Q16 · UPPSC Prelims 2020 · Set A · General Studies

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Who of the following was sent as representative of labourers by Indian Government in the Washington Summit of I.L.O. in the year 1919?

A V.P. Wadia
B N.M. Joshi
C C.F. Andrews
D Joseph Baptista

Correct answer: (a) V.P. Wadia

Explanation

  1. A

    V.P. Wadia

    (a) V.P. Wadia. At the first ILO Conference in Washington, 1919, the Government of India sent Narayan Malhar Joshi later; the workers’ delegate named for 1919 on this paper is B.P./V.P. Wadia of the Madras Labour Union. Official key.

  2. B

    N.M. Joshi

    (b) N.M. Joshi. Joshi was India’s long ILO workers’ voice from the 1920s (including 1922 onwards) and a Servants of India Society leader—not the 1919 Washington labour representative keyed here.

  3. C

    C.F. Andrews

    (c) C.F. Andrews. Andrews was Gandhi’s associate and a labour sympathiser, not the official ILO labour delegate in 1919.

  4. D

    Joseph Baptista

    (d) Joseph Baptista. Baptista of the Home Rule and Bombay labour world is a neighbouring name, not the 1919 Washington workers’ delegate on this key.

Summary. Official key is (a) V.P. Wadia. The 1919 Washington ILO session was the first International Labour Conference; India’s labour seat is keyed to Wadia. Joshi dominates later ILO memory and is the usual trap. Andrews and Baptista are period labour figures without that 1919 credential.