Match List-I with List-II:

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)

The correct match is:

Explanation:

S.A. Dange, A. K. Gopalan, P.C. Joshi, Ajay Ghosh, etc. were important communist leaders of the Communist Party of India.

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee- He was born in Calcutta in a Bengali Brahmin family. He emerged as a leader of Hindu Mahasabha, advocating for the interests of the Hindu community. With the support of the RSS, he founded the 'Bharatiya Jana Sangh', which eventually evolved into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He held contrasting views on India's policy of granting autonomy to Jammu & Kashmir. During the Jana Sangh's agitation against the government's Kashmir policy, he was arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police. He passed away in detention, a day after being provisionally diagnosed with a heart attack.

Minoo Masani, C. Rajagopalachari, K.M Munshi and N.G. Rangaa are the leaders associated with the Swatantrata Party that was formed in August 1959 after the Nagpur resolution of the Congress.

Ashok Mehta was a prominent leader of the Praja Socialist Party.