Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

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

Question:

With which the following parties is Ram Manohar Lohia not associated?

Options:

Congress Socialist Party;

Socialist Party

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party.

Samyukta Socialist Party

Correct Answer:

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3 - The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party.

C. Natrajan Ananaduri established the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.

Ram Manohar Lohia was among the founders of the Congress Socialist Party; after the split in the parent, the leader of the Socialist Party and later the Samyukta Socialist Party.

 

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.