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Topic Communal representation
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams, peaking in 2017.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2017
- Recurs across 1 years (2017–2017)
Across exams
CSE · 1CDS · 1How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (1 of 2) predate 2016, and it still returns.
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Sample questions
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CDS2017
Which one of the following statements about the Justice Party is not correct?
- A It clamoured for the same kind of separate communal representation for the Non-Brahmins as had been granted to the Muslims by the Morley-Minto Reforms.
- B It was patronized mainly by richer landowning and urban middle class Non-Brahmins.
- C It succeeded in getting the provision for 28 reserved seats for the Non-Brahmins in the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms.
- D It supported the call given by the Congress to boycott elections in 1920. ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CSE
Consider the following statements
- In the First Round Table Conference, Dr. Ambedkar demanded separate electorates for the depressed classes
- In the Poona Act, special provisions for representation of the depressed people in the local bodies and civil services were made
- The Indian National Congress did not take part in the Third Round Table Conference
Which of the statements given above are correct?
- A land2
- B 2and3
- C 1 and 3 ✓
- D 1, 2 and 3
✓ Correct answer: (C)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
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