2017 · Q113
Which one of the following statements about the All India Depressed Classes Association is not correct ?
General KnowledgeHistory of India
- AThe All India Depressed Classes Association was formed in Nagpur with M.C. Rajah as its first elected President.
- BThe All India Depressed Classes Association was not attended by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in 1926.
- CAmbedkar resigned from the All India Depressed Classes Association and formed his own All India Depressed Classes Congress in 1930.
- DThe All India Depressed Classes Association favoured Ambedkar’s demand for separate electorate for the depressed classes.
Explanation
The All India Depressed Classes Association (Nagpur, 1926, M.C. Rajah as president) did not support Ambedkar's demand for separate electorates — Rajah's camp favoured joint electorates with reservation — so D is the incorrect statement. No corroborating published key was available. Hence D.