Trade union and Communist Party MCQs with Explanations
About the Topic: Trade Union and Communist Party is an important Modern History topic covering the rise of trade union movements, labour organizations, formation of the Communist Party of India and their role in India's freedom struggle. Practice MCQ Questions with answers and explanations.
The first Trade Union was founded in India in the year 1918 by
Correct Answer:
(B) B.P. Wadia
The Labour Union, formed in 1918 by B.P. Wadia, was the first Modern trade union Organisation of India. It principally comprised textile workers of the Buckingham and Carnatic Mills. Soon after that two unions were formed in Bombay, one in Calcutta (the Indian Seamen’s Union) and four in Madras.
Ques: 2
Who of the following was sent as representative of labourers by Indian Government in the Washington Summit of I.L.O. in the year 1919?
Correct Answer:
(B) N.M. Joshi
International Labour Organisation (ILO) came into existence in 1919. In the first International Labour Summit held at Washington, USA in 1919; Mr N.M. Joshi was sent as worker's delegate while B.P. Wadia was sent as an advisor. UPPSC has accepted (a) as the right answer which is incorrect.
Ques: 3
Who was the first President of All India Trade Union Congress?
Correct Answer:
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) was founded in Bombay on October 31, 1920 by N. M. Joshi with Lala Lajpat Rai as its first President, Joseph Baptista as Vice President and Diwan Chaman Lal Bajaj as General Secretary. The motive behind its formation was the establishment of the International Labour Union in 1919. The first partition of this Organisation took place in 1929 in its Nagpur Session. Jawaharlal Nehru was President during its partition.
Ques: 4
The Trade Disputes Act of 1929 provided for
Correct Answer:
(D)
a system of tribunals and a ban on strikes.
The Trade Disputes Act of 1929 provided for the establishment of courts of enquiry and Board of conciliation to investigate and settle trade disputes. This act prohibited strikes without notice in public utility services like Railway, Post, Telegraph, Telephone, etc. It also made any strike or lockout illegal.
Ques: 5
Kanpur conspiracy case was against the leaders of :
Correct Answer:
(C) Communist Movement
Kanpur Conspiracy Case was also against the Communists who were abhorred by the British Government. Some newly turned communists named M. N. Roy, Muzaffar Ahamed, Shripad Amrit Dange, Shauqat Usmani, Ramcharan Lal Sharma, Singaravelu Chettiar, Ghulam Shaukat Hussain were caught by the Government and were tried for conspiring against the Government in 1924. The charge on them was “to deprive the Emperor of his sovereignty of British India, by complete separation of India from imperialistic Britain by a violent revolution.” The Meerut Conspiracy and Peshawar conspiracy cases were also against the leaders of Communist Movement.