Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (Political Parties and Institutions) | (Founders) | ||
| (A) | Bhartiya Kranti Dal | (I) | Ram Vilas Paswan |
| (B) | The Congress Socialist Party | (II) | Choudhary Charan Singh |
| (C) | Lok Janshakti Party | (III) | Shyama Prasad Mukherjee |
| (D) | Bhartiya Jan Sangh | (IV) | Acharya Narendra Dev |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III
(A) Bhartiya Kranti Dal — this matches (II) Choudhary Charan Singh. He formed it in 1969 after leaving the Congress; it later merged into the Bharatiya Lok Dal.
(B) The Congress Socialist Party — this matches (IV) Acharya Narendra Dev. It was set up in 1934 as a socialist group within the Indian National Congress; Narendra Dev presided over its founding conference at Patna, with Jayaprakash Narayan as its general secretary.
(C) Lok Janshakti Party — this matches (I) Ram Vilas Paswan, who founded it in 2000.
(D) Bhartiya Jan Sangh — this matches (III) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, who founded it in 1951.