UPSC Prelims 2024·GS1·history·modern history

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?

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  1. AOnly one
  2. BOnly twoCorrect
  3. COnly three
  4. DAll four

Explanation

Let's check each pair: 1. **Bharatiya Jana Sangh : Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee:** Correct. Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1951. 2. **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. 3. **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. 4. **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.
history: Consider the following pairs (Party — Its Leader): 1. Bharatiya Jana Sangh — Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee 2. Socialist Pa

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