Question 7 - MCQ Questions (1 Mark) - Chapter 2 Class 6 Political Science - All Human Beings Are Equal - Political Science

Name the first leader of India , who shared his first experience of caste-based discrimination.

A. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

B. Rabindranath Tagore

C. Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar

D. Bal Ganhadhar Tilak 

Answer:

Answer by Student

So, the correct answer is (C): Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar

Detailed Explanation by Teachoo

Let’s check all the options

• Option (A) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru - Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India and a prominent leader of the Indian National Congress. He was born in a Kashmiri Brahmin family and did not face caste-based discrimination in his life. He was an advocate of secularism and social justice, but he did not share his first experience of caste-based discrimination. So, this is incorrect .
  
  
• Option (B) Rabindranath Tagore - Rabindranath Tagore was a Nobel laureate poet, writer, and philosopher. He was born in a Bengali Brahmin family and did not face caste-based discrimination in his life. He was a supporter of humanism and nationalism, but he did not share his first experience of caste-based discrimination. So, this is incorrect .
  
  
• Option (C) Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar - Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar was the chief architect of the Indian Constitution and a leader of the Dalit Buddhist movement. He was born in a Mahar family, which was considered as an untouchable caste in Hindu society. He faced caste-based discrimination throughout his life, starting from his childhood. He shared his first experience of caste-based discrimination in his autobiography. He narrated how he and his brothers were treated badly by their teacher and classmates in school, and how they were denied water and shelter on their way to meet their father in Koregaon. So, this is correct
  
  
• Option (D) Bal Ganhadhar Tilak - Bal Ganhadhar Tilak was a freedom fighter, social reformer, and lawyer. He was born in a Chitpavan Brahmin family and did not face caste-based discrimination in his life. He was a radical nationalist and a supporter of Hindu revivalism, but he did not share his first experience of caste-based discrimination. So, this is incorrect .

Thus, option (C) is correct