Q10. Who among the Congress leaders represented the socialist view?
[UPSC CAPF Paper-II (12 August 2018)]
(A) Rajendra Prasad
(B) Acharya Narendra Dev
(C) Maulana Azad
(D) Sardar Patel
Answer: (B) Acharya Narendra Dev
Explanation: Acharya Narendra Deva was a leading Congress socialist and early president of the CSP established in 1934. He promoted socialism, secular political thought and workers’ and peasants’ mobilisation. Other listed Congress leaders had different ideological profiles.
Q9. Which leader was NOT associated with the Congress Socialist Party?
[SSC CHSL (23 March 2018, Shift 1)]
(A) Acharya Narendra Dev
(B) Ram Manohar Lohia
(C) Jayaprakash Narayan
(D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: (D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Explanation: Bose had a radical nationalist outlook and later founded Forward Bloc, but was not a founder of the Congress Socialist Party. Narendra Deva, Lohia and Jayaprakash Narayan were central to the party established within Congress in 1934.
Q8. Arrange chronologically:
A Communal Award;
B Meerut Conspiracy Case;
C Vaikom Satyagraha;
D Guruvayur Satyagraha.
[TSPSC Group IV Paper-I (2018)]
(A) A, C, B, D
(B) B, A, C, D
(C) D, B, A, C
(D) C, B, D, A
Answer: (D) C, B, D, A
Explanation: Vaikom Satyagraha began in 1924, the Meerut Conspiracy Case in 1929, Guruvayur Satyagraha in 1931 and the Communal Award appeared in 1932. Sequencing these dates places the colonial prosecution between the two temple-entry movements.
Q7. Which trial attracted international sympathy from Einstein, H. G. Wells, Harold Laski and Roosevelt?
[UPPSC Civil Services Prelims Paper-I (2017)]
(A) INA Trial
(B) Lahore Conspiracy Case
(C) Meerut Conspiracy Case
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C) Meerut Conspiracy Case
Explanation: The Meerut Conspiracy Case attracted international attention because the British prosecuted labour organisers and communist activists beginning in 1929. Prominent foreign intellectuals criticised or expressed sympathy over the proceedings. The accused also used the trial to publicise their political arguments.
Q6. Who was the first president of the Congress Socialist Party?
[TSPSC Forest Beat Officer Paper-I (2017)]
(A) Ashok Mehta
(B) Acharya Narendra Dev
(C) Jayaprakash Narayan
(D) Achyut Patwardhan
Answer: (B) Acharya Narendra Dev
Explanation: Acharya Narendra Deva became an early president of the Congress Socialist Party in 1934. Jayaprakash Narayan played a key organisational role as general secretary. The party developed from socialist initiatives within the Indian National Congress.
Q5. Who was the first president of the Indian Trade Union Congress in 1920?
[CG TET Paper-II Social Science (2017)]
(A) Rajendra Prasad
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) Lokmanya Tilak
(D) Bipin Chandra Pal
Answer: (B) Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: Lala Lajpat Rai headed the founding 1920 AITUC gathering in Bombay. The all-India organisation connected trade union activity with national political debates. Although other leaders were important in the freedom struggle, they did not preside over this inaugural congress.
Q4. Who headed the first elected communist government in India?
[DDA Assistant Section Officer (20 September 2017, Shift 2)]
(A) Jyoti Basu
(B) Sitaram Yechury
(C) S. A. Dange
(D) E. M. S. Namboodiripad
Answer: (D) E. M. S. Namboodiripad
Explanation: E. M. S. Namboodiripad became Chief Minister of Kerala in 1957, heading an elected communist government formed by CPI with legislative support. The election demonstrated the possibility of a communist administration attaining power through parliamentary democracy.
Q3. Identify the incorrectly matched political party and founder.
[HTET TGT Social Studies (2017)]
(A) Jana Sangh—Syama Prasad Mookerjee
(B) Praja Socialist Party—N. G. Ranga
(C) Independent Labour Party—B. R. Ambedkar
(D) Congress Socialist Party—Acharya Narendra Dev
Answer: (B) Praja Socialist Party—N. G. Ranga
Explanation: N. G. Ranga was a noted peasant leader, but the Praja Socialist Party emerged from a merger involving Socialist Party and Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party. Acharya Narendra Deva was correctly associated with founding the Congress Socialist Party in 1934.
Q2. Match leaders to organisations:
K. R. Iyengar,
Kelappan,
M. R. Masani,
M. M. Malaviya
with
Madras Mahajan Sabha,
Vaikom Satyagraha,
CSP and
Hindu Mahasabha.
[TNPSC Group II (2016)]
(A) Iyengar–Vaikom; Kelappan–Madras; Masani–Hindu; Malaviya–CSP
(B) Iyengar–Hindu; Kelappan–Vaikom; Masani–CSP; Malaviya–Madras
(C) Iyengar–Madras; Kelappan–Vaikom; Masani–CSP; Malaviya–Hindu
(D) Iyengar–CSP; Kelappan–Madras; Masani–Vaikom; Malaviya–Hindu
Answer: (C) Iyengar–Madras; Kelappan–Vaikom; Masani–CSP; Malaviya–Hindu
Explanation: M. R. Masani was an important founder of the Congress Socialist Party. Kelappan was associated with the Vaikom struggle. Correctly recognising the socialist association helps complete the matching exercise, which spans diverse social and political movements.
Q1. Consider CSP statements:
(1) boycott British goods and evade taxes;
(2) establish dictatorship of proletariat;
(3) separate electorates for minorities and oppressed classes.
Which are correct?
[UPSC CSE Prelims, General Studies-I (2015)]
(A) 1 and 2 only
(B) 3 only
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) None
Answer: (D) None
Explanation: The CSP wanted a socialist transformation of independent India but did not advocate the dictatorship of the proletariat or separate electorates. The first statement describes methods associated with other strands of nationalist mobilisation rather than a defining CSP policy. All three are rejected.
