CHAPTER 2 ERA OF ONE-PARTY DOMINANCE MCQ
1.
According to the passage, why did some leaders in other countries decide against having democracy after gaining independence?
(a) Lack of Political Awareness
(b) Fear of Differences and Conflicts
(c) Strong Commitment to Democracy
(d) Influence of Colonial Rule
Answer
Answer: (b) Fear of Differences and Conflicts
2.
What did non-democratic regimes in other countries often promise but found difficult to implement once established?
(a) Economic Development
(b) Restoration of Democracy
(c) Cultural Integration
(d) Military Dominance
Answer
Answer: (b) Restoration of Democracy
3.
What was the critical role of politics according to the leaders of newly independent India?
(a) Source of Conflicts
(b) Means of Problem Solving
(c) Obstacle to Development
(d) Root of Corruption
Answer
Answer: (b) Means of Problem Solving
4.
What did the leaders of independent India see as the purpose of political activity?
(a) Accumulation of Power
(b) Resolving Public Interest
(c) Establishing Dictatorship
(d) Promoting Personal Interests
Answer
Answer: (b) Resolving Public Interest
5.
What did the leaders decide to take despite the difficult circumstances?
(a) Non-Democratic Path
(b) Military Rule
(c) Democratic Path
(d) Colonial Rule
Answer
Answer: (c) Democratic Path
6.
When was the Constitution adopted?
(a) 15 August 1947
(b) 26 November 1949
(c) 24 January 1950
(d) 26 January 1950
Answer
Answer: (b) 26 November 1949
7.
Who became the first Chief Election Commissioner of India?
(a) Sukumar Sen
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Sardar Patel
(d) Rajendra Prasad
Answer
Answer: (a) Sukumar Sen
8.
What was expected to take place sometime in 1950?
(a) Adoption of Constitution
(b) Formation of Interim Government
(c) General Elections
(d) Signing of the Constitution
Answer
Answer: (c) General Elections
9.
What path did leaders in many other countries take after gaining freedom from colonialism?
(a) Democratic Rule
(b) Nominal Democracy
(c) Dictator
ship
(d) Military Rule
Answer
Answer: (c) Dictatorship
10.
What was the critical issue that the partition posed beyond administrative concerns and financial strains?
(a) Economic Development
(b) Two-Nation Theory
(c) Treatment of Religious Minorities
(d) Formation of the Interim Government
Answer
Answer: (c) Treatment of Religious Minorities
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1.
What did holding an election in India require, according to the passage?
(a) Nomination of Candidates
(b) Drawing Electoral Boundaries
(c) Preparing Manifestos
(d) Conducting Political Campaigns
Answer
Answer: (b) Drawing Electoral Boundaries
2.
What was discovered when the first draft of the electoral rolls was published?
(a) Lack of Political Awareness
(b) 40 Lakh Women Missing
(c) Incorrect Political Affiliations
(d) Names of Illiterate Voters
Answer
Answer: (b) 40 Lakh Women Missing
3.
Why did the Election Commission refuse to accept certain entries in the electoral rolls?
(a) Political Bias
(b) Lack of Candidates
(c) Revision and Deletion Needed
(d) Illiteracy of Voters
Answer
Answer: (c) Revision and Deletion Needed
4.
What made the first general election in India unique?
(a) Small Electorate
(b) Literate Population
(c) Prosperous Country
(d) Unprecedented Scale
Answer
Answer: (d) Unprecedented Scale
5.
What percentage of eligible voters were literate during the first general election?
(a) 15%
(b) 50%
(c) 75%
(d) 90%
Answer
Answer: (a) 15%
6.
What method of voting did the Election Commission consider due to the low literacy rate?
(a) Electronic Voting
(b) Proxy Voting
(c) Special Method
(d) Postal Voting
Answer
Answer: (c) Special Method
7.
What did an Indian editor call India’s experiment with universal adult franchise?
(a) Bold and Risky
(b) Biggest Gamble in History
(c) Foolish Venture
(d) Failed Democracy
Answer
Answer: (b) Biggest Gamble in History
8.
According to Organiser magazine, what did they predict about Jawaharlal Nehru?
(a) Resignation
(b) Success in Elections
(c) Failure of Universal Adult Franchise
(d) Prominent Leadership
Answer
Answer: (c) Failure of Universal Adult Franchise
9.
What did a British member of the Indian Civil Service claim about recording votes?
(a) Illiterate People’s Rights
(b) Future Enlightenment
(c) Absurd Farce
(d) Literate Voter’s Privilege
Answer
Answer: (c) Absurd Farce
10.
What did the first general election of India represent?
