2017 · Q114
Which one of the following statements about the Justice Party is not correct ?
General KnowledgeHistory of India
- AIt clamoured for the same kind of separate communal representation for the NonBrahmins as had been granted to the Muslims by the Morley-Minto Reforms.
- BIt was patronized mainly by richer landowning and urban middle class NonBrahmins.
- CIt succeeded in getting the provision for 28 reserved seats for the Non-Brahmins in the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms.
- DIt supported the call given by the Congress to boycott elections in 1920.
Explanation
The Justice Party contested the 1920 Madras elections and formed the government; it did not boycott them. Its demand for communal representation, its elite non-Brahmin patronage, and the 28 reserved seats under the 1919 reforms are all true. No corroborating published key was available. Hence D.