Question

UPSC Prelims 2024 Question:

Consider the following pairs

Party

Its Leader

Bharatiya Jana Sangh

Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

Socialist Party

C. Rajagopalachari

Congress for Democracy

Jagjivan Ram

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

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 2: Only two

Detailed Solution

Explanation:

Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh on 21st Oct. 1951 at Delhi and he became the first President of it. In 1952 elections, Bharatiya Jana Sangh won 3 seats in Parliament one of them being that of Shri Mukherjee. So, pair 1 is correctly matched.
C. Rajagopalachari, popularly known as Rajaji, was associated with the Indian National Congress and later founded the Swatantra Party. The Socialist Party was led by figures like Jayaprakash Narayan and Ram Manohar Lohia, not C. Rajagopalachari. So, pair 2 is not correctly matched.
Jagjivan Ram was a leader of the Congress for Democracy, which was formed after the split in the Indian National Congress in the early 1970s. So, pair 3 is correctly matched.
Pair 4 is not a correct match. Acharya Narendra Dev was involved with the Socialist Party. The Swatantra Party was led by figures like C. Rajagopalachari and others. So, pair 4 is not correctly matched.

Therefore, option (2) is the correct answer.

Subject: Polity| Historical Background

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