Consider the following pairs : Party Its Leader 1. Bhartiya 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?

1. A. (a) Only one
2. B. (b) Only two
3. C. (c) Only three
4. D. (d) All four

Answer: B

Explanation

This question tests knowledge of key political parties and their founders/leaders in post-independence India. Pair 1 is correctly matched: Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee was a prominent founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Pair 2 is incorrectly matched: C. Rajagopalachari founded the Swatantra Party, while the Socialist Party was associated with leaders like Ram Manohar Lohia and Jayaprakash Narayan. Pair 3 is correctly matched: Jagjivan Ram founded the Congress for Democracy (CFD) in 1977. Pair 4 is incorrectly matched: The Swatantra Party was founded by C. Rajagopalachari, not Acharya Narendra Dev, who was a leader of the Congress Socialist Party. Therefore, only two pairs (1 and 3) are correctly matched. This type of question requires detailed factual recall from the Post-Independence History syllabus.