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Q73·GS Paper 1 · Prelims 2024

Political Parties & Leaders

HistoryModern: Colonial & ConstitutionalMatching pairsHardStatic

Question

Consider the following pairs The following table: Party Its Leader

1Bharatiya Jana Sangh Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
2Socialist Party C. Rajagopalachari
3Congress for Democracy Jagjivan Ram
4Swatantra Party Acharya Narendra Dev

How many of the above are correctly matched ?

Options

a

Only one

b

Only two

Answer
c

Only three

d

All four

Explanation

Only pairs 1 and 3 are correct. Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Jagjivan Ram founded the Congress for Democracy. Pair 2 is reversed with Pair 4: C. Rajagopalachari was the leader of the Swatantra Party, while Acharya Narendra Dev was a key leader of the Socialist Party.

Examiners frequently cross-match leaders and their respective post-independence political parties to test basic historical alignment.

Answer: (b).

Question details

Year

2024

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q73

Subject

History

Sub-topic

Modern: Colonial & Constitutional

Type

Matching pairs

Difficulty

Hard

Nature

Static

Source hint

NCERT History Cl.12 Ch.15

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