Match the LIST-I with LIST-II
| LIST-I (Events) | LIST-II (Year) | ||
| A. | Gujarat students’ movement against rising prices of food grains | I. | 1973 |
| B. | J P Narayan led a people’s march to the Parliament | II. | 1974 |
| C. | The government appoints Justice A N Ray as the Chief Justice of India | III. | 1971 |
| D. | Congress gives slogan of garibi hatao | IV. | 1975 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A – II, B – IV, C – I, D – III
(A) Gujarat students’ movement against rising prices of food grains — this matches (II) 1974.
(B) J P Narayan led a people’s march to the Parliament — this matches (IV) 1975.
(C) The government appoints Justice A N Ray as the Chief Justice of India — this matches (I) 1973.
(D) Congress gives slogan of garibi hatao — this matches (III) 1971.
NCERT (2025-26): “Economic context … In the elections of 1971, Congress had given the slogan of garibi hatao (remove poverty). However, the social and economic condition in the country did not improve much after 1971-72.… Gujarat and Bihar movements … In January 1974 students in Gujarat started an agitation against rising prices of food grains, cooking oil and other essential commodities, and against corruption in high places.… Gujarat and Bihar movements … Alongside the agitation led by Jayaprakash Narayan, the employees of the Railways gave a call for a nationwide strike. This threatened to paralyse the country. In 1975, JP led a peoples’ march to the Parliament. This was one of the largest political rallies ever held in the capital.… Conflict with Judiciary … Immediately after the Supreme Court’s decision in 1973 in the Keshavananda Bharati case, a vacancy arose for the post of the Chief Justice of India. It had been a practice to appoint the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court as the Chief Justice. But in 1973, the government set aside the seniority of three judges and appointed Justice A. N. Ray as the Chief Justice of India. The appointment became politically controversial because all the three judges who were superseded had given rulings against the stand of the government.…” |