Correct Answer: Mao Zedong

Solution : The correct answer is (c) Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong was the leader of the Communist Party of China and the Chairman of the People's Republic of China. He launched the Cultural Revolution in 1966 as an effort to reassert his ideological control and eliminate perceived bourgeois and counter-revolutionary elements within Chinese society, including within the Communist Party itself. The movement had a significant impact on China, resulting in widespread political purges, social upheaval, and disruptions in education and cultural institutions.