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Who among the following was the founder of the 'Self-Respect Movement'?Read the answer and worked solution →The Vital-Vidhvansak, the first monthly journal to have the untouchable people as its target audience was published byRead the answer and worked solution →Who of the following organized a march on the Tanjore coast to break the Salt Law in April 1930?Read the answer and worked solution →The Radcliffe Committee was appointed toRead the answer and worked solution →The Rowlatt Act aimed atRead the answer and worked solution →Citadel or Lower Town?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the layout of a Harappan cityRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: Harappan settlementRead the answer and worked solution →Reading the excavationRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every feature the chapter attributes to Harappan citiesRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: term with meaningRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →Order the reasoning: why the Citadel stands higherRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: evidence and interpretationRead the answer and worked solution →Built, or found?Read the answer and worked solution →Scale of the workRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reason: planningRead the answer and worked solution →Order the opening events of the revoltRead the answer and worked solution →Dates and placesRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: how the revolt beganRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every target the rebels struck at MeerutRead the answer and worked solution →Meerut or Delhi?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the opening of the revoltRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: detail with its place in the storyRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →

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Who among the following was the founder of the 'Self-Respect Movement'?

  1. 'Periyar' E. V. Ramaswamy Naicker
  2. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
  3. Bhaskarrao Jadhav
  4. Dinkarrao Javalkar
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Correct answer: A. 'Periyar' E. V. Ramaswamy Naicker

UPSC CSE Prelims 2025 (GS-I, Set A), Q.78. Official answer key: A.

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The Vital-Vidhvansak, the first monthly journal to have the untouchable people as its target audience was published by

  1. Gopal Baba Walangkar
  2. Jyotiba Phule
  3. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
  4. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
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Correct answer: A. Gopal Baba Walangkar

Answer: A. GOPAL BABA WALANGKAR published the VITAL-VIDHVANSAK, often cited as the first periodical specifically for the depressed classes. GOPAL BABA WALANGKAR (also known as Gopalbaba Walangkar or Gopal Krishna), c. 1840 to 1900, was a pioneering anti-caste activist of Maharashtra, regarded as one of the earliest leaders of the depressed-class movement. A Mahar by birth and a retired British Army subedar, he settled at Ratnagiri and devoted his life to challenging caste oppression and untouchability. VITAL-VIDHVANSAK (literally 'Destroyer of Ceremonial Pollution' or 'Destroyer of Vitala', a deity), launched by Walangkar in 1888, was the FIRST PERIODICAL IN MARATHI TARGETED at the UNTOUCHABLE COMMUNITIES. It carried writings exposing caste oppression, critiquing the Brahminical religious texts that justified untouchability, and asserting the dignity and rights of the depressed classes. Walangkar also authored the influential pamphlet 'VITAL VIDHVANSAN' and made petitions to the British administration on issues like recruitment of untouchables into the British Indian Army and access to education. He was a critical precursor to later leaders such as Jyotirao Phule (whom he revered), Shahu Maharaj, and B. R. Ambedkar. The historical importance of Walangkar's work was recognised by Ambedkar, who in his speeches and writings acknowledged the earlier generation of Mahar activists. Why other options are WRONG: (B) JYOTIBA PHULE (1827-90) was a foundational anti-caste reformer, founder of the SATYASHODHAK SAMAJ (1873) and author of 'Gulamgiri' (1873). His periodical was 'DEENBANDHU'. He did not publish Vital-Vidhvansak. (C) M. K. GANDHI's relevant periodicals were 'Harijan' (1933-48) on Dalit upliftment, and the earlier 'Indian Opinion' and 'Young India'. He did not publish Vital-Vidhvansak. (D) B. R. AMBEDKAR (1891-1956) published 'MOOKNAYAK' (1920), 'BAHISHKRIT BHARAT' (1927), 'JANATA' (1930), and 'PRABUDDHA BHARAT' (1956). He did not publish Vital-Vidhvansak. Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III Eleanor Zelliot 'From Untouchable to Dalit' M.S. Gore 'The Social Context of an Ideology: The Social and Political Thought of B.R. Ambedkar'.

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Who of the following organized a march on the Tanjore coast to break the Salt Law in April 1930?

  1. V. O. Chidambaram Pillai
  2. Rajagopalachari
  3. K. Kamaraj
  4. Annie Besant
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Correct answer: B. Rajagopalachari

UPSC CSE Prelims 2015 (GS-I, Set A), Q.46. Official answer key: B.

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