1.Which party was formed by leaders who left the Congress in 1969?
A) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
B) Janata Dal
C) Indian National Congress (Organisation)
D) Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Answer: C) Indian National Congress (Organisation)
2.The term “Congress (O)” referred to:
A) Congress (Organisation)
B) Congress (Outsiders)
C) Congress (Opposition)
D) Congress (Operation)
Answer: A) Congress (Organisation)
3.Who led the Congress (O) faction?
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Morarji Desai
C) K. Kamaraj
D) Jagjivan Ram
Answer: B) Morarji Desai
4.The demand for the “right to secede” was raised by which Indian state during the 1960s?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Punjab
C) West Bengal
D) Assam
Answer: B) Punjab
5.Who was the Chief Minister of Punjab during the period of the Punjabi Suba Movement?
A) Parkash Singh Badal
B) Giani Zail Singh
C) Surjit Singh Barnala
D) Partap Singh Kairon
Answer: D) Partap Singh Kairon
6.The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution of India was aimed at