(a) Prosperity
(b) Unprecedented Scale
(c) Illiteracy
(d) Failed Democracy
Answer
Answer: (b) Unprecedented Scale
1.
Why is the 1952 election often referred to as the 1952 election even though it took place from October 1951 to February 1952?
(a) Postponed Twice
(b) Campaigning Delays
(c) Most Parts Voted in January 1952
(d) Counting Delays
Answer
Answer: (c) Most Parts Voted in January 1952
2.
How long did it take for the campaigning, polling, and counting to be completed for the 1952 election?
(a) One Month
(b) Three Months
(c) Six Months
(d) Twelve Months
Answer
Answer: (c) Six Months
3.
What was the average number of candidates for each seat in the 1952 election?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Five
Answer
Answer: (c) Four
4.
What percentage of eligible voters turned out to vote on the day of elections in 1952?
(a) Less than 25%
(b) Around 50%
(c) More than 75%
(d) Exactly 100%
Answer
Answer: (b) Around 50%
5.
How were the results of the 1952 election perceived by The Times of India?
(a) Unfair
(b) Acceptable
(c) Rigged
(d) Controversial
Answer
Answer: (b) Acceptable
6.
What did The Hindustan Times claim about the conduct of the Indian people in the 1952 election?
(a) Disappointing
(b) Admirable
(c) Corrupt
(d) Unreliable
Answer
Answer: (b) Admirable
7.
What did the Indian general election of 1952 become in the history of democracy worldwide?
(a) Failure
(b) Ordinary
(c) Benchmark
(d) Controversial
Answer
Answer: (c) Benchmark
8.
What did the Indian experiment with the 1952 election prove regarding democracy?
(a) Limited to Literate Countries
(b) Not Possible in Poor Conditions
(c) Proved Critics Right
(d) Can be Practiced Anywhere
Answer
Answer: (d) Can be Practiced Anywhere
1.
What was the expected outcome of the first general election in terms of the winning party?
(a) Communist Party of India
(b) Indian National Congress
(c) Bharatiya Janata Party
(d) Janata Dal
Answer
Answer: (b) Indian National Congress
2.
Why was the Indian National Congress expected to win the first general election?
(a) Only Party with a Charismatic Leader
(b) Inherited the Legacy of the National Movement
(c) Communist Party of India’s Recommendation
(d) State-Level Victories
Answer
Answer: (b) Inherited the Legacy of the National Movement
3.
Who led the Congress campaign and toured through the country during the first general election?
(a) Sardar Patel
(b) Subhas Chandra Bose
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer
Answer: (c) Jawaharlal Nehru
4.
How many seats did the Congress party win in the first Lok Sabha out of the total 489 seats?
(a) 100
(b) 250
(c) 364
(d) 489
Answer
Answer: (c) 364
5.
Which party came next in terms of seats after the Indian National Congress in the first Lok Sabha elections?
(a) Bharatiya Janata Party
(b) Communist Party of India
(c) Janata Dal
(d) Nationalist Congress Party
Answer
Answer: (b) Communist Party of India
6.
Who became the Prime Minister after the first general election?
(a) Sardar Patel
(b) Subhas Chandra Bose
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer
Answer: (c) Jawaharlal Nehru
1.
During the period 1952-1962, what was the dominant party in the Lok Sabha elections?
(a) Communist Party of India
(b) Bharatiya Janata Party
(c) Indian National Congress
(d) Janata Dal
Answer
Answer: (c) Indian National Congress
2.
What was the Congress’s position in the Lok Sabha during the second and third general elections in 1957 and 1962?
(a) It won half of the seats
(b) It won one-tenth of the seats
(c) It maintained the same position by winning three-fourths of the seats
(d) It lost the majority of seats
Answer
Answer: (c) It maintained the same position by winning three-fourths of the seats
3.
In which state did the Congress not get the majority in the assembly elections during this period?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Kerala
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) West Bengal
Answer
Answer: (b) Kerala
4.
What percentage of total votes did the Congress obtain in 1952?
(a) 25%
(b) 45%
(c) 60%
(d) 74%
Answer
Answer: (b) 45%
5.
Which method of election was adopted in India, contributing to the Congress winning more seats than its proportional share?
(a) Proportional Representation
(b) Preferential Voting
(c) First-past-the-post
(d) Ranked Choice Voting
Answer
Answer: (c) First-past-the-post
6.
What percentage of seats did the Socialist Party win despite securing more than 10% of the votes?
(a) 1%
(b) 3%
(c) 5%
(d) 10%
Answer
Answer: (b) 3%
7.
What term is used for the method that tends to favor the party with more votes than others in the first-past-the-post system?
(a) Majority Rule
(b) Proportional Representation
(c) Gerrymandering
(d) Plurality
Answer
Answer: (d) Plurality
8.
