Question

The United progressive alliance is a ________________.
A.Interest group
B.Regional party
C.Coalition
D.Pressure group

Answer 1

Hint:The largest member party of the United progressive alliance, commonly known as UPA, is Indian National Congress. UPA was founded after the 14th Lok Sabha elections of 2004. It also comprises centre- left political parties of India.

Complete answer:
The United progressive alliance or UPA is a collision of centre- left political parties of India.The results of the 14th lok sabha election held in 2004 were very surprising as Bhartiya Janata party and Indian National Congress had a very tough competition and none of the parties gay and simple majority which resulted in a hung parliament . It is after this lok sabha election that the United progressive alliance was founded by the President of Indian National Congress Sonia Gandhi who now is also the chairperson of UPA. Many political parties came forward in support of UPA formation and after mutual consideration Dr Manmohan Singh was made the first prime minister of the first UPA alliance. He then continued for the second term as well. Samajwadi party with 39 MPs, Bahujan Samajwadi party with 19 MPs and the left front with 59 MPs had come forward in support of the formation of UPA. United progressive alliance thus is a collision of centre- left political parties of India. The Indian National Congress is the biggest member party of the United progressive alliance.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C).

Note:In addition to the United progressive alliance there are many more collision groups present in India, like the national democratic alliance commonly known as NDA, and the United front. The United front was formed after the general elections of 1996 by 13 political parties and in 1998 the NDA was founded which contained right-wing and Centre-right political parties of India.