SociologySocial Change and Development in India: Social Movements

Match List-I (Person) with List-II (Role).List-IList-II(A) B.P. Wadia…

Match List-I (Person) with List-II (Role).

List-I	List-II
(A) B.P. Wadia	(I) Led the moderates in the AITUC
(B) S.A. Dange	(II) Established the first trade union
(C) V.V. Giri	(III) Part of the nationalist group in the AITUC
(D) Lala Lajpat Rai	(IV) Led the communists in the AITUC

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

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

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) B.P. Wadia	(II) Established the first trade union	B.P. Wadia, a social worker and member of the Theosophical Society, established the first trade union in Madras in April 1918.
(B) S.A. Dange	(IV) Led the communists in the AITUC	S.A. Dange, along with M.N. Roy, led the communists, one of the main ideological groups in the AITUC.
(C) V.V. Giri	(I) Led the moderates in the AITUC	V.V. Giri, with M. Joshi, led the moderates in the AITUC.
(D) Lala Lajpat Rai	(III) Part of the nationalist group in the AITUC	Lala Lajpat Rai, like Jawaharlal Nehru, belonged to the nationalist group in the AITUC.

NCERT (2026-27): “Workers’ Movements …
The first trade union was established in April 1918 in Madras by B.P. Wadia, a social worker and member of the Theosophical Society. During the same year, Mahatma Gandhi founded the Textile Labour Association (TLA). In 1920, the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) was formed in Bombay. The AITUC was a broad-based organisation involving diverse ideologies. The main ideological groups were the communists led by S.A. Dange and M.N. Roy, the moderates led by M. Joshi and V.V. Giri and the nationalist movements which involved people like Lala Lajpat Rai and Jawaharlal Nehru.”

Match List-I (Person) with List-II (Role).

List-I	List-II
(A) B.P. Wadia	(I) Led the moderates in the AITUC
(B) S.A. Dange	(II) Established the first trade union
(C) V.V. Giri	(III) Part of the nationalist group in the AITUC
(D) Lala Lajpat Rai	(IV) Led the communists in the AITUC

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

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

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) B.P. Wadia	(II) Established the first trade union	B.P. Wadia, a social worker and member of the Theosophical Society, established the first trade union in Madras in April 1918.
(B) S.A. Dange	(IV) Led the communists in the AITUC	S.A. Dange, along with M.N. Roy, led the communists, one of the main ideological groups in the AITUC.
(C) V.V. Giri	(I) Led the moderates in the AITUC	V.V. Giri, with M. Joshi, led the moderates in the AITUC.
(D) Lala Lajpat Rai	(III) Part of the nationalist group in the AITUC	Lala Lajpat Rai, like Jawaharlal Nehru, belonged to the nationalist group in the AITUC.