Modern Indian History: Pairs/Matching (How Many Style) PYQ.
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2024Pairs/Matching (How Many Style)Political Parties & Leadership
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?
A.Only one
B.Only two
C.Only three
D.All four
Explanation: * Pair 1 is correctly matched: The Bharatiya Jana Sangh was established on 21 October 1951 in Delhi by founding members including Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Balraj Madhok, and Deendayal Upadhyaya. * Pair 2 is incorrectly matched: C. Rajagopalachari was the founder of the Swatantra Party (established in 1959), which stood for a market-based economy and the dismantling of the license raj. The Socialist Party was associated with leaders like Ram Manohar Lohia and Jayaprakash Narayan. * Pair 3 is correctly matched: The Congress for Democracy (CFD) was a political party founded in 1977 by Jagjivan Ram after he left the Indian National Congress to denounce the Emergency. * Pair 4 is incorrectly matched: Acharya Narendra Dev was a prominent leader of the Congress Socialist Party, not the Swatantra Party. * Therefore, exactly two pairs (1 and 3) are correctly matched.
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