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With reference to the 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?
  1. 1 only
  2. 1 and 2 only
  3. 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

Explanation

Pair 1 is correct
  • He was a prominent leader of the All India Liberal Federation and also served as its President.

Additional Information

  • Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru was a key figure in India’s freedom struggle and a prominent leader of the Liberal Party in British-ruled India. He served in the Legislative Council of the United Provinces (1913–1916), the Imperial Legislative Council (1916–1920), and later as the Member for Law in the Viceroy’s Executive Council (1920–1923). In 1918, he parted ways with the Indian National Congress on grounds of principle and became one of the founding members of the National Liberal Federation of India. He also represented India at the Imperial Conference 1923 and served as President of the National Liberal Federation in 1923 and 1927, playing an active role in debates on constitutional reforms. In 1924, he was among the four Indian members of the Muddiman Committee, which was set up to review the working of constitutional reforms introduced under the Government of India Act 1919.
  • In 1944, he was invited to head a committee to suggest constitutional principles acceptable to different communities. The report submitted by this body became known as the Sapru Committee. He passed away on 20 January 1949 in Allahabad, about seventeen months after India attained independence.
Pair 2 is correct
  • Kshitish Chandra Neogy was Member of the Constituent Assembly representing Bengal.

Additional Information

  • Political Career: First Cabinet Member of Independent India (August 15, 1947 – April 8, 1950).
  • Resignation from Cabinet: Resigned on April 8, 1950, along with Syama Prasad Mookerjee in protest of the Nehru-Liaquat Pact.
  • Planning and Development: Chairman of the Advisory Planning Board (1946) under the Interim Government, which shaped the concept of Five-Year Plans. Member of the Planning Commission during the Second Five-Year Plan (1956-61) and influenced the plan with his dissenting views.
  • Appointed Chairman of the First Finance Commission (1951).
  • Other Contributions: Served on the Nuclear Commission (1946), chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, contributing to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as rapporteur.
Pair 3 is correct
  • P.C. Joshi, the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of India, was one of the leading figures of the communist movement in India. Under his leadership, the Communist Party established new organisations and breathed new life into existing ones: the All India Trade Union Congress, Progressive Writers’ Association and the All India Students’ Federation were actively encouraged by Joshi. He also played an instrumental role in launching the party weekly, National Front, which he edited, and helped found the Indian People’s Theatre Association (I.P.T.A.) in 1942. Later, he was made the editor of the party’s weekly, New Age.
Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3; Difficulty Level: Hard
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