Match List-I (View) with List-II (Member).List-IList-II(A) The citize…

Match List-I (View) with List-II (Member).

List-I	List-II
(A) The citizen forms the base as well as the summit of the social pyramid	(I) N.G. Ranga
(B) Separate electorates isolated the minorities from the majority	(II) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) The term minorities should be interpreted in economic terms	(III) Govind Ballabh Pant
(D) Introduced the Objectives Resolution which Ranga welcomed	(IV) Begum Aizaas Rasul

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Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

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

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) The citizen forms the base as well as the summit of the social pyramid	(III) Govind Ballabh Pant	Govind Ballabh Pant wanted people to think as citizens, not as communities. For him the citizen was the base and the summit of the social pyramid.
(B) Separate electorates isolated the minorities from the majority	(IV) Begum Aizaas Rasul	Begum Aizaas Rasul felt separate electorates were selfdestructive, because they cut the minorities off from the majority.
(C) The term minorities should be interpreted in economic terms	(I) N.G. Ranga	N.G. Ranga, a peasant leader, saw the poor and the downtrodden as the real minorities. So he read the term in economic terms.
(D) Introduced the Objectives Resolution which Ranga welcomed	(II) Jawaharlal Nehru	Jawaharlal Nehru introduced the Objectives Resolution. Ranga welcomed it but said much more was needed to make rights real.

NCERT (2026-27): “2. The Vision of the Constitution
On 13 December 1946, Jawaharlal Nehru introduced the “Objectives Resolution” in the Constituent Assembly. …”

“Behind all these arguments was the concern with the making of a unified nation state. In order to build political unity and forge a nation, every individual had to be moulded into a citizen of the State, each group had to be assimilated within the nation. The Constitution would grant to citizens rights, but citizens had to offer their loyalty to the State. Communities could be recognised as cultural entities and assured cultural rights. Politically, however, members of all communities had to act as equal members of one State, or else there would be divided loyalties. “There is the unwholesome and to some extent degrading habit of thinking always in terms of communities and never in terms of citizens,” said Pant. And he added: “Let us remember that it is the citizen that must count. It is the citizen that forms the base as well as the summit of the social pyramid.” …”

“Not all Muslims supported the demand for separate electorates. Begum Aizaas Rasul, for instance, felt that separate electorates were selfdestructive since they isolated the minorities from the majority. …”

“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. …”