Consider the following pairs: <table><tr><th></th><th>Party</th><th>Its Leader</th></tr><tr><td>1.</td><td>Bharatiya Jana Sangh</td><td>Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee</td></tr><tr><td>2.</td><td>Socialist Party</td><td>C. Rajagopalachari</td></tr><tr><td>3.</td><td>Congress for Democracy</td><td>Jagjivan Ram</td></tr><tr><td>4.</td><td>Swatantra Party</td><td>Acharya Narendra Dev</td></tr></table> How many of the above are correctly matched?

Answer: B. Only two pairs are correctly matched (rows 1 and 3). (1) Bharatiya Jana Sangh - Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee: CORRECT. Mukherjee founded the BJS in 1951 after leaving the Hindu Mahasabha; the party was the political precursor of the modern BJP. (2) Socialist Party - C. Rajagopalachari: WRONG. Rajagopalachari founded the SWATANTRA PARTY in 1959. The Socialist Party was led by leaders like Jayaprakash Narayan, Acharya Narendra Dev and Ram Manohar Lohia. (3) Congress for Democracy - Jagjivan Ram: CORRECT. Jagjivan Ram broke away from Indira Gandhi's Congress in February 1977 to form Congress for Democracy, which then merged with the Janata Party. (4) Swatantra Party - Acharya Narendra Dev: WRONG. Acharya Narendra Dev led the Socialist Party. The Swatantra Party was founded by C. Rajagopalachari and others in 1959. So only 2 correctly matched (rows 1 and 3). Source: NCERT Class 12 Politics in India Since Independence Ch 5-6.