Q80. When was the Congress Socialist Party (CSP) formed within the Indian National Congress?
[RRB NTPC (UG) CBT-I (14 June 2026, Shift 1)]
(A) 1947
(B) 1934
(C) 1942
(D) 1952
Answer: (B) 1934
Explanation: The Congress Socialist Party emerged in 1934 as a socialist caucus inside the Indian National Congress. Its leading figures included Acharya Narendra Deva, Jayaprakash Narayan and Ram Manohar Lohia. It linked the freedom struggle with social and economic transformation.
Q79. In which year was the Communist Party of India (CPI) founded?
[DSSSB MTS (8 May 2026, Shift 2)]
(A) 1930
(B) 1915
(C) 1925
(D) 1920
Answer: (C) 1925
Explanation: The Kanpur communist conference in December 1925 established an organised communist party on Indian soil. An earlier communist group had been constituted at Tashkent in 1920. These two milestones explain why 1920 and 1925 sometimes appear together in historical accounts.
Q78. Which state elected the world’s first democratically elected communist government, with E. M. S. Namboodiripad as Chief Minister?
[SSC GD Constable (30 April 2026, Shift 3)]
(A) West Bengal
(B) Kerala
(C) Tripura
(D) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: (B) Kerala
Explanation: Kerala elected a government headed by E. M. S. Namboodiripad in 1957. The Communist Party of India emerged as the largest party and secured enough legislative support to form the ministry. This became an important landmark in parliamentary communism.
Q77. Which political party announced a nationwide protest for 18 November 2025 against atrocities on marginalised groups?
[RRB Group D (22 December 2025, Shift 2)]
(A) Aam Aadmi Party
(B) Communist Party of India
(C) Bharatiya Janata Party
(D) Indian National Congress
Answer: (B) Communist Party of India
Explanation: The Communist Party of India announced the protest to raise concerns about violence and discrimination affecting marginalised communities. The question tests recognition of a contemporary CPI political initiative rather than a colonial-era event. CPI has a long history of organising social movements.
Q76. When was the All India Trade Union Congress established?
[DSSSB TGT Social Science (7 November 2025, Shift 3)]
(A) 1923
(B) 1917
(C) 1922
(D) 1920
Answer: (D) 1920
Explanation: AITUC was organised in Bombay on 31 October 1920 to consolidate trade unions into a national labour platform. Lala Lajpat Rai became its first president. Its foundation coincided with post-war industrial unrest and the growth of organised working-class politics.
Q75. Who among the following is a founder of the Congress Socialist Party?
[UPSC CDS-II General Knowledge (14 September 2025)]
(A) Acharya Narendra Dev
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Motilal Nehru
(D) Asoka Mehta
Answer: (A) Acharya Narendra Dev
Explanation: Acharya Narendra Deva was a leading founding figure and early president of the Congress Socialist Party in 1934. While Asoka Mehta was also associated with the socialist movement, the keyed choice identifies Narendra Deva as the principal founder in these options.
Q74. Who was the first President of the All India Trade Union Congress?
[Patna High Court Mazdoor (22 June 2025)]
(A) B. T. Ranadive
(B) Satya Bhakta
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) N. M. Joshi
Answer: (C) Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: Lala Lajpat Rai chaired the first AITUC session held in Bombay in 1920. The organisation coordinated workers across industries and became a national labour voice. N. M. Joshi was important in union organisation but was not its first president.
Q73. Which freedom fighter pioneered Marxist and communist ideas and helped lay the foundation for the Communist Party of India?
[RRB NTPC Graduate CBT-I (14 June 2025, Shift 2)]
(A) Pulin Das
(B) Purushottamdas
(C) Chidambaram Pillai
(D) M. N. Roy
Answer: (D) M. N. Roy
Explanation: M. N. Roy was an early Indian Marxist who worked internationally in communist politics. He helped establish a communist organisation at Tashkent in 1920. His role must be distinguished from the formal communist conference held later in Kanpur in 1925.
Q72. Who was the first president of the All India Trade Union Congress established in 1920?
[MPSC Group C Prelims 2024 (held 1 June 2025)]
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Lokmanya Tilak
(C) Shripad Amrut Dange
(D) Ashok Mehta
Answer: (A) Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: Lala Lajpat Rai presided over AITUC when the all-India labour federation began in 1920. Its establishment brought regional unions under a wider platform. Tilak and Dange were prominent public figures, but neither held the initial AITUC presidency.
Q71. When and where was the Communist Party of India established?
[MPPSC Assistant Professor, History Paper II (1 June 2025)]
(A) October 1920, Tashkent
(B) December 1925, Kanpur
(C) November 1925, Bengal
(D) September 1926, Singapore
Answer: (B) December 1925, Kanpur
Explanation: December 1925 at Kanpur marks the organisation of the CPI on Indian soil through an all-India communist conference. An earlier émigré communist group was formed at Tashkent in October 1920; the question specifically targets the recognised Kanpur founding milestone.