Which one of the following pairs of a term used by N.G. Ranga in the Constituent Assembly and what it referred to is correctly matched?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → The gulf - between the broad masses and those claiming to speak for them
Option (1) The gulf - between the broad masses and those claiming to speak for them — Correct. Ranga spoke of the gulf that separated the broad masses of Indians from the members who claimed to speak for them. Most members did not belong to the masses.
Option (2) Props and a ladder - separate electorates that he wanted for the poor — Incorrect. By props and a ladder Ranga meant protection for the poor, so that they could really enjoy their rights. Separate electorates were a demand of some minority leaders.
Option (3) Civil liberties - rights the poor in villages could already enjoy fully — Incorrect. Ranga said the reverse. Knowing about civil liberties was meaningless for the poor in villages unless conditions were created to enjoy them.
Option (4) The Objectives Resolution - a document he rejected as meaningless — Incorrect. Ranga welcomed the Objectives Resolution. He only said that much more than the Resolution was needed to protect the masses.
NCERT (2026-27): “3.2 “We will need much more than this Resolution” … “Whom are we supposed to represent? The ordinary masses of our country. And yet most of us do not belong to the masses themselves. We are of them, we wish to stand for them, but the masses themselves are not able to come up to the Constituent Assembly. It may take some time; in the meanwhile, we are here as their trustees, as their champions, and we are trying our best to speak for them.” |