Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System MCQ in English Class 12 Political Science Book-POLITICS IN INDIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE Chapter-5 chapter wise MCQ
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Which Congress leader consulted within the party to make Lal Bahadur Shastri the Prime Minister?
(a) Morarji Desai
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) K. Kamaraj
(d) Gulzarilal Nanda
When did Nehru ji die?
(a) March 1962
(b) May 1964
(c) August 1965
(d) January 1966
Who became the Prime Minister of India after Nehru ji?
(a) Indira Gandhi
(b) Morarji Desai
(c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(d) Jaiprakash Narayan
Who ensured the election of Nehruji's successor?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) K. Kamaraj
(c) Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Rajendra Prasad
Which post did Lal Bahadur Shastri hold in Nehru's cabinet?
(a) Home Minister
(b) Defence Minister
(c) Railway Minister
(d) Finance Minister
When did Lal Bahadur Shastri die?
(a) 9 January 1966
(b) January 10, 1966
(c) 11 January 1966
(d) 12 January 1966
Where did Lal Bahadur Shastri die?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Lahore
(c) Tashkent
(d) Moscow
When did the Tashkent Agreement take place?
(a) 1965
(b) 1966
(c) 1967
(d) 1968
Between whom was the Tashkent Agreement signed?
(a) India and China
(b) India and Pakistan
(c) India and Bangladesh
(d) India and Russia
Why was Indira Gandhi chosen as Prime Minister?
(a) Because of public support
(b) Because of the support of the Congress Party
(c) Because of his association with the Nehru family
(d) Because of experience in foreign policy
In which year was Indira Gandhi made Prime Minister?
(a) 1965
(b) 1966
(c) 1967
(d) 1968
What were the major problems India faced in the 1960s?
(a) Poverty and inequality
(b) Food crisis
(c) Communalism
(d. All of the above
How many Prime Ministers died in India in the 1960s?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
With which country did India fight a war in 1962?
(a)Pakistan
(b) China
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Myanmar
With which country did India fight in the war of 1965?
(a) China
(b) Pakistan
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Bangladesh
What type of crisis did India face in the 1960s?
(a) Food crisis
(b) Energy crisis
(c) Industrial crisis
(d) Technological crisis
When were the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections held in 1967?
(a) January
(b) February
(d) March
(d) April
Who was the Congress leader who lost the 1967 elections in Bihar?
(a) K. B. Sahay
(b) S. K. Patil
(c) Atulya Ghosh
(d) Chandrashekhar Singh
In which state a non-Congress government was formed for the first time after the elections of 1967?
(a) Punjab
(b) Madras
(c) Kerala
(d) West Bengal
In which state did DMK achieve political success due to the anti-Hindi movement?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) Madras (Tamil Nadu)
(d) Kerala
Which natural calamity was faced before the fourth general election?
(a) Flood
(b) Drought
(c) Cyclone
(d) Earthquake
What happened to the rupee before the fourth general election in India?
(a) Devaluation
(b) Strength
(c) Stability
(d) Increase in price
Who was the right wing party in the coalition government of Punjab?
(a) Bharatiya Jana Sangh
(b) Republican Party
(c) CPI
(d) Master Group
Which two socialist parties were part of the coalition government in Bihar in 1967?
(a) CPI and CPI(M)
(b) SSP and PSP
(c) Jan Sangh and Republican Party
(d) Akali Dal and Jansangh
What were the coalition governments called?
(a) National Legislature Party
(b) United Legislature Party
(c) Non-governmental alliance
(d) Provincial United Front
Which Haryana MLA changed party in 1967?
(a) S.S. Patel
(b) Gayalal
(c) K.B. Sahay
(d) Master Tara Singh
How many times did Gayalal change parties in a single fortnight?
(a) 2 times
(a) 3 times
(c) 4 times
(d) 5 times
When did the phenomenon of defection emerge?
(a) Elections of 1962
(b) Elections of 1967
(c) Elections of 1971
(d) Elections of 1977
Who presented the idea of non-Congressism?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Ram Manohar Lohia
(c) Jayaprakash Narayan
(d) Morarji Desai
According to Non-Congressism, what was the Congress rule against?
(a) Opposition
(b) The poor
(c) Industrialists
(d) Middle class
When was the main period of non-Congressism?
(a) The decade of 1940
(b) decade of 1950s
(c) 1960s
(d) 1970s
Who faced the biggest challenge for Indira Gandhi?
(a) From the opposition
(b) From Syndicate
(c) International pressure
(d) By public protest
Who did Indira Gandhi include among her advisors?
(a) Party leaders only
(b) People outside the party
(c) Bureaucrats
(d) Foreign experts
Who mainly benefited from Indira Gandhi's leftist policies?
(a) Industrialists
(b) The poor and backward classes
(c) Upper class people
(d) Foreign companies
Which sector was nationalized under the 10 point program?
(a) Insurance
(b) Mining
(c) Energy
(d) Railway
Under whose leadership was the 10 point program implemented?
(a) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Morarji Desai
(d) Jaiprakash Narayan
Between whom was there factionalism during the presidential election of 1969?
(a) Opposition and Congress
(b) Indira Gandhi and the Syndicate
(c) Indira Gandhi and the opposition
(d) Syndicate and Opposition
Whom did Indira Gandhi support for the post of President?
(a) V.V. Giri
(b) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
(c) S. Nijalingappa
(d) Gulzarilal Nanda
When did the Congress Party split?
(a) 1967
(b) 1969
(c) 1971
(d) 1975
What was the name given to the Syndicate faction after the split of the Congress Party?
(a) Congress (R)
(b) Congress (O)
(c) Congress (S)
(d) Congress (I)
What was the name given to Indira Gandhi's faction?
(a) Congress (R)
(b) Congress (O)
(c) Congress (S)
(d) Congress (I)
How many banks were nationalized by Indira Gandhi?
(a) 12
(b) 14
(c) 15
(d) 16
Privy purses were given by whom?
(a) British Government
(b) Republic of India
(c) Provincial Governments
(d) Foreign institutions
During whose reign were the privy purses abolished?
(a) Morarji Desai
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
What kinds of policies did the Indira Gandhi government try to implement?
(a) Capitalist
(b) Socialist
(c) Liberals
(d) Feudal
When did Indira Gandhi recommend the dissolution of the Lok Sabha?
(a) November 1970
(b) December 1970
(c) January 1971
(d) March 1971
What was the name given to the alliance of opposition parties in the 1971 elections?
(a) National Front
(b) Grand Alliance
(c) United Opposition
(d) Janata alliance
How many seats did the Congress (R) and CPI alliance get in the 1971 Lok Sabha elections?
(a) 250
(b) 375
(c) 400
(d) 300
How many seats did Congress (R) alone win in the 1971 Lok Sabha elections?
(a) 352
(b) 300
(c) 375
(d) 320
How many seats did Congress (O) get in the 1971 Lok Sabha elections?
(a) 16
(b) 40
(c) 25
(d) 50
How many seats did the Grand Alliance get in the 1971 Lok Sabha elections?
(a) 20
(b) 40
(c) 35
(d) 50
Which crisis did India face after the Lok Sabha elections of 1971?
(a) Kashmir dispute
(b) Bangladesh crisis
(c) India-China War
(d) Economic recession
What was the biggest strength for the success of Congress after 1971?
