Match List I with List II:
| List I | List II | ||
| (A) | Jaipal Singh | (I) | Strong United Centre |
| (B) | B. Pocker Bahadur | (II) | Depressed Castes |
| (C) | Balakrishna Sharma | (III) | Protection of Tribes |
| (D) | J. Nagappa | (IV) | Separate Electorate to continue for Minorities |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
(A) Jaipal Singh — this matches (III) Protection of Tribes. Jaipal Singh, the gifted orator who represented the tribals in the Constituent Assembly, spoke on the need to protect the tribes and help them come up to the level of the general population.
(B) B. Pocker Bahadur — this matches (IV) Separate Electorate to continue for Minorities. On 27 August 1947, B. Pocker Bahadur from Madras made a powerful plea for continuing separate electorates.
(C) Balakrishna Sharma — this matches (I) Strong United Centre. Balakrishna Sharma, a member from the United Provinces, argued that only a strong centre could plan for the well-being of the country and defend it against foreign aggression.
(D) J. Nagappa — this matches (II) Depressed Castes. Nagappa from Madras pointed out that the Depressed Castes were not a minority in number: they formed between 20 and 25 per cent of the total population.
NCERT (2026-27): “3.2 “We will need much more than this Resolution” … One of the groups mentioned by Ranga, the tribals, had among its representatives to the Assembly the gifted orator Jaipal Singh. In welcoming the Objectives Resolution, Singh said: ... as an Adibasi, I am not expected to understand the legal intricacies of the Resolution. But my common sense tells me that every one of us should march in that road to freedom and fight together. Sir, if there is any group of Indian people that has been shabbily treated it is my people. They have been disgracefully treated, neglected for the last 6,000 years. … The whole history of my people is one of continuous exploitation and dispossession by the non-aboriginals of India punctuated by rebellions and disorder, and yet I take Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru at his word. I take you all at your word that now we are going to start a new chapter, a new chapter of independent India where there is equality of opportunity, where no one would be neglected. Singh spoke eloquently on the need to protect the tribes, and ensure conditions that could help them come up to the level of the general population. Tribes were not a numerical minority, he argued, but they needed protection.… 3.1 The problem with separate electorates … On 27 August 1947, B. Pocker Bahadur from Madras made a powerful plea for continuing separate electorates. Minorities exist in all lands, argued Bahadur; they could not be wished away, they could not be ‘erased out of existence… … 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.… 4.2 ‘What we want today is a strong Government’ … Reacting to the demands for giving power to the provinces, Gopalaswami Ayyangar declared that ‘the Centre should be made as strong as possible’. One member from the United Provinces, Balakrishna Sharma, reasoned at length that only a strong centre could plan for the well-being of the country, mobilise the available economic resources, establish a proper administration, and defend the country against foreign aggression.…” |