Arrange statements given below in the correct sequence in regard to t…

Arrange statements given below in the correct sequence in regard to the features of AITUC.

A. The split in the AITUC paved the way for their splits on the line of political parties.
B. AITUC was formed in Bombay in 1920 and its formation made colonial government more cautious in dealing with labour.
C. AITUC had nearly 200 unions affiliated to it and its membership stood at around 2,50,000.
D. In 1926 the Trade Union Act provided for registration of trade unions and proposed some regulations.
E. As per the fourth Factories Act, the working day reduced to 10 hours.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → B, E, D, C, A

(B) AITUC was formed in Bombay in 1920 and its formation made colonial government more cautious in dealing with labour. — 1920. The new body made the colonial government try to contain unrest by granting workers some concessions.

(E) As per the fourth Factories Act, the working day reduced to 10 hours. — 1922, the first of those concessions.

(D) In 1926 the Trade Union Act provided for registration of trade unions and proposed some regulations. — 1926.

(C) AITUC had nearly 200 unions affiliated to it and its membership stood at around 2,50,000. — by the mid-1920s, the strength the AITUC had built up in the same years as these Acts.

(A) The split in the AITUC paved the way for their splits on the line of political parties. — 1947, after the Congress formed the INTUC in May 1947.

Note 1: The lines on how the colonial government responded to the AITUC (the fourth Factories Act of 1922 and the Trade Unions Act of 1926) and on the AITUC’s strength by the mid-1920s, in the section on the workers’ movement of the chapter ‘Social Movements’, were there in the pre-rationalised NCERT, which NTA followed in 2023. This portion has been deleted from the NCERT book (2025-26), though the chapter and its account of the AITUC’s formation in 1920 and its split in 1947 are still there.

Note 2: Statement (C) is dated only ‘by the mid-1920s’, which could fall before (D), the Act of 1926. The pre-rationalised NCERT prints it after the 1926 Act, and Option (2) is the only option that has (B) first and (A) last with (E) before (D), so the keyed answer stands.

NCERT (2025-26): “Workers’ Movements … The first trade union was established in April 1918 in Madras by B.P. Wadia, a social worker and member of the Theosophical Society. During the same year, Mahatma Gandhi founded the Textile Labour Association (TLA). In 1920, the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) was formed in Bombay.…”

“…During the last few years of British rule the communists gained considerable control over the AITUC. The Indian National Congress chose to form another union called the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) in May 1947. The split in the AITUC in 1947 paved the way for further splits on the line of political parties.…”

NCERT (Pre-rationalised): “…The formation of the AITUC made the colonial government more cautious in dealing with labour. It attempted to grant workers some concessions in order to contain unrest. In 1922 the government passed the fourth Factories Act which reduced the working day to 10 hours. And in 1926, the Trade Unions Act was passed, which provided for registration of trade unions and proposed some regulations. By the mid 1920s, the AITUC had nearly 200 unions affiliated to it and its membership stood at around 250,000.”