UPSC Prelims 2019 · Question 56 of 99
UPSC Prelims 2019 question on Anti Untouchability Kisan Sabha Self Respect
- ExamUPSC CSE
- Year2019
- PaperGeneral Studies Paper I
- SubjectModern History
- TopicIndian National Movement
- DifficultyEasy
- TypeStatement
Consider the following pairs:
Movement/Organization — Leader
1. All India Anti-Untouchability League : Mahatma Gandhi
2. All India Kisan Sabha : Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
3. Self-Respect Movement : E. V. Ramaswami Naicker
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
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Answer: D. 1, 2 and 3
Verdict
All three pairs are correctly matched → Option (d).
Statement by statement
Pair 1 – CORRECTLY MATCHED: Gandhi set up a new body in October 1932. It was first named the All India Anti-Untouchability League and later renamed the Harijan Sevak Sangh. Gandhi started publishing a weekly journal called 'Harijan' on 11 February 1933 from Yerwada Jail during British rule. Hence pair 1 is correctly matched.
Pair 2 – CORRECTLY MATCHED: All India Kisan Congress Sabha, 1936 was founded in Lucknow in April 1936 with Swami Sahjanand Saraswati as the President and N.G. Ranga as the general secretary. Hence pair 2 is correctly matched.
Pair 3 – CORRECTLY MATCHED: E. V. Ramaswami Naicker organized the 'Self Respect Movement', designed as Dravidian Uplift, seeking to expose Brahminical tyranny and the deceptive methods by which they controlled all spheres of Hindu life. Hence pair 3 is correctly matched.