Consider the following pairs (Party — Its Leader): 1. Bharatiya Jana Sangh — Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee 2. Socialist Party — C. Rajagopalachari 3. Congress for Democracy — Jagjivan Ram 4. Swatantra Party — Acharya Narendra Dev How many of the above are correctly matched?
- AOnly one
- BOnly twoCorrect
- COnly three
- DAll four
Explanation
Let's check each pair:
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Bharatiya Jana Sangh : Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee: Correct. Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1951.
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Socialist Party : C. Rajagopalachari: Incorrect. C. Rajagopalachari was a prominent Congress leader and later founded the Swatantra Party. The Socialist Party in India had leaders like Jayaprakash Narayan, Acharya Narendra Dev, Ram Manohar Lohia, and S.M. Joshi, among others.
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Congress for Democracy : Jagjivan Ram: Correct. The Congress for Democracy (CFD) was a political party formed in 1977 by Jagjivan Ram, a prominent Indian politician, just before the Lok Sabha elections that followed the Emergency. It merged with the Janata Party later.
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Swatantra Party : Acharya Narendra Dev: Incorrect. The Swatantra Party was founded by C. Rajagopalachari in 1959. Acharya Narendra Dev was a prominent leader of the Congress Socialist Party (and later the Socialist Party), known for his democratic socialist views.
Therefore, only two pairs (1 and 3) are correctly matched.
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