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While welcoming the Objective 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. He welcomed the legal rights the Constitution was granting to each individual but pointed to its limits. In his opinion, it was meaningless for the poor people in the village to know that they now had the fundamental right to live, and to have full employment, or that they could have their meetings, their conferences, their associations and various other civil liberties. It was essential to create conditions where these constitutionally enshrined rights could be effectively enjoyed. For this they needed protection. "They need props. They need a ladder," said Ranga.
Match List I with List II:
| List I | List II | ||
| (A) | N.G. Ranga | (I) | Had limits |
| (B) | Real Minorities | (II) | Socialist |
| (C) | Constitution granted rights | (III) | Need a ladder |
| (D) | Minorities need protection | (IV) | Economically weaker |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III
(A) N.G. Ranga — this matches (II) Socialist. Ranga was a socialist who had been a leader of the peasant movement.
(B) Real Minorities — this matches (IV) Economically weaker. Ranga urged that the term minorities be interpreted in economic terms; the real minorities for him were the poor and the downtrodden.
(C) Constitution granted rights — this matches (I) Had limits. He welcomed the legal rights the Constitution was granting to each individual but pointed to its limits: it meant little to a poor villager to know that he had the right to live, to work or to hold meetings.
(D) Minorities need protection — this matches (III) Need a ladder. Conditions had to be created in which these rights could be enjoyed, and for this the poor needed protection: “They need props. They need a ladder.”
NCERT (2026-27): “3.2 ‘We will need much more than this Resolution’ … 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. He welcomed the legal rights the Constitution was granting to each individual but pointed to its limits. In his opinion it was meaningless for the poor people in the villages to know that they now had the fundamental right to live, and to have full employment, or that they could have their meetings, their conferences, their associations and various other civil liberties. It was essential to create conditions where these constitutionally enshrined rights could be effectively enjoyed. For this they needed protection. ‘They need props. They need a ladder,’ said Ranga.” |