State PCS PYQPrelims 2024

UPPCS · Question 13

Consider the following statements with reference to the Justice Party: 1. The Justice Party opposed Congress by calling it a Brahmin dominated organisation. 2. It claimed the same communal representation for non-Brahmins as the Morley-Minto reforms had given to Muslims. Which of the above statements is/are correct?

  1. Both 1 and 2
  2. Neither 1 nor 2
  3. Only 1
  4. Only 2
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Answer: (A) Both 1 and 2

Explanation

The Justice Party (1916, Madras) attacked the Congress as Brahmin-dominated and demanded separate/communal representation for non-Brahmins like that given to Muslims in 1909.