Question

Who started the fight against untouchability?
(A)Lala Lajpat Rai
(B)Mahatma Gandhi
(C)Bal Gangadhar tilak
(D)Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer 1

Hint:The problem of untouchability in our society is many years old somewhere now only in this century there are some people who do not allow the people of the lower caste to enter their house or to do their work. The struggles with this have also remained the same before or after independence. Even it is mentioned in our constitution that the practice of untouchability is prohibited.

Complete answer:
During the British period also there were many movements against untouchability whose leading figures were B R Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi said that untouchability is the sin of Hinduism and Mahatma Gandhi was only the one who started the fight against untouchability he worked very hard to uplifted the untouchable and to give them equal rights was his one goal he declared the untouchables as 'Harijans' the people of God. In the Indian constitution article 17 tells us about untouchability it is mentioned in it as 'Abolition of Untouchability'.Line said by Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel and B R Ambedkar is if the abolition of untouchability became the fundamental right and made the practice of untouchability make an offense so untouchability practice will be finished.

Hence, the correct answer is option (B).

Note:According to article 17 (1) the practice of untouchability based on the cast is prohibited everywhere in the nation.In article 17(2) if a still person practiced untouchability so he or she will be punished according to law. Some punishments are mentioned in it but they were considered as inadequate later a committee was made to make changes in that and the process completed for the third time.