Ram Manohar Lohia: Underground Resistance and Socialist Politics — MCQs with Answers (Set 1)

The answer is Ram Manohar Lohia. He proposed this four-tier structure, village to centre, to decentralise power away from the district magistrate system.

The correct answer is that 27 crore Indians lived on just three annas a day. Lohia made this claim in Parliament in 1963, the same year he won his first Lok Sabha seat from Farrukhabad.

The correct answer is 1955. Lohia later won his first Lok Sabha seat from Farrukhabad in a 1963 by-election.

The correct answer is 1944. Lohia was arrested in May 1944 and then spent time imprisoned in Lahore Fort and Agra Jail.

The correct answer is Congress Radio. Lohia helped run it from hidden transmitters in Bombay and Calcutta between August and November 1942, evading capture for nearly two years afterward.

Lohia is remembered for his strong emphasis on social justice, including his opposition to caste-based inequality within Indian society.

After independence, Lohia became a prominent socialist leader and sharp critic of Congress’s post-independence policies.

Lohia was arrested and imprisoned multiple times by British authorities for his role in nationalist activities.

During the Quit India Movement of 1942, Lohia played an active role in the underground resistance against British rule.

Ram Manohar Lohia was a leading figure in the Congress Socialist Party, active within the freedom movement’s socialist wing.