In the 1952 elections, what percentage of seats did the Congress win despite obtaining 45% of the total votes?
(a) 60%
(b) 74%
(c) 50%
(d) 30%
Answer
Answer: (b) 74%
9.
What did the electoral system artificially boost in terms of the Congress’s victory?
(a) Percentage of Votes
(b) Seats Won
(c) Opposition Strength
(d) Coalition Government
Answer
Answer: (b) Seats Won
10.
What term is used for the situation where non-Congress votes were divided between different rival parties and candidates?
(a) Coalition
(b) Plurality
(c) Division of Votes
(d) Opposition
Answer
Answer: (c) Division of Votes
1.
What crucial difference existed between India’s one-party dominance and that of other countries?
(a) India’s dominance was under democratic conditions
(b) Other countries had better economic conditions
(c) India had a multi-party system
(d) Other countries had compromised democracy
Answer
Answer: (a) India’s dominance was under democratic conditions
2.
Which countries mentioned in the passage permit only a single party to rule?
(a) India and China
(b) Syria and Cuba
(c) Myanmar and Mexico
(d) South Korea and Taiwan
Answer
Answer: (b) Syria and Cuba
3.
What distinguished the Congress party’s dominance in India from other cases?
(a) It compromised democracy
(b) It was under military rule
(c) It happened under democratic conditions
(d) It was a one-party state
Answer
Answer: (c) It happened under democratic conditions
4.
Which party enjoyed dominance in South Africa after the end of apartheid?
(a) Democratic Party
(b) National Party
(c) African National Congress
(d) Republican Party
Answer
Answer: (c) African National Congress
5.
What contributed to the success of the Congress party in elections?
(a) A well-organized party
(b) The ‘first off the blocks’ advantage
(c) Inheritance of the national movement
(d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (d) All of the above
6.
What was the nature of the Congress party during the national movement?
(a) Regional
(b) Exclusive
(c) All-inclusive
(d) Elitist
Answer
Answer: (c) All-inclusive
7.
Which party was considered the inheritor of the national movement?
(a) Bharatiya Janata Party
(b) Indian National Congress
(c) Communist Party of India
(d) Janata Dal
Answer
Answer: (b) Indian National Congress
8.
Which countries were mentioned as effectively one-party states due to legal and military measures?
(a) Myanmar and Eritrea
(b) Egypt and Belarus
(c) Syria and Cuba
(d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (b
) Egypt and Belarus
9.
In which state did a coalition led by the CPI form the government in 1957?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Kerala
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Maharashtra
Answer
Answer: (b) Kerala
10.
What was the Congress party’s position in the Lok Sabha during the second and third general elections?
(a) It won one-fourth of the seats
(b) It won half of the seats
(c) It won three-fourths of the seats
(d) It did not win any seats
Answer
Answer: (c) It won three-fourths of the seats
1.
What was the Congress party’s origin in 1885?
(a) A political party
(b) A mass movement
(c) A pressure group
(d) A social organization
Answer
Answer: (c) A pressure group
2.
What classes initially dominated the Congress party?
(a) Lower caste and lower class
(b) Urban elite and upper middle class
(c) Rural leaders with a rural orientation
(d) Industrialists and peasants
Answer
Answer: (b) Urban elite and upper middle class
3.
What happened to the social base of the Congress with each civil disobedience movement?
(a) It remained unchanged
(b) It narrowed down
(c) It widened
(d) It disappeared
Answer
Answer: (c) It widened
4.
What contradictory groups found space in the Congress?
(a) Only peasants and industrialists
(b) Urban dwellers and villagers
(c) Workers and owners
(d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (d) All of the above
5.
What did the Congress become by the time of independence?
(a) A one-party state
(b) A socialist party
(c) A rainbow-like social coalition
(d) A communist party
Answer
Answer: (c) A rainbow-like social coalition
6.
Which party separated from the Congress and became an opposition party?
(a) Bharatiya Janata Party
(b) Communist Party of India
(c) Janata Dal
(d) Congress Socialist Party
Answer
Answer: (d) Congress Socialist Party
7.
What did the Congress manage to contain despite differences?
(a) Political turmoil
(b) Social unrest
(c) Differences and build a consensus
(d) Economic challenges
Answer
Answer: (c) Differences and build a consensus
8.
What separated from the Congress and later became opposition parties?
(a) Communist Party of India
(b) Janata Dal
(c) Bharatiya Janata Party
(d) Congress Socialist Party
Answer
Answer: (d) Congress Socialist Party
9.
What did the Congress party transform into by the time of independence?
(a) A one-class party
(b) A revolutionary party
(c) A mass political party
(d) A religious party
Answer
Answer: (c) A mass political party
10.
