members.
• Statement 2 is correct. The Report rejected separate electorates, which were introduced by the Morley-Minto reforms of 1909 and extended by the Communal Award. It recommended joint electorates with reserved seats for minorities, including Muslims in provinces where they were in a minority.
• Statement 3 is correct. The Report included a Declaration of Fundamental Rights, covering freedoms of speech, press, association and religion, and equality before law. These ideas fed into Part III of the Constitution.

Core concept: the Nehru Report was Congress's attempt to answer the Simon Commission with an Indian consensus, and it exposed the Hindu-Muslim and minority-representation fault lines. For Mains, it is useful in tracing how the communal question shaped constitutional thinking and the 1935 Act.

Trap: aspirants see "Nehru Report" and mark Purna Swaraj as its demand, because the 1929 Lahore resolution is more famous.