The DMK had a three pronged agitation in 1953-54. Which one of the fo…

The correct answer is Option (3) → Beginning of mid-day meal scheme by EV Ramasami Naicker

Option (1) Restoration of the original name of Kallakudi railway station Part of the DMK’s agitation (Incorrect). This was the first prong: the station had been renamed Dalmiapuram, after an industrial house from the North.

Option (2) Giving Tamil cultural history greater importance in school curricula Part of the DMK’s agitation (Incorrect). This was the second prong.

Option (3) Beginning of mid-day meal scheme by EV Ramasami Naicker Not part of it (Correct). The mid-day meal scheme for schoolchildren was introduced by K. Kamaraj, the Congress Chief Minister of Madras. E.V. Ramasami Naicker (Periyar) led the Dravidar Kazhagam and the self-respect movement; he did not begin this scheme.

Option (4) Against craft education scheme of the government. Part of the DMK’s agitation (Incorrect). This was the third prong, against a scheme the DMK alleged was linked to the Brahmanical social outlook.

Note: There seems to be a mistake in the original NTA question. It asks which event did not add to the DMK’s popularity ‘in 1965’, but Options (1), (2) and (4) are the three prongs of the DMK’s agitation of 1953-54; the question should have asked which was not part of the DMK’s three-pronged agitation of 1953-54. The book’s own line is “The success of the anti-Hindi agitation of 1965 added to the DMK’s popularity.” Option (3) is still the answer: the mid-day meal scheme was introduced by K. Kamaraj, and it was no part of the DMK’s agitation.