NDA 2024 · PYQ · Modern Indian History / Communal Award · hard
Consider the following statements about the issue of separate electorate during the early decades of the twentieth century in India as a means to secure adequate representation for the deprived social categories in the absence of universal adult franchise:
1. The All India Depressed Classes Association of M.C. Rajah was staunchly in favour of joint electorate.
2. The All India Depressed Classes Leaders' Conference demanded separate electorate.
3. The Communal Award in September 1932 recognised the right to separate electorate for the 'untouchables'.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
A.1 and 2 only
B.2 and 3 only
C.1 and 3 only
D.1, 2 and 3✓ Correct
Explanation
M.C. Rajah, leader of the All India Depressed Classes Association, eventually favoured joint electorates with reserved seats (Rajah-Moonje Pact, 1932), supporting statement 1. The All India Depressed Classes Leaders' Conference, led by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, demanded separate electorates for the depressed classes — confirming statement 2. The Communal Award announced by British PM Ramsay MacDonald in August/September 1932 granted separate electorates to the depressed classes ('untouchables') along with other minorities, confirming statement 3. Thus all three statements are correct.
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