Match List I with List II:
| List I | List II | ||
| (A) | Hansa Mehta | (I) | Depressed Castes |
| (B) | N.G. Ranga | (II) | Language Question |
| (C) | J. Nagappa | (III) | Equality for Women |
| (D) | R.V. Dhulekar | (IV) | Socialist Leader |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
(A) Hansa Mehta — this matches (III) Equality for Women. Hansa Mehta of Bombay demanded justice for women, not reserved seats or separate electorates.
(B) N.G. Ranga — this matches (IV) Socialist Leader. N.G. Ranga, a socialist who had been a leader of the peasant movement, urged that the term minorities be interpreted in economic terms.
(C) J. Nagappa — this matches (I) Depressed Castes. J. Nagappa from Madras pointed out that numerically the Depressed Castes were not a minority: they formed between 20 and 25 per cent of the total population.
(D) R.V. Dhulekar — this matches (II) Language Question. R.V. Dhulekar, a Congressman from the United Provinces, made an aggressive plea that Hindi be used as the language of constitution-making.
NCERT (2026-27): “3.2 ‘We will need much more than this Resolution’ While welcoming the Objectives Resolution, N.G. Ranga, a socialist who had been a leader of the peasant movement, urged that the term minorities be interpreted in economic terms. The real minorities for Ranga were the poor and the downtrodden.… 3.3 ‘We were suppressed for thousands of years’ … Some members of the Depressed Castes emphasised that the problem of the ‘Untouchables’ could not be resolved through protection and safeguards alone. Their disabilities were caused by the social norms and the moral values of caste society. Society had used their services and labour but kept them at a social distance, refusing to mix with them or dine with them or allow them entry into temples. ‘We have been suffering, but we are prepared to suffer no more,’ said J. Nagappa from Madras. ‘We have realised our responsibilities. We know how to assert ourselves.’ Nagappa pointed out that numerically the Depressed Castes were not a minority: they formed between 20 and 25 per cent of the total population. Their suffering was due to their systematic marginalisation, not their numerical insignificance. They had no access to education, no share in the administration.… 5.1 A plea for Hindi … In one of the earliest sessions of the Constituent Assembly, R. V. Dhulekar, a Congressman from the United Provinces, made an aggressive plea that Hindi be used as the language of constitution-making. When told that not everyone in the Assembly knew the language, Dhulekar retorted: ‘People who are present in this House to fashion a constitution for India and do not know Hindustani are not worthy to be members of this Assembly. They better leave.’…”
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