GS PrelimsHistory (Modern India)Socio Religious Reforms2019

Consider the following pairs: Movement/Organization - Leader 1. All India Anti-Untouchability League - Mahatma Gandhi 2. All India Kisan Sabha - Swami Sahajanand Saraswati 3. Self-Respect Movement - E. V. Ramaswami Naicker Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

A

1 only

B

1 and 2 only

C

2 and 3 only

D

1, 2 and 3

Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation

1. Pair 1 is correctly matched. Mahatma Gandhi founded the All India Anti-Untouchability League in September 1932, which was later renamed Harijan Sevak Sangh, to combat untouchability. 2. Pair 2 is correctly matched. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was a prominent peasant leader and the founder-president of the All India Kisan Sabha, established in Lucknow in 1936. 3. Pair 3 is correctly matched. E. V. Ramaswami Naicker, popularly known as Periyar, launched the Self-Respect Movement in Tamil Nadu in 1925 to fight against caste discrimination and promote rationalism. 4. Since all three pairs are correctly matched, the correct option is (D).

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