The Movement of the Working Class FAQs

1. Who started the newspaper Bharat Shramjeevi in 1870?

2. Who set up the Bombay Mill and Millhands Association?

3. In which year did Sorabjee Shapoorji Bengalee try to get a bill for better working conditions passed in the Bombay Legislative Council?

4. The first strike by the Great Indian Peninsular Railways took place in which year?

5. Whose newspapers, Kesari and Maharatta, campaigned for the Great Indian Peninsular Railways strike of 1899?

6. Consider the following statements regarding the early nationalists' (Moderates') approach to the labour movement: (I) They were indifferent to the labour's cause (II) They supported the Factory Acts of 1881 and 1891 (III) They did not want a division in the movement on the basis of classes Which of the above is/are correct?

7. Which two leaders led strikes in Tuticorin and Tirunelvelli during the Swadeshi Upsurge and were arrested?

8. Which event triggered the biggest strike of the Swadeshi period?

9. On which date was the All India Trade Union Congress founded?

10. Who was elected as the first president of the AITUC?

11. Who was the first to link capitalism with imperialism, stating "imperialism and militarism are the twin children of capitalism"?

12. Which Congress and Swarajist leader presided over the third and fourth sessions of the AITUC?

13. Which Congress session, held in 1922, welcomed the formation of the AITUC?

14. Gandhi helped organise which labour association in 1918?

15. Through the protest organised by Gandhi in the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association dispute, what wage hike was initially secured?

16. In which year was the Trade Union Act passed?

17. Consider the following statements regarding the Trade Union Act, 1926: (I) It recognised trade unions as legal associations (II) It secured immunity for trade unions from civil and criminal prosecution for legitimate activities (III) It placed no restrictions whatsoever on the political activities of trade unions Which of the above is/are correct?

18. The 1928 six-month-long strike in Bombay Textile Mills was led by which union?

19. Consider the following pairs of legislative measures and their years: (I) Trade Union Act – 1926 (II) Public Safety Ordinance – 1929 (III) Trade Disputes Act – 1929 Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

20. As per the Trade Disputes Act (TDA), 1929, workers planning to strike in public utility services had to give advance notice of how much time to the administration?

21. Consider the following statements regarding the Trade Disputes Act (TDA), 1929: (I) It made compulsory the appointment of Courts of Inquiry and Consultation Boards (II) It made illegal strikes in public utility services without prior notice (III) It forbade sympathetic strikes and trade union activity of a coercive or purely political nature Which of the above is/are correct?

22. In which month and year did the Government arrest 31 labour leaders in the Meerut Conspiracy Case?

23. How long did the trial in the Meerut Conspiracy Case last?

24. Which of the following was NOT among the labour leaders convicted in the Meerut Conspiracy Case?

25. Who led the corporatist trend that broke away from the AITUC in 1931 to form the All India Trade Union Federation?

26. In which year did the communists rejoin the AITUC after the 1931 split?

27. During the Second World War, after which year did the communists describe the war as a "peoples' war" and support it?

28. In 1945, dock workers of Bombay and Calcutta refused to load ships carrying supplies to warring troops in which country?

29. During 1946, workers went on strike in support of which group?

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