UPSC Prelims 2024 · Question 3 of 97
UPSC Prelims 2024 question on Jana Sangh Swatantra Party Leaders
- ExamUPSC CSE
- Year2024
- PaperGeneral Studies Paper I
- SubjectModern History
- TopicMiscellaneous Modern History
- DifficultyHard
- TypeMatch
Consider the following pairs:
Party — Its Leader
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?
(a) Only one
(b) Only two
(c) Only three
(d) All four
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Answer: B. Only two
Analysis
Only pairs 1 and 3 are correctly matched → Option (b) Only two.
Statement by statement
Pair 1 – CORRECTLY MATCHED: The Bharatiya Jana Sangh was an Indian nationalist political party established on 21 October 1951 in Delhi. Its three founding members were Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Balraj Madhok and Deendayal Upadhyaya.
Pair 2 – NOT CORRECTLY MATCHED: C. Rajagopalachari was the founder of the Swatantra Party, not the Socialist Party. The Socialist Party was associated with leaders like Ram Manohar Lohia and Jayaprakash Narayan.
Pair 3 – CORRECTLY MATCHED: The Congress for Democracy (CFD) was an Indian political party founded in 1977 by Jagjivan Ram. It was formed after Jagjivan Ram, Hemavati Nandan Bahuguna, and Nandini Satpathy left the Indian National Congress during the Indian Emergency.
Pair 4 – NOT CORRECTLY MATCHED: The Swatantra Party was founded by C. Rajagopalachari — not Acharya Narendra Dev. It was a classical liberal political party that existed from 1959 to 1974, founded in reaction to the Jawaharlal Nehru-dominated Congress's increasingly socialist outlook.