Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Era of one Party Dominance

Question:

Who was the founding President of the Congress Socialist Party?

Options:

S. Nijalingappa

Ram Manohar Lohia

K. Kamraj

Acharya Narendra Dev

Correct Answer:

Acharya Narendra Dev

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4 - Acharya Narendra Dev

Acharya Narendra Dev (1889-1956): Freedom fighter and founding President of the Congress Socialist Party; jailed several times during the freedom movement; active in peasants’ movement; a scholar of Buddhism; after independence led the Socialist Party and later the Praja Socialist Party.