Match List-I (Member) with List-II (Description).List-IList-II(A) N.G…

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

List-I	List-II
(A) N.G. Ranga	(I) Felt separate electorates were self-destructive for the minorities
(B) Sardar Patel	(II) Said it is the citizen that must count
(C) Govind Ballabh Pant	(III) Called separate electorates a poison in the body politic
(D) Begum Aizaas Rasul	(IV) A socialist who had been a leader of the peasant movement

Choose the correct answer:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) N.G. Ranga	(IV) A socialist who had been a leader of the peasant movement	Ranga had led the peasant movement and was a socialist. He saw the poor and the downtrodden as the real minorities.
(B) Sardar Patel	(III) Called separate electorates a poison in the body politic	Patel called separate electorates a poison that had entered the body politic. He blamed them for turning one community against another.
(C) Govind Ballabh Pant	(II) Said it is the citizen that must count	Pant wanted people to think as citizens, not as communities. For him the citizen had to count.
(D) Begum Aizaas Rasul	(I) Felt separate electorates were self-destructive for the minorities	Begum Aizaas Rasul was a Muslim member who opposed separate electorates. She felt they isolated the minorities from the majority.

NCERT (2026-27): “3.1 The problem with separate electorates …
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. The real minorities for Ranga were the poor and the downtrodden. …”

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

List-I	List-II
(A) N.G. Ranga	(I) Felt separate electorates were self-destructive for the minorities
(B) Sardar Patel	(II) Said it is the citizen that must count
(C) Govind Ballabh Pant	(III) Called separate electorates a poison in the body politic
(D) Begum Aizaas Rasul	(IV) A socialist who had been a leader of the peasant movement

Choose the correct answer:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) N.G. Ranga	(IV) A socialist who had been a leader of the peasant movement	Ranga had led the peasant movement and was a socialist. He saw the poor and the downtrodden as the real minorities.
(B) Sardar Patel	(III) Called separate electorates a poison in the body politic	Patel called separate electorates a poison that had entered the body politic. He blamed them for turning one community against another.
(C) Govind Ballabh Pant	(II) Said it is the citizen that must count	Pant wanted people to think as citizens, not as communities. For him the citizen had to count.
(D) Begum Aizaas Rasul	(I) Felt separate electorates were self-destructive for the minorities	Begum Aizaas Rasul was a Muslim member who opposed separate electorates. She felt they isolated the minorities from the majority.