Question

Match List-I with List-II:

List-I	List-II
(A) S.A. Dange	(IV) Communist Party of India
(B) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee	(I) Bharatiya Jana Sangh
(C) Minoo Masani	(II) Swatantra Party
(D) Ashok Mehta	(III) Praja Socialist Party

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

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

The correct matching of leaders with their respective political parties is as follows:

Detailed Matching:

• S.A. Dange was associated with the Communist Party of India (List-II: IV)
• Shyama Prasad Mukherjee founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (List-II: I)
• Minoo Masani co-founded the Swatantra Party (List-II: II)
• Ashok Mehta was a leader of the Praja Socialist Party (List-II: III)

Correct Answer: (1) (A) - (IV), (B) - (I), (C) - (II), (D) - (III)

Additional Context:

• S.A. Dange was a founding member of CPI and prominent trade union leader
• Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951) was the precursor to modern BJP
• Swatantra Party (1959) represented classical liberal/libertarian views
• Praja Socialist Party (1952) emerged from the Socialist Party