With reference to Indian National Movement, consider the following pairs : Person : Position held 1. Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru : President, All India Liberal Federation 2. K. C. Neogy : Member, The Constituent Assembly 3. P. C. Joshi : General Secretary, Communist Party of India Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
- (a) 1 only
- (b) 1 and 2 only
- (c) 3 only
- (d) 1, 2 and 3 ✓ UPSC's answer
Why the answer is (d)
• Pair 1 is correct: Tej Bahadur Sapru, the Liberal statesman, presided over the All India Liberal Federation (1923) and led the Sapru Committee.
• Pair 2 is correct: K.C. Neogy sat in the Constituent Assembly, was a Union minister and the first chairman of the Finance Commission (1951).
• Pair 3 is correct: P.C. Joshi was General Secretary of the Communist Party of India from 1935 to 1947.
• Hence 1, 2 and 3, option (d).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) 1 only
- Pairs 2 and 3 are also correct.
- (b) 1 and 2 only
- Pair 3 (P.C. Joshi) is also correct.
- (c) 3 only
- Pairs 1 and 2 are also correct.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2019, held on 2 June 2019. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.