Consider the following pairs: 1. Bhartiya Jana Sangh — Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee 2. Socialist Party — C.…

Consider the following pairs: 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. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. Only three
  4. All four

Solution

Pairs 1 and 3 are correctly matched. The Socialist Party was founded by Jayaprakash Narayan, Ram Manohar Lohia and others — not C. Rajagopalachari. The Swatantra Party was founded by C. Rajagopalachari (not Acharya Narendra Dev, who belonged to the Congress Socialist Party).

Asked in: UPSC Prelims 2024

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