Consider the following pairs : Party Its Leader 1.

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 ?

Only one
Only two
Only three
All four
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UPSC IAS – 2024
The correct option is B.
Pair 1: Bharatiya Jana Sangh was founded by Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee in 1951. This is correctly matched.
Pair 2: The Socialist Party was associated with leaders like Jayaprakash Narayan, Acharya Narendra Dev, Ram Manohar Lohia, etc. C. Rajagopalachari founded the Swatantra Party. This is incorrectly matched.
Pair 3: The Congress for Democracy was formed by Jagjivan Ram and other leaders who left the Indian National Congress just before the 1977 general election. This is correctly matched.
Pair 4: The Swatantra Party was founded by C. Rajagopalachari in 1959. Acharya Narendra Dev was a prominent Socialist leader. This is incorrectly matched.
Only two pairs (1 and 3) are correctly matched.