Q50. Arrange these organisations chronologically: A Hind Mazdoor Sabha; B CITU; C AITUC; D Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh; E INTUC.
[UGC NET Political Science Paper-II (6 March 2023, Shift 2)]
(A) C, D, A, E, B
(B) C, E, A, D, B
(C) C, B, A, D, E
(D) E, B, C, D, A
Answer: (B) C, E, A, D, B
Explanation: AITUC dates to 1920, INTUC to 1947, Hind Mazdoor Sabha to 1948, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh to 1955 and CITU to 1970. Their founding dates show the growing plurality of Indian central trade-union federations.
Q49. Arrange chronologically:
(i) AITUC,
(ii) INTUC,
(iii) Independent Labour Party,
(iv) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.
[KVS PGT History (18 February 2023, Shift 1)]
(A) (ii), (iv), (iii), (i)
(B) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
(C) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)
(D) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)
Answer: (D) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)
Explanation: AITUC was organised in 1920, HSRA took its socialist republican name in 1928, Ambedkar’s Independent Labour Party was founded in 1936, and INTUC followed in 1947. The correct order places the first national union federation before the later organisations.
Q48. Which trade-union and political-party pairing is incorrect:
(1) AITUC–CPI,
(2) INTUC–Congress,
(3) Hind Mazdoor Sabha–BJP,
(4) CITU–CPI(M)?
[RPSC Senior Teacher Grade II GK (12 February 2023, Shift 1)]
(A) Pair 1
(B) Pair 2
(C) Pair 3
(D) Pair 4
Answer: (C) Pair 3
Explanation: AITUC has long been associated with CPI and CITU with CPI(M), whereas INTUC is linked to Congress. Hind Mazdoor Sabha is not the trade-union arm of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Comparing union affiliations helps distinguish organisations with similar names.
Q47. Where was the Communist Party of India founded in 1920?
[SSC GD Constable 2022 (13 February 2023, Shift 1)]
(A) Andijan
(B) Bukhara
(C) Tashkent
(D) Namangan
Answer: (C) Tashkent
Explanation: The émigré communist organisation associated with M. N. Roy began in Tashkent in 1920. The CPI’s formal foundation on Indian soil is commonly dated to the Kanpur communist conference of 1925. The question’s year is the clue selecting Tashkent.
Q46. As of October 2022, who was General Secretary of the Communist Party of India?
[SSC GD Constable 2022 (10 January 2023, Shift 2)]
(A) Sitaram Yechury
(B) D. Raja
(C) Indrajit Gupta
(D) Binoy Viswam
Answer: (B) D. Raja
Explanation: D. Raja was CPI general secretary in October 2022, having taken the role in 2019. The question tests leadership at a specified historical date, not a permanent officeholder. The CPI and CPI(M) are distinct parties with separate organisational leadership.
2022 PYQs
Q45. In which year was the Congress Socialist Party established?
[Delhi Police Head Constable Ministerial (17 October 2022, Shift 3)]
(A) 1934
(B) 1933
(C) 1935
(D) 1932
Answer: (A) 1934
Explanation: The Congress Socialist Party took organisational shape in 1934 during a period of debate about economic justice and political strategy. Its prominent socialists included Jayaprakash Narayan, Narendra Deva and Ram Manohar Lohia. It functioned initially within the Congress.
Q44. The Congress Socialist Party was formed within Congress in which year?
[MP Vyapam Sub Engineer Civil (7 November 2022, Shift 1)]
(A) 1929
(B) 1934
(C) 1941
(D) 1948
Answer: (B) 1934
Explanation: The CSP emerged in 1934 after activists within the national movement advocated an organised socialist platform. It emphasised labour and peasant interests and social equality. The party was formed well before independence, unlike some socialist parties of the post-1947 period.
Q43. The first President of the All India Trade Union Congress was _____.
[SSC CPO Tier-I (11 November 2022, Shift 2)]
(A) C. Rajagopalachari
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(D) Motilal Nehru
Answer: (B) Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: Lala Lajpat Rai headed the AITUC when it was created in Bombay in 1920. Workers’ organisations sought a coordinated voice on wages, industrial conditions and rights. The founding presidency is separate from later involvement by prominent Congress and communist leaders.
Q42. The Communist Party of India was founded at ______ in October 1920.
[SSC CPO Tier-I (10 November 2022, Shift 1)]
(A) Calcutta
(B) Britain
(C) Lahore
(D) Tashkent
Answer: (D) Tashkent
Explanation: The 1920 foundation refers to M. N. Roy’s émigré communist group at Tashkent, then in Soviet Central Asia. The CPI also traces its formal Indian party conference to Kanpur in December 1925. The wording explicitly mentions October 1920.
Q41. The Communist Party of India was formed by ______ in 1920.
[MPSC Subordinate Services (ASO) Mains 2021, held 31 July 2022]
(A) N. M. Joshi
(B) S. A. Dange
(C) M. N. Roy
(D) R. P. Dutt
Answer: (C) M. N. Roy
Explanation: M. N. Roy played a leading role in organising Indian communist activity abroad in 1920, notably at Tashkent. A separate all-India gathering later met at Kanpur in 1925. The question uses the earlier historical milestone and asks for its principal organiser.
