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निम्नलिखित में से कौन 1948 में स्थापित “हिन्द मज़दूर सभा” के संस्थापक थे ?

UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2018, General Studies Paper I, Question 70 — Post-independence India.

Prelims 2018 · Q70

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निम्नलिखित में से कौन 1948 में स्थापित “हिन्द मज़दूर सभा” के संस्थापक थे ?

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Who among the following were the founders of the “Hind Mazdoor Sabha” established in 1948?

(a) B. Krishna Pillai, E.M.S. Namboodiripad and K.C. George · (b) Jayaprakash Narayan, Deen Dayal Upadhyay and M.N. Roy · (c) C.P. Ramaswamy Iyer, K. Kamaraj and Veeresalingam Pantulu · (d) Ashok Mehta, T.S. Ramanujam and G.G. Mehta

उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English

Answer: (d) अशोक मेहता, टी.एस. रामानुजम और जी.जी. मेहता

The Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS) was formed in December 1948 by socialists who had broken away from the Congress and the AITUC, and Ashok Mehta, named in option (d), was one of its founders and its first General Secretary. Option (d) is the only one that names him.

  • ✓ (d) Ashok Mehta, a founder-member of the Congress Socialist Party, is recorded in his Lok Sabha biography as founder and first General Secretary of the HMS. T.S. Ramanujam and G.G. Mehta are the other names in UPSC's key; no official page was found that names them.
  • ✗ (a) This list does not include Ashok Mehta, the HMS founder confirmed in an official record.
  • ✗ (b) This list does not include Ashok Mehta, the HMS founder confirmed in an official record.
  • ✗ (c) This list does not include Ashok Mehta, the HMS founder confirmed in an official record.

Remember · HMS: formed December 1948 by socialists (Ashok Mehta, first General Secretary). INTUC (1947, Congress), AITUC (1920), HMS (1948, socialists).

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Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2018, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 1 Oct 2026 (how we verify). ·

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