Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (Original names) | (Alternative/Abbreviated names) | ||
| (A) | Jayaprakash Narayan | (I) | Grand Old Man of India |
| (B) | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel | (II) | Deshbandhu |
| (C) | Chittaranjan Das | (III) | Loknayak |
| (D) | Dadabhai Naoroji | (IV) | Iron Man of India |
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I
Each leader is matched with the title by which he is remembered.
(A) Jayaprakash Narayan — this matches (III) Loknayak. ‘JP’ led the Total Revolution movement of 1974 and was called Loknayak, the people’s leader.
(B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel — this matches (IV) Iron Man of India. As India’s first Home Minister he brought the princely states into the Indian Union.
(C) Chittaranjan Das — this matches (II) Deshbandhu, ‘friend of the nation’. He founded the Swaraj Party with Motilal Nehru in 1923.
(D) Dadabhai Naoroji — this matches (I) Grand Old Man of India. He put forward the drain theory of British rule and was the first Indian elected to the British House of Commons (1892).