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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Answer: B. Pair 1 is correct: Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1951. Pair 2 is wrong: C. Rajagopalachari founded the Swatantra Party in 1959; the Socialist Party was led by Acharya Narendra Dev, Jayaprakash Narayan and Ram Manohar Lohia. Pair 3 is correct: Jagjivan Ram formed the Congress for Democracy in 1977. Pair 4 is wrong. So only two.
Watch for: The leaders of the Socialist and Swatantra parties are swapped; the names are right, the pairing is not.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because both the Jana Sangh and Congress for Democracy pairs are correct.
- C. Wrong because pairs 2 and 4 have their leaders swapped.
- D. Wrong because Rajagopalachari led the Swatantra Party, not the Socialist Party.
Source to check: NCERT Class 12 Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 2 'Era of One-Party Dominance' and Chapter 6 'The Crisis of Democratic Order'
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