Q30. When was the Communist Party of India founded in India?
[UP Police Sub-Inspector (1 December 2021, Shift 1)]
(A) 1935
(B) 1907
(C) 1925
(D) 1929
Answer: (C) 1925
Explanation: The phrasing “in India” points to the Kanpur conference of December 1925. Earlier communist initiatives abroad, especially the Tashkent group in 1920, are part of the wider origins of Indian communism. The geographical distinction resolves the question.
Q29. Arrange chronologically:
A AITUC;
B INTUC;
C Independent Labour Party;
D HSRA.
[UGC NET History (29 November 2021, Shift 1)]
(A) B, D, C, A
(B) A, C, D, B
(C) C, D, A, B
(D) A, D, C, B
Answer: (D) A, D, C, B
Explanation: AITUC began in 1920, the HSRA name dates to 1928, Ambedkar founded the Independent Labour Party in 1936, and INTUC was established in 1947. These milestones trace different revolutionary, labour and political organisations over three decades.
Q28. Who was the first president of the All India Trade Union Congress?
[UGC NET History (29 November 2021, Shift 1)]
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Dewan Chaman Lal
(C) Joseph Baptista
(D) N. M. Joshi
Answer: (A) Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: Lala Lajpat Rai was selected as the first president of AITUC in 1920. Joseph Baptista and N. M. Joshi contributed to labour organisation, and Dewan Chaman Lal held a key secretarial role. The question tests the founding presidency specifically.
Q27. Which statement about CPI during the 1962 India–China War is correct?
[UGC NET History (29 November 2021, Shift 1)]
(A) One wing supported the Indian government against the Chinese attack
(B) CPI(M) already existed and supported China
(C) One wing called China a bourgeois state
(D) CPI(M) joined worldwide revolutionary groups
Answer: (A) One wing supported the Indian government against the Chinese attack
Explanation: The 1962 war exposed deep divisions inside the Communist Party of India; one faction backed the Indian government. CPI(M) did not exist as a separate party until the split in 1964, making references to a CPI(M) wing in 1962 anachronistic.
Q26. In which year was the Communist Party of India (Marxist) formed?
[SSC MTS 2020 (18 October 2021, Shift 3)]
(A) 1962
(B) 1951
(C) 1972
(D) 1964
Answer: (D) 1964
Explanation: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) emerged following a split in the CPI in 1964. Its foundation reflects divisions over ideological outlook and communist strategy. The original CPI’s Kanpur founding of 1925 belongs to a different historical episode.
Q25. Which Indian revolutionary helped found a communist party in Mexico?
[SSC Stenographer (12 November 2021, Shift 2)]
(A) S. A. Dange
(B) M. N. Roy
(C) Mohammad Ali
(D) S. V. Ghate
Answer: (B) M. N. Roy
Explanation: M. N. Roy was internationally active and helped create the Mexican Communist Party, usually dated to 1919. He later took part in the early Indian communist organisation at Tashkent in 1920. His political work extended well beyond the subcontinent.
Q24. Which is the oldest trade-union organisation among these?
[RRB NTPC CBT-I (4 February 2021, Shift 2)]
(A) INTUC
(B) BMS
(C) AITUC
(D) CITU
Answer: (C) AITUC
Explanation: AITUC was established in 1920, earlier than INTUC, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh and CITU. It originally provided a nationwide platform for regional workers’ unions. Over time, different political ideologies led to the creation of other central trade-union federations.
Q23. Who was the first president of the All India Trade Union Congress?
[MPSC Subordinate Services Mains (PSI), 2021]
(A) N. M. Joshi
(B) Lokmanya Tilak
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) Shripad Amrut Dange
Answer: (C) Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: Lala Lajpat Rai headed AITUC at its founding conference in Bombay in October 1920. Other figures in the choices made important contributions to labour and nationalist politics. Founding-year leadership should not be confused with later union influences.
Q22. Who contributed to AITUC formation?
1 Lajpat Rai,
2 Tilak,
3 Joseph Baptista,
4 N. M. Joshi,
5 Dewan Chaman Lall
[Punjab Civil Service Prelims Paper-I (2020)]
(A) Only 1, 4 and 5
(B) Only 1, 3 and 4
(C) Only 1, 3, 4 and 5
(D) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Answer: (C) Only 1, 3, 4 and 5
Explanation: The keyed list includes Lajpat Rai, Joseph Baptista, N. M. Joshi and Dewan Chaman Lall. They helped establish AITUC as a national labour federation in 1920. Tilak is not included in the specified founding group in this paper.
Q21. Jayaprakash Narayan helped form which parties?
A CSP,
B Bhoodan Andolan Party,
C Praja Socialist Party,
D Democratic Praja Socialist Party
[UGC NET Political Science (9 October 2020)]
(A) A and B only
(B) B and C only
(C) C and D only
(D) A and C only
Answer: (D) A and C only
Explanation: Jayaprakash Narayan was central to the Congress Socialist Party in 1934 and later associated with the Praja Socialist Party. Bhoodan was a land-donation movement, not a party under that name. The question links his early socialist politics to later formations.
