PYQP – Polity – Election

Party

Its Leader

1.

Bharatiya Jana Sangh

Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

2.

Socialist Party

C. Rajagopalachari

3.

Congress for Democracy

Jagjivan Ram

4.

Swatantra Party

Acharya Narendra Dev

Party

Its Leader

1.

Bharatiya Jana Sangh

Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

2.

Socialist Party

Acharya Narendra Dev

3.

Congress for Democracy

Jagjivan Ram

4.

Swatantra Party

C. Rajagopalachari

GS I Comprehensive Test – 3 PRELIMS 2024

Congress Socialist Party was founded by-

1.      Acharya Narendra Dev

2.      Jai Prakash Narain

3.      Sardar Patel

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a)          1 only

(b)          1 and 2 only

(c)          2 and 3 only

(d)          1, 2 and 3

Ans. (b)

Congress Socialist Party

• It was a socialist caucus within the Indian National Congress. 
• It was founded in 1934 by Congress members who rejected what they saw as the anti-rational mysticism of Gandhi as well as the sectarian attitude of the Communist Party of India towards the Congress.
• It ceased operations in 1948
• Jayaprakash Narayan, Rammanohar Lohiya, Acharya Narendra Deva, Minoo Masani were among its founding members.

Polity Test – Elections

The last Delimitation Commission was appointed by India in the year:

(a)          1971

(b)          1976

(c)          2002

(d)          2009

Ans. (c)

Delimitation means the act or process of fixing limits or boundaries of territorial constituencies in a country or a province having a legislative body.

In India, such Delimitation Commissions have been constituted 4 times − in 1952 under the Delimitation Commission Act, 1952, in 1963 under Delimitation Commission Act, 1962, in 1973 under Delimitation Act, 1972 and in 2002 under Delimitation Act, 2002.