Which group did the Congress leadership expand to include?
(a) Only upper caste professionals
(b) English-speaking elite
(c) Agriculture-based leaders with a rural orientation
(d) Lower-class workers
Answer
Answer: (c) Agriculture-based leaders with a rural orientation
11.
What interests did the Congress manage to represent in its social coalition?
(a) Only urban interests
(b) Only upper-class interests
(c) Diverse interests in terms of classes and castes, religions, languages, and various interests
(d) Only industrialist interests
Answer
Answer: (c) Diverse interests in terms of classes and castes, religions, languages, and various interests
12.
What was the social base of the Congress transformed into by the time of independence?
(a) Urban elite
(b) Urban workers
(c) Rainbow-like social coalition
(d) Peasant class
Answer
Answer: (c) Rainbow-like social coalition
1.
What does a coalition accommodate?
(a) Extreme positions
(b) Only like-minded individuals
(c) All those who join it
(d) Uncompromising ideologies
Answer
Answer: (c) All those who join it
2.
What are the hallmarks of a coalition?
(a) Extremism and confrontation
(b) Compromise and inclusiveness
(c) Rigidity and exclusivity
(d) Dictatorship and intolerance
Answer
Answer: (b) Compromise and inclusiveness
3.
What became the strength of the Congress party due to its coalition-like character?
(a) Exclusivity
(b) Internal conflicts
(c) Rigidity
(d) Tolerance of internal differences
Answer
Answer: (d) Tolerance of internal differences
4.
What was a difficulty for the opposition?
(a) Lack of political agenda
(b) The absence of a coalition
(c) The strength of the Congress
(d) Inability to compromise
Answer
Answer: (c) The strength of the Congress
5.
What does the coalition strategy avoid?
(a) Inclusiveness
(b) Compromise
(c) Extreme positions
(d) Internal differences
Answer
Answer: (c) Extreme positions
6.
What did internal factionalism become for the Congress?
(a) A weakness
(b) An irrelevance
(c) A strength
(d) A threat
Answer
Answer: (c) A strength
7.
What did internal factions often root in?
(a) Ideological considerations
(b) Democratic principles
(c) External pressures
(d) International relations
Answer
Answer: (a) Ideological considerations
8.
What did various factions do within the Congress?
(a) Left the party and formed new ones
(b) United to oppose the Congress
(c) Tolerated internal differences and remained within the party
(d) Joined the opposition parties
Answer
Answer: (c) Tolerated internal differences and remained within the party
1.
What characterizes most of the state units of the Congress?
(a) Singular ideology
(b) Unity and harmony
(c) Numerous factions
(d) Opposition dominance
Answer
Answer: (c) Numerous factions
2.
What made the Congress appear as a grand centrist party?
(a) Unified ideology
(b) Ruling authority
(c) Numerous factions taking different ideological positions
(d) Opposition dominance
Answer
Answer: (c) Numerous factions taking different ideological positions
3.
How did other parties primarily attempt to influence Congress?
(a) By dominating the Congress
(b) By forming alliances
(c) By indirectly influencing factions
(d) By creating alternatives
Answer
Answer: (c) By indirectly influencing factions
4.
What role did the factions play within the ruling party?
(a) Opposition dominance
(b) Balancing mechanism
(c) Unified decision-making
(d) Ruling authority
Answer
Answer: (b) Balancing mechanism
5.
How is the first decade of electoral competition in Indian politics described?
(a) Period of opposition dominance
(b) Congress system
(c) Alternatives to the ruling party
(d) Unified decision-making
Answer
Answer: (b) Congress system
1.
What characterized India’s opposition parties during the period?
(a) Large representation in the Lok Sabha
(b) Token representation in the Lok Sabha
(c) Dominance over Congress
(d) Absence of opposition parties
Answer
Answer: (b) Token representation in the Lok Sabha
2.
What role did opposition parties play in maintaining the democratic character of the system?
(a) Dictating policies to the ruling party
(b) Offering criticism and checks on the ruling party
(c) Leading the country in the ‘sixties and ‘seventies
(d) Collaborating with the Congress party
Answer
Answer: (b) Offering criticism and checks on the ruling party
3.
What did the presence of opposition parties prevent?
(a) Growth of Congress dominance
(b) Anti-democratic sentiment
(c) Token representation in state assemblies
(d) Decline in party competition
Answer
Answer: (b) Anti-democratic sentiment
4.
Who were some of the opposition leaders included in the interim government after Independence?
(a) Jayaprakash Narayan
(b) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Dr. Ambedkar
Answer
Answer: (b) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
5.
What happened to the personal relationships between Congress leaders and political adversaries over time?
