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?
- (a) 1 only
- (b) 1 and 2 only
- (c) 2 and 3 only
- (d) 1, 2 and 3 ✓ UPSC's answer
Why the answer is (d)
• Pair 1 is correct: Gandhi founded the All India Anti-Untouchability League in 1932 after the Poona Pact; it was renamed Harijan Sevak Sangh.
• Pair 2 is correct: Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was the founding president of the All India Kisan Sabha (Lucknow, 1936).
• Pair 3 is correct: E.V. Ramaswami 'Periyar' launched the Self-Respect Movement in 1925 in Tamil Nadu against Brahmin dominance and caste.
• 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 (Periyar) is also correct.
- (c) 2 and 3 only
- Pair 1 (Gandhi) is 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.