Q40. When was the Communist Party of India (Marxist) formed?
[MPSC Rajyaseva Prelims (23 January 2022)]
(A) 1956
(B) 1986
(C) 1946
(D) 1964
Answer: (D) 1964
Explanation: The CPI(M) formed in 1964 after an ideological split in the Communist Party of India. Disagreements on strategy and international communist politics contributed to the division. It should not be confused with the original CPI’s founding conference of 1925.
Q39. Which of these pairs is not correctly matched?
[UPPSC AE Electrical Paper-II (29 May 2022)]
(A) M. A. Ansari—Kanpur Conspiracy Case
(B) Batukeshwar Dutt—Assembly Bomb Case
(C) Ashfaqullah Khan—Kakori Case
(D) Surya Sen—Chittagong Revolt
Answer: (A) M. A. Ansari—Kanpur Conspiracy Case
Explanation: M. A. Ansari was not an accused in the 1924 Kanpur Bolshevik Conspiracy Case. Figures linked with that prosecution included S. A. Dange, Muzaffar Ahmad, Shaukat Usmani and Nalini Gupta. The remaining associations concern other well-known revolutionary incidents.
Q38. In which year was the All India Trade Union Congress established?
[WBCS Mains 2021, Paper-III (held May 2022)]
(A) 1915
(B) 1918
(C) 1919
(D) 1920
Answer: (D) 1920
Explanation: The AITUC emerged at Bombay in 1920 and became an all-India federation representing organised workers. Lala Lajpat Rai was the founding president. Its establishment occurred soon after World War I, a period marked by industrial unrest and inflation.
Q37. Which sequence correctly orders NCP, CPI, BJP and AIADMK by formation year?
[ICAR Technician (28 February 2022, Shift 2)]
(A) NCP, BJP, CPI, AIADMK
(B) BJP, AIADMK, NCP, CPI
(C) AIADMK, NCP, CPI, BJP
(D) CPI, AIADMK, BJP, NCP
Answer: (D) CPI, AIADMK, BJP, NCP
Explanation: The CPI’s Indian founding is dated 1925, preceding AIADMK in 1972, the BJP in 1980 and the NCP in 1999. Understanding the CPI’s earlier place in party history makes it the first element in this chronological sequence.
Q36. Who formed the Bihar Socialist Party in 1931?
[67th BPSC Prelims (8 May 2022)]
(A) Phulan Chand Tiwari and Rajendra Prasad
(B) Phulan Prasad Varma and Jayaprakash Narayan
(C) Raj Kumar Shukla and Swami Agnivesh
(D) Swami Sahajananda and Swami Yogananda
(E) None of the above / More than one of the above
Answer: (B) Phulan Prasad Varma and Jayaprakash Narayan
Explanation: Phulan Prasad Varma worked with Jayaprakash Narayan and other leaders in the early Bihar socialist movement. Provincial socialist organisation in 1931 provided a political background for the Congress Socialist Party established nationally in 1934. The two organisations are not identical.
Q35. Who was the first president of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)?
[UKPSC RO/ARO (2022)]
(A) Dewan Chaman Lal
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) C. R. Das
Answer: (B) Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: Lala Lajpat Rai presided over AITUC at its 1920 foundation. Dewan Chaman Lal held a prominent organising office, and C. R. Das was associated with later AITUC sessions. Distinguishing the first president from other senior labour leaders is essential.
Q34. Who among the following was NOT associated with the Kanpur Conspiracy Case of 1924?
[UPPSC PCS Prelims (24 October 2021)]
(A) Muzaffar Ahmad
(B) Nalini Gupta
(C) Shaukat Usmani
(D) M. A. Ansari
Answer: (D) M. A. Ansari
Explanation: M. A. Ansari was a Congress leader, not an accused in the Kanpur Bolshevik Conspiracy Case. Muzaffar Ahmad, Nalini Gupta and Shaukat Usmani were named in the communist prosecution. The case brought left-wing organising activities into national attention.
Q33. Consider:
(1) CSP grew under Narendra Deva and Jayaprakash Narayan in 1934.
(2) Nehru urged Congress toward socialism in 1936.
Which is correct?
[UPSC CAPF Paper-I (8 August 2021)]
(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: (C) Both 1 and 2
Explanation: Both developments reflect the rising socialist tendency in the freedom movement. Congress socialists organised a distinct caucus in 1934, while Nehru increasingly stressed workers, peasants and socialist ideals. The movements overlapped intellectually even though Nehru did not formally join CSP.
Q32. Philip Spratt, an Englishman, was convicted in which case?
[Bihar Police SI Prelims (26 December 2021, Shift 1)]
(A) Meerut Conspiracy Case
(B) Lahore Conspiracy Case
(C) Kanpur Conspiracy Case
(D) Chittagong Conspiracy Case
Answer: (A) Meerut Conspiracy Case
Explanation: Philip Spratt was a British communist activist implicated in the Meerut Conspiracy Case of 1929. The prosecution targeted trade unionists and communists allegedly organising against colonial rule. International participation and attention made the trial an important episode of Indian labour history.
Q31. In which year was the Communist Party of India formed?
[SSC GD Constable (22 November 2021, Shift 1)]
(A) 1940
(B) 1943
(C) 1927
(D) 1925
Answer: (D) 1925
Explanation: The Communist Party of India’s formal organisation at Kanpur occurred in December 1925. This was preceded by the formation of a communist group at Tashkent in 1920. The standard date for the party conference in India is 1925.