(a) Intensified
(b) Declined
(c) Remained unchanged
(d) Strengthened
Answer
Answer: (b) Declined
1.
What contributed to the uniqueness of the first phase of democratic politics in India?
(a) Exclusionary character of the national movement
(b) Narrow base of social and ideological coalition
(c) Inclusive character of the national movement
(d) Dominance of a single political party
Answer
Answer: (c) Inclusive character of the national movement
2.
What gave the Congress a head start over other political parties?
(a) Decline in its ability to accommodate diverse interests
(b) Narrowing of its social base
(c) Inability to attract different sections and groups
(d) Key role in the freedom struggle
Answer
Answer: (d) Key role in the freedom struggle
3.
What characterizes Congress dominance in the politics of the country?
(a) Permanent and unchallenged
(b) One phase among several
(c) Narrow and exclusionary
(d) Result of authoritarian rule
Answer
Answer: (b) One phase among several
4.
What happened to the ability of the Congress to accommodate all interests over time?
(a) Steadily increased
(b) Remained unchanged
(c) Rapidly declined
(d) Became exclusionary
Answer
Answer: (c) Rapidly declined
5.
When will the other phases of Indian politics be discussed?
(a) In the next chapter
(b) In the next textbook
(c) In later parts of this textbook
(d) Never
Answer
Answer: (c) In later parts of this textbook
1.
What method was used in the first general election to record voters’ preferences?
(a) Electronic Voting Machine (EVM)
(b) Blank ballot paper in candidate-specific boxes
(c) Stamping on the candidate’s name
(d) Voice voting
Answer
Answer: (b) Blank ballot paper in candidate-specific boxes
2.
How many steel boxes were used in the first general election for voters to drop their ballot papers?
(a) 10,000
(b) 20 lakh
(c) 1 lakh
(d) 50,000
Answer
Answer: (b) 20 lakh
3.
When did the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) begin in India?
(a) First general election
(b) In the 1990s
(c) In the 2004 elections
(d) After the second general election
Answer
Answer: (b) In the 1990s
4.
What change was made to the voting method after the first two elections?
(a) EVMs were introduced
(b) Names and symbols of all candidates on the ballot paper
(c) Stamping on the name of the candidate
(d) Voice voting
Answer
Answer: (b) Names and symbols of all candidates on the ballot paper
5.
When did the entire country shift to Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs)?
(a) 1990s
(b) 2004
(c) After the first two elections
(d) After the first general election
Answer
Answer: (b) 2004
6.
What information was displayed on the ballot box in the first general election?
(a) Only the candidate’s name
(b) Candidate’s name, constituency number, and polling station details
(c) Candidate’s symbol and name in English
(d) Only the candidate’s symbol
Answer
Answer: (b) Candidate’s name, constituency number, and polling station details
7.
What is the significance of the EVM mentioned in the passage?
(a) It was the first voting machine used in India
(b) It replaced the ballot paper method
(c) It was introduced after the second general election
(d) It was a precursor to modern voting methods
Answer
Answer: (b) It replaced the ballot paper method
8.
What was the Election Commission using in the 1990s before the complete shift to EVMs?
(a) Ballot papers with names and symbols
(b) Voice voting
(c) Blank ballot paper in candidate-specific boxes
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (a) Ballot papers with names and symbols
9.
How did the method of fixing symbols and labels on the ballot boxes change after the first two elections?
(a) It became more time-consuming
(b) It remained the same
(c) Sandpaper or brick rubbing was introduced
(d) Electronic seals were used
Answer
Answer: (c) Sandpaper or brick rubbing was introduced
10.
What was the reason for the change in the voting method after the first two elections?
(a) Inefficiency of the initial method
(b) Introduction of Electronic Voting Machines
(c) Increase in the number of voters
(d) Simplification and inclusion of names and symbols on the ballot paper
Answer
Answer: (d) Simplification and inclusion of names and symbols on the ballot paper
1.
What was Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s original name?
(a) Abul Kalam Mohiyuddin Ahmed
(b) Kalam Azad Ahmed
(c) Mohiyuddin Azad Kalam
(d) Kalam Abul Ahmed
Answer
Answer: (a) Abul Kalam Mohiyuddin Ahmed
2.
What role did Maulana Abul Kalam Azad play in the Constituent Assembly?
(a) Prime Minister
(b) Education Minister
(c) Defense Minister
(d) Foreign Minister
Answer
Answer: (b) Education Minister
3.
What was Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s stance on Partition?
(a) Supported Partition
(b) Opposed to Partition
(c) Neutral on Partition
(d) Had no opinion on Partition
Answer
Answer: (b) Opposed to Partition
1.
What was Rajkumari Amrit Kaur’s role in independent India’s first ministry?
