Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System

Question:

He was a socialist leader and thinker and one of the founders of the Congress Socialist Party and later the Samyukta Socialist Party.He is known for original contribution to a non-European socialist theory. Identify him.

Options:

Ram Manohar Lohia

Acharya Narendra Dev

Karpoori Thakur

Jayaprakash Narayan

Correct Answer:

Ram Manohar Lohia

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) → Ram Manohar Lohia

Ram Manohar Lohia (1910-1967): Socialist leader and thinker; freedom fighter and among the founders of the Congress Socialist Party; after the split in the parent party, the leader of the Socialist Party and later the Samyukta Socialist Party; Member, Lok Sabha, 1963 67; founder editor of Mankind and Jan, known for original contribution to a non-European socialist theory; as political leader, best known for sharp attacks on Nehru, strategy of non-Congressism, advocacy of reservation for backward castes and opposition to English