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?

Question

Question

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UPSC CSE Prelims 2024: General Studies Official Paper

Answer 1

The correct answer is Option 2

Key Points

Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee founded Bharatiya Jana Sangh on 21st Oct. 1951 at Delhi and he became its first President. Hence, Pair 1 is correctly matched.
C. Rajagopalachari parted ways with the Congress in 1957 after being disillusioned by the path it was taking. He founded the Swatantra Party in 1959, which favoured classical liberal principles and free enterprise. Hence, Pair 2 is incorrectly matched.
Babu Jagjivan Ram resigned from the Cabinet and the Congress Party on 2 February 1977. He formed his own party, ‘Congress for Democracy’ (CFD) on 5 February 1977. Hence, Pair 3 is correctly matched.
Acharya Narendra Dev was instrumental in the establishment of the Congress Socialist Party in 1934 as a radical faction working within the Indian National Congress. Hence, Pair 4 is incorrectly matched.
The Congress Socialist Party under the leadership of Jayaprakash Narayan and Acharya Narendra Dev played a major role in the Quit India Movement (1942).
Hence Only Two is Correct.