(a) Prime Minister
(b) Minister for Health
(c) Defense Minister
(d) Foreign Minister
Answer
Answer: (b) Minister for Health
2.
Which royal family did Rajkumari Amrit Kaur belong to?
(a) Jaipur
(b) Udaipur
(c) Kapurthala
(d) Jodhpur
Answer
Answer: (c) Kapurthala
3.
What was Rajkumari Amrit Kaur’s religious background?
(a) Hindu
(b) Muslim
(c) Christian
(d) Sikh
Answer
Answer: (c) Christian
1.
In which year did the Communist Party achieve victory in Kerala?
(a) 1952
(b) 1955
(c) 1957
(d) 1960
Answer
Answer: (c) 1957
2.
Who was invited to form the ministry after the Communist victory in Kerala in 1957?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) E.M.S. Namboodiripad
(c) Sardar Patel
(d) Rajendra Prasad
Answer
Answer: (b) E.M.S. Namboodiripad
3.
What was the response of the Congress party after losing power in Kerala in 1957?
(a) Acceptance
(b) Celebration
(c) Liberation struggle
(d) Cooperation
Answer
Answer: (c) Liberation struggle
4.
What did the Communists claim about the agitation against their government in Kerala?
(a) Led by the Congress party
(b) Led by vested interests and religious organizations
(c) Democratic and peaceful
(d) Supported by the Communists
Answer
Answer: (b) Led by vested interests and religious organizations
5.
In what year did the Congress government at the Centre dismiss the Communist government in Kerala?
(a) 1955
(b) 1957
(c) 1959
(d) 1962
Answer
Answer: (c) 1959
6.
Under which article of the Constitution was the Communist government in Kerala dismissed?
(a) Article 352
(b) Article 356
(c) Article 370
(d) Article 365
Answer
Answer: (b) Article 356
7.
Who was the leader of the Communist legislature party in Kerala in 1959?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Rajendra Prasad
(c) E.M.S. Namboodiripad
(d) Sardar Patel
Answer
Answer: (c) E.M.S. Namboodiripad
8.
Why was the decision to dismiss the Communist government in Kerala controversial?
(a) It was widely supported
(b) It was the first instance of the misuse of constitutional emergency powers
(c) It was a unanimous decision
(d) It was considered just and fair
Answer
Answer: (b) It was the first instance of the misuse of constitutional emergency powers
1.
When was the Congress Socialist Party (CSP) formed within the Indian National Congress?
(a) 1920
(b) 1934
(c) 1947
(d) 1955
Answer
Answer: (b) 1934
2.
Why did the Socialists form a separate Socialist Party in 1948?
(a) Ideological differences with the Congress
(b) Electoral disappointment
(c) Amendment in the Congress constitution
(d) Pressure from the Communists
Answer
Answer: (c) Amendment in the Congress constitution
3.
What ideology did the Socialists believe in, distinguishing them from the Congress and Communists?
(a) Capitalism
(b) Communism
(c) Democratic socialism
(d) Authoritarianism
Answer
Answer: (c) Democratic socialism
4.
In what year did the Congress declare its goal to be the socialist pattern of society?
(a) 1950
(b) 1955
(c) 1960
(d) 1965
Answer
Answer: (b) 1955
5.
Who increased their distance from and criticism of the Congress party, led by Rammanohar Lohia?
(a) Asoka Mehta
(b) Jayaprakash Narayan
(c) Achyut Patwardhan
(d) S.M. Joshi
Answer
Answer: (b) Rammanohar Lohia
6.
Which socialist leader advocated limited cooperation with the Congress?
(a) Jayaprakash Narayan
(b) Achyut Patwardhan
(c) Asoka Mehta
(d) Acharya Narendra Dev
Answer
Answer: (c) Asoka Mehta
7.
What was the result of the Socialist Party’s electoral performance?
(a) Overwhelming success
(b) Moderate success in most states
(c) Success only in a few pockets
(d) No electoral success at all
Answer
Answer: (c) Success only in a few pockets
8.
Who were among the leaders of the socialist parties mentioned in the passage?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Subhas Chandra Bose and Sardar Patel
(c) Jayaprakash Narayan, Achyut Patwardhan, Asoka Mehta
(d) Bhagat Singh and Rajguru
Answer
Answer: (c) Jayaprakash Narayan, Achyut Patwardhan, Asoka Mehta
9.
Which political parties in contemporary India trace their origins to the Socialist Party?
(a) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Indian National Congress (INC)
(b) Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India
(c) Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), and Janata Dal (Secular)
(d) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
Answer
Answer: (c) Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), and Janata Dal (Secular)
10.
What did the Congress amend in its constitution in 1948 that led to the formation of the Socialist Party?
