Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Era of one Party Dominance

Question:

Match List - I with List - II.

List – I

List – II

(A) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

(I) Socialist Party

(B) K.M. Munshi

(II) Bharatiya Jana Sangh

(C) Jayaprakash Narayan

(III) Indian National Congress

(D) Jawaharlal Nehru

(IV) Swatantra Party

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer:

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

Explanation:

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

Correct Match:

List – I

List – II

(A) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

(II) Bharatiya Jana Sangh

(B) K.M. Munshi

(IV) Swatantra Party

(C) Jayaprakash Narayan

(I) Socialist Party

(D) Jawaharlal Nehru

(III) Indian National Congress

Explanation:

The Bharatiya Jana Sangh was founded in 1951 by Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, with its lineage traced back to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Hindu Mahasabha. Its symbol was a 'Diya with a flame'.

Swatantra Party was formed in August 1959 after the Nagpur resolution of the Congress which called for land ceilings, take-over of food grain trade by the state and adoption of cooperative farming. The party was led by old Congressmen like C. Rajagopalachari, K.M. Munshi, N.G. Ranga and Minoo Masani. The party stood out from the others in terms of its position on economic issues.

Jayaprakash Narayan: A Marxist in his youth; founder and general secretary of the Congress Socialist Party and the Socialist Party; a hero of the 1942 Quit India movement; declined to join Nehru’s cabinet; after 1955 quit active politics; became a Gandhian and was involved in the Bhoodan movement, negotiations with the Naga rebels, peace initiative in Kashmir and ensured the surrender of decoits in Chambal; leader of Bihar movement, he became the symbol of opposition to Emergency and was the moving force behind the formation of Janata Party.

Jawaharlal Nehru the first Prime Minister of India was from the Indian National Congress.