Deck 3: Indian Politics and History: Lok Sabha Elections, Emergency, and Economic Reforms

Question 1

All men and women of ................. years or above of age whose names are registered in the voters lists vote in elections for electing the members of Lok Sabha

A)14
B)16
C)17
D)18

Answer 1

18

Question 2

. Every voter of .................years or above of age is eligible to contest elections to the Lok Sabha.

A)21
B)23
C)24
D)25

Answer 2

25

Question 3

The tenure of the Lok Sabha is ........................ years.

A)2
B)3
C)4
D)5

Answer 3

5

Question 4

The keyperson behind the Constitution of India was..................

A)dr.
B)r. ambedkar b) jawaharlal nehru
C)mahatma gandhi
D)sardar vallabhai patel

Question 5

The Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of .................... had brought a large scale discontentment among the people of India.

A)1909
B)1911
C)1916
D)1919

Question 6

The Non-Cooperation Movement launched by ..................had fanned the fire of this discontentment.

A)gandhi
B)jawaharlal nehru
C)dr. b.r. ambedkar
D)sardar vallabhai

Question 7

In order to give some concession to Indians in the field of administration, the Government of India Act, ................was designed on the basis of the recommendation of Simon Commission.

A)1905
B)1915
C)1925
D)1935

Question 8

Diarchy was introduced by the Act. Of .......................

A)1908
B)1913
C)1915
D)1919

Question 9

The States Reorganization Act was passed by parliament in November..............

A)1916
B)1926
C)1946
D)1956.

Question 10

In India, "the Emergency" refers to a 21-month period in 1975-77 when Prime Minister................ unilaterally had an emergency declared across the country.

A)indira gandhi
B)jawaharlal nehru
C)dr. b.r. ambedkar
D)rajiv gandhi

Question 11

Officially issued by President................ Ahmed under Article 352(1) of the Constitution for "internal disturbance", the Emergency was in effect from 25 June1975 until its withdrawal on 21 March 1977.

A)fakhruddin ali
B)dr. s. radhakrishnan
C)dr. rajendra prasad
D)manmohan singh

Question 12

On June 25, ......................prime minister Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency in India citing grave threat to her government and sovereignty of the country from both internal and external forces.

A)1955
B)1965
C)1968
D)1975

Question 13

Indira Gandhi became the prime minister in January ............. and then emerged victorious in the 1971 Lok Sabha elections.

A)1906
B)1916
C)1956
D)1966

Question 14

The socialist stalwart ...................openly led a mass movement against her calling her corrupt and autocratic.

A)jaya prakash narayan
B)fakruddin ali ahmed
C)ems
D)akg

Question 15

The firebrand trade union leader ....................had successfully organised an all India Railways strike bringing the public transport and economy to a halt.

A)george fernandes
B)fakruddin ali ahmed
C)jaya prakash narayan
D)ems

Question 16

The Emergency draft was hurriedly sent to the President of India ................ who signed it immediately.

A)fakruddin ali ahmed
B)george fernandes
C)dr.rajendra prasad
D)manmohansingh

Question 17

................ second son Sanjay Gandhi, who was just 29 years old then, took charge of the administration and started sending opposition leaders and workers to jails across India.

A)nanaji deshmukh's
B)morarji desai's
C)indira gandhi's
D)subramanian swamy's,

Question 18

Ramnath Goenka, the only newspaper owner who stood up to.................., was harassed and he faced a series of troubles at the hands of her government.

A)indira gandhi
B)jp, george fernandes,
C)ab vajpayee
D)lk advani,

Question 19

However, .................... shocked everybody by declaring Lok Sabha elections in January 1977 bringing an end to draconian Emergency.

A)indira gandhi
B)ramakrishna hegde,
C)hd deve gowda,
D)m karunanidhi.

Question 20

...................... succeeded her as the Prime Minister and led the Janata Party government till 1980.

A)morarji desai
B)lalu prasad yadav,
C)mulayam singh yadav
D)sharad yadav

Question 21

In the ................... Lok Sabha polls, Indira Gandhi returned to power and remainedin power till her assassination in 1984.

A)1908
B)1940
C)1970
D)1980

Question 22

................... started his career as the Prime Minister of independent India in 1947, and immediately launched a number of economic reforms.

A)nehru
B)indira gandhi
C)morarji desai
D)rajiv gandhi

Question 23

One of Nehru's key economic reforms was the introduction of the Five Years Plan in........................

A)1901
B)1911
C)1941
D)1951.

Question 24

Nehru's economic policies have often been considered to be .................in nature.

A)socialist
B)communist
C)capitalist
D)utopian socialism

Question 25

................... was the main architect of first green revolution of India listed fivecomponents of Agricultural renewal?

A)dr. m.s. swaminathan
B)lalu prasad yadav,
C)mulayam singh yadav
D)sharad yadav