(a) Membership fees
(b) Dual party membership
(c) Leadership selection process
(d) Foreign policy stance
Answer
Answer: (b) Dual party membership
1.
Who was the founding President of the Congress Socialist Party?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Acharya Narendra Dev
(d) Rammanohar Lohia
Answer
Answer: (c) Acharya Narendra Dev
2.
What movement was Acharya Narendra Dev active in after independence?
(a) Women’s suffrage movement
(b) Environmental movement
(c) Peasants’ movement
(d) Civil rights movement
Answer
Answer: (c) Peasants’ movement
3.
What was Acharya Narendra Dev a scholar of?
(a) Physics
(b) Buddhism
(c) Literature
(d) Political Science
Answer
Answer: (b) Buddhism
1.
What movement was Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar a leader of?
(a) Women’s suffrage movement
(b) Anti-caste movement
(c) Environmental movement
(d) Civil rights movement
Answer
Answer: (b) Anti-caste movement
2.
Which party did Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar found?
(a) Indian National Congress
(b) Independent Labour Party
(c) Communist Party of India
(d) Bharatiya Janata Party
Answer
Answer: (b) Independent Labour Party
3.
What position did Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar hold during the Second World War?
(a) Prime Minister
(b) President of India
(c) Chairman, Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly
(d) Member of Viceroy’s Executive Council
Answer
Answer: (d) Member of Viceroy’s Executive Council
4.
Which committee did Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar chair in the Constituent Assembly?
(a) Finance Committee
(b) Drafting Committee
(c) Judiciary Committee
(d) Foreign Affairs Committee
Answer
Answer: (b) Drafting Committee
5.
Why did Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar resign from Nehru’s first cabinet after independence?
(a) Health issues
(b) Political differences over the Hindu Code Bill
(c) Retirement
(d) Corruption charges
Answer
Answer: (b) Political differences over the Hindu Code Bill
1.
Which state did Rafi Ahmed Kidwai represent as a Congress leader?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) West Bengal
(d) Gujarat
Answer
Answer: (b) Uttar Pradesh
2.
What ministry did Rafi Ahmed Kidwai serve in the first ministry of free India?
(a) Defense Ministry
(b) Finance Ministry
(c) Communications Ministry
(d) Foreign Affairs Ministry
Answer
Answer: (c) Communications Ministry
3.
Which portfolio did Rafi Ahmed Kidwai hold as a minister from 1952-54?
(a) Education and Culture
(b) Defense and Security
(c) Food and Agriculture
(d) Commerce and Industry
Answer
Answer: (c) Food and Agriculture
1.
What was A.K. Gopalan’s initial political affiliation?
(a) Communist Party
(b) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
(c) Indian National Congress
(d) Socialist Party
Answer
Answer: (c) Indian National Congress
2.
When did A.K. Gopalan join the Communist Party?
(a) 1947
(b) 1939
(c) 1952
(d) 1964
Answer
Answer: (b) 1939
3.
After the split in the Communist Party in 1964, which party did A.K. Gopalan join?
(a) Congress Socialist Party
(b) Janata Dal
(c) Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))
(d) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Answer
Answer: (c) Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))
4.
In which state did A.K. Gopalan serve as a Member of Parliament?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Kerala
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Tamil Nadu
Answer
Answer: (b) Kerala
1.
What is the title of the Marathi film based on Arun Sadhu’s novels?
(a) Mumbai Dinank
(b) Simhasan
(c) Digu Tipnis
(d) Jabbar Patel
Answer
Answer: (b) Simhasan
2.
Who serves as the silent ‘Sutradhar’ in the film?
(a) Digu Tipnis
(b) Jabbar Patel
(c) Arun Sadhu
(d) Nilu Phule
Answer
Answer: (a) Digu Tipnis
3.
What is the main focus of the film’s storyline?
(a) Journalistic endeavors
(b) Smuggling in Mumbai
(c) Power struggle for the Chief Minister’s post
(d) Rural Maharashtra’s social reality
Answer
Answer: (c) Power struggle for the Chief Minister’s post
4.
Who is the Finance Minister attempting to unseat in the film?
(a) Nilu Phule
(b) Digu Tipnis
(c) Arun Sarnaik
(d) Vishwasrao Dabhade
Answer
Answer: (d) Vishwasrao Dabhade
5.
Which character plays the role of a trade union leader?
(a) Mohan Agashe
(b) Satish Dubashi
(c) D’Casta
(d) Dr. Shreeram Lagoo
Answer
Answer: (c) D’Casta
6.
What is the sub-plot involving Mumbai?
(a) Political bargaining
(b) Journalistic endeavors
(c) Smuggling
(d) Rural Maharashtra’s social reality
Answer
Answer: (c) Smuggling
7.
