Question 55 from UPSC CSE 2024 - Post Independ ence

Question

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?

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Correct Option: B. Only two

Strategy: Check recall for founders/leading figures in Indian political parties. Quickly match Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee with Bhartiya Jana Sangh and Jagjivan Ram with Congress for Democracy. Note the common error: C. Rajagopalachari founded Swatantra Party, not Socialist Party; Acharya Narendra Dev was linked with the Socialist Party, not Swatantra. Thus, only pairs 1 and 3 are correct.

Key Info: Bhartiya Jana Sangh (BJS) was established in 1951 by Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee as a right-wing Hindu nationalist party and was a precursor to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The Socialist Party, prominent in the post-independence period, was associated with leaders like Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, Acharya Narendra Dev, and Jayaprakash Narayan. Acharya Narendra Dev was a founding member of the Socialist Party.

C. Rajagopalachari, a prominent freedom fighter and India's last Governor-General, founded the Swatantra Party in 1959 to oppose what he perceived as Congress's socialist policies; the party advocated market liberalism.

Congress for Democracy (CFD) was formed in 1977 by Jagjivan Ram after he split from the Indian National Congress in protest against Emergency rule. CFD merged with the Janata Party after the 1977 elections.

These parties and leaders played significant roles in shaping the ideological and political landscape of post-independence India.

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Option A: Only one

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Option C: Only three

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Option D: All four

Consider the following pairs: Bhartiya 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?

Consider the following pairs:

Bhartiya 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?