PRELIMS_ POWER PLAY_ MODERN HISTORY-Major pre-congress campaign

Major pre-congress campaign were

For imposition of import duty on cotton (1875)
For Indianisation of government service (1878-79)
Against Lytton’s Afghan adventure (Hence, Statement 1 is correct)
Against Arms Act (1878)
Against Vernacular Press Act (1878)
For right to join volunteer corps
Against plantation labour and against Inland Emigration Act
In support of Ilbert Bill
For an All India Fund for Political Agitation
Campaign in Britain to vote for pro-India party

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