Which year was the film released?
(a) 1980
(b) 1981
(c) 1982
(d) 1983
Answer
Answer: (b) 1981
8.
Who directed the film ‘Simhasan’?
(a) Nilu Phule
(b) Arun Sarnaik
(c) Datta Bhat
(d) Jabbar Patel
Answer
Answer: (d
) Jabbar Patel
1.
What was Deen Dayal Upadhyaya’s role in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)?
(a) Part-time worker
(b) Occasional member
(c) Full-time worker since 1942
(d) Advisory board member
Answer
Answer: (c) Full-time worker since 1942
2.
Which political party did Deen Dayal Upadhyaya co-found?
(a) Indian National Congress
(b) Bharatiya Jana Sangh
(c) Communist Party of India
(d) Samajwadi Party
Answer
Answer: (b) Bharatiya Jana Sangh
3.
What concept was initiated by Deen Dayal Upadhyaya?
(a) Communism
(b) Integral Humanism
(c) Socialism
(d) Capitalism
Answer
Answer: (b) Integral Humanism
1.
What does the cartoon “Tug of War” depict?
(a) A cricket match
(b) A political struggle between the opposition and the government
(c) A cultural festival
(d) A religious ceremony
Answer
Answer: (b) A political struggle between the opposition and the government
2.
Who are the opposition leaders shown in the cartoon?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru and his cabinet colleagues
(b) A. K. Gopalan, Acharya Kripalani, N.C. Chatterjee, Srikantan Nair, and Sardar Hukum Singh
(c) Mahatma Gandhi and his followers
(d) Indira Gandhi and her supporters
Answer
Answer: (b) A. K. Gopalan, Acharya Kripalani, N.C. Chatterjee, Srikantan Nair, and Sardar Hukum Singh
3.
When was the cartoon “Tug of War” created?
(a) 15 August 1947
(b) 29 August 1954
(c) 2 October 1969
(d) 26 January 1950
Answer
Answer: (b) 29 August 1954
1.
According to Jawaharlal Nehru’s letter, what is considered more important than his presence in the Government or the Congress?
(a) Economic reforms
(b) The election of Tandon as Congress president
(c) Foreign policy decisions
(d) Social welfare programs
Answer
Answer: (b) The election of Tandon as Congress president
2.
Who is mentioned as the elected Congress president in Nehru’s letter?
(a) Rajaji
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Tandon
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (c) Tandon
1.
Who was sworn in as Governor-General in 1948, as mentioned in the content?
(a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
(c) Maulana Azad
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer
Answer: (b) Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
2.
Who served as the Prime Minister of India in the mentioned Cabinet?
(a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
Answer
Answer: (c) Jawaharlal Nehru
3.
Who is not mentioned as part of Nehru’s Cabinet in the given content?
(a) Maulana Azad
(b) Shyama Prasad Mukherji
(c) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer
Answer: (d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
1.
What was Shyama Prasad Mukherjee’s role in Nehru’s first cabinet after independence?
(a) Finance Minister
(b) Minister of External Affairs
(c) Minister of Defence
(d) Minister of Education
Answer
Answer: (b) Minister of Industry and Supply
2.
Why did Shyama Prasad Mukherjee resign from Nehru’s cabinet in 1950?
(a) Disagreements over economic policies
(b) Differences over relations with Pakistan
(c) Health issues
(d) Retirement from politics
Answer
Answer: (b) Differences over relations with Pakistan
3.
Which political party did Shyama Prasad Mukherjee found?
(a) Indian National Congress
(b) Bharatiya Jana Sangh
(c) Communist Party of India
(d) Socialist Party
Answer
Answer: (b) Bharatiya Jana Sangh
4.
What issue was Shyama Prasad Mukherjee opposed to regarding Jammu & Kashmir?
(a) Autonomy
(b) Integration with India
(c) Independence
(d) Annexation
Answer
Answer: (a) Autonomy
5.
What was the outcome of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee’s involvement in the Jana Sangh’s agitation against Kashmir policy?
(a) Reconciliation with Nehru
(b) Arrest and detention
(c) Victory in elections
(d) Exile to Pakistan
Answer
Answer: (b) Arrest and detention
1.
According to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, what role does hero-worship play in Indian politics?
(a) Minor role
(b) Moderate role
(c) Significant role
(d) Negligible role
Answer
Answer: (c) Significant role
2.
Why does Dr. B.R. Ambedkar express concern about hero-worship in politics?
(a) It leads to degradation and dictatorship
(b) It promotes democracy
(c) It ensures political stability
(d) It enhances public trust
Answer
Answer: (a) It leads to degradation and dictatorship