Read the statements given below and choose the option with the correct sequence.
(A) AITUC was formed in Bombay
(B) INTUC formed
(C) Textile Labour Association (TLA) formed
(D) 4th Factories Act passed
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (C), (A), (D), (B)
(C) Textile Labour Association (TLA) formed — 1918, founded by Mahatma Gandhi, the same year as the first trade union in Madras.
(A) AITUC was formed in Bombay — 1920.
(D) 4th Factories Act passed — 1922; the colonial government passed it to contain labour unrest, and it reduced the working day to 10 hours.
(B) INTUC formed — May 1947, when the Indian National Congress formed its own union.
Note: The lines on the fourth Factories Act of 1922, in the section on the workers’ movement of the chapter ‘Social Movements’, were there in the pre-rationalised NCERT, which NTA followed in 2023. They have been deleted from the NCERT book (2025-26), though the chapter and the dates of the TLA, the AITUC and the INTUC are still there.
NCERT (2025-26): “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. During the last few years of British rule the communists gained considerable control over the AITUC. The Indian National Congress chose to form another union called the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) in May 1947.…” NCERT (Pre-rationalised): “Workers’ Movements … The formation of the AITUC made the colonial government more cautious in dealing with labour. It attempted to grant workers some concessions in order to contain unrest. In 1922 the government passed the fourth Factories Act which reduced the working day to 10 hours.…” |