UPSC Prelims 2019 Question:

With reference to Indian National Movement

Consider the following pairs:

Sl. No.	Person		Position held
	Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru	:	President, All India Liberal Federation
	K. C Neogy	:	Member, The Constituent Assembly
	P. C Joshi	:	General Secretary, Communist Party of India

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

Explanation:

• Moderate leaders Surendra Nath Banarjea, Tej Bahadur Sapru, V. S. Srinivasa Satri, and M.R. Jayakar formed the "Indian National Liberal Federation (INLF)" in 1919. Tej Bahadur Sapru also served as President of the INLF. So, pair 1 is correctly matched.
  
  
• Kshitish Chandra Neogy was a politician and lawyer from West Benga. He was elected to the Indian Constituent Assembly from Bengal province as a member of the Indian National Congress. He was also the Chairman of the First Finance Commission (1952). So, pair 2 is correctly matched.
  
  
• Puran Chand Joshi was one of the early leaders of the communist movement in India. He was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India from 1935 to 1947. So, pair 3 is correctly matched.
  
  

Therefore, option (4) is the correct answer.

Subject: History | Important Personalities