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UPSC Prelims 2024GS1HistoryPost-Independence Political Parties

Q3. 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?

A. (a) Only one
B. (b) Only two✓ Correct
C. (c) Only three
D. (d) All four

Detailed Solution

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

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.

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