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Prelims 2019 · Q15 · Constitutional development & personalities

With reference to Indian National Movement, consider the following pairs :

PersonPosition held
1. Sir Tej Bahadur SapruPresident, All India Liberal Federation
2. K. C. NeogyMember, The Constituent Assembly
3. P. C. JoshiGeneral Secretary, Communist Party of India

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

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Answer: D. Pair 1 is correct: Tej Bahadur Sapru was a leading Liberal and served as president of the National Liberal Federation. Pair 2 is correct: K. C. Neogy was a member of the Constituent Assembly (from West Bengal). Pair 3 is correct: P. C. Joshi was the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (1935-1947). So all three are correct.

Watch for: K. C. Neogy is better known as chairman of the First Finance Commission, so students doubt his Constituent Assembly membership.

Why the other options are wrong
  • A. Wrong because pairs 2 and 3 are also correct.
  • B. Wrong because pair 3 is also correct.
  • C. Wrong because pairs 1 and 2 are also correct.

Source to check: Constituent Assembly Debates member list (Lok Sabha Secretariat); Bipan Chandra, India's Struggle for Independence

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