Arrange the following political parties based on their year of formation/establishment in the correct chronological order.
A. Congress Socialist Party
B. Socialist Party
C. Bharatiya Jana Sangh
D. Bharatiya Janata Party
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (B), (C), (D)
(A) Congress Socialist Party — 1934, formed within the Congress.
(B) Socialist Party — 1948, when the Congress barred dual membership and the socialists formed a separate party.
(C) Bharatiya Jana Sangh — 1951.
(D) Bharatiya Janata Party — 1980.
NCERT (2025-26): “Communalism, Secularism, Democracy … We noted in Chapter Six that in the aftermath of the Emergency, the Bharatiya Jana Sangh had merged with the Janata Party. After the fall of the Janata Party and its break-up, the supporters of erstwhile Jana Sangh formed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 1980.…”
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