UPSC Prelims 2005 · General Studies

Question 55: History and Culture

Which one of the following pairs are correctly matched? Movement / Satyagraha Person Actively Associated With

1.Champaran Rajendra Prasad
2.Ahmedabad Mill Workers Morarji Desai
3.Kheda Vallabhbhai Patel

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

a1 and 2

b2 and 3

c1 and 3

d1, 2 and 3

AnswerThe answer is (c).

Champaran (1917): Rajendra Prasad worked with Gandhi there, so pair 1 is right. The Ahmedabad mill workers' strike of 1918 involved Gandhi and Anasuya Sarabhai; Morarji Desai was not part of it, so pair 2 is wrong. Kheda (1918): Vallabhbhai Patel led alongside Gandhi, so pair 3 is right.

1. Rajendra Prasad was associated with the Champaran Satyagraha.
2. The Ahmedabad strike involved Anasuya Sarabhai, not Morarji Desai.
3. Vallabhbhai Patel led the Kheda Satyagraha with Gandhi.

How you could have got this

If you were sure statement 2 is not correct, (a), (b) and (d) go: each of them includes 2.
What you needed to know: The Ahmedabad strike involved Anasuya Sarabhai, not Morarji Desai.

Only (c) is left. You didn’t need statements 1 or 3.

This follows an unofficial answer: UPSC has not published its key for this year, and if that answer is wrong, so is this path.

Which options go is worked out from UPSC’s key and the options, not by a model.

Why each option is right or wrong

(a) Pair 2 is wrong: Morarji Desai was not in the Ahmedabad strike.
(b) Pair 2 is wrong, and pair 1 is right.
(c) Correct: pairs 1 and 3.
(d) Pair 2 is wrong.

Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2005, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.