Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Era of one Party Dominance

Question:

Match List I with List II

LIST I

LIST II

A. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

I. Minister in UP in 1937 and again in 1946

B. Rafi Ahmed Kidwai

II. First Governor General of India

C. A.K. Gopalan

III. Minister for health in independent India's first ministry

D. C. Rajagopalachari

IV. Communist leader from Kerala

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

A-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III

A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III

A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

Correct Answer:

A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4: A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

LIST I

LIST II

A. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

III. Minister for Health in independent India's first ministry

B. Rafi Ahmed Kidwai

I. Minister in UP in 1937 and again in 1946

C. A.K. Gopalan

IV. Communist leader from Kerala

D. C. Rajagopalachari

II. First Governor General of India

Explanation:

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (1889-1964): A Gandhian and Freedom fighte belonged to the royal family of Kapurthala; inherited Christian religion from her mother; member of Constituent Assembly; Minister for Health in independent India’s first ministry; continued as Health Minister till 1957.

Rafi Ahmed Kidwai (1894-1954): Congress leader from U.P.; Minister in U.P. in 1937 and again in 1946; Minister for Communications in the first ministry of free India; Food and Agriculture Minister, 1952-54.

A.K. Gopalan (1904-1977): Communist leader from Kerala, worked as a Congress worker initially; joined the Communist Party in 1939; after the split in the Communist Party in 1964, joined the CPI (M) and worked for strengthening the party; respected as a parliamentarian; Member of Parliament from 1952.

C. Rajagopalachari (1878-1972): A senior leader of Congress and literary writer; close associate of Mahatma Gandhi; member of Constituent Assembly; first Indian to be the Governor General of India (1948- 1950); minister in Union Cabinet; later became Chief Minister of Madras state; first recipient of the Bharat Ratna Award; founder of the Swatantra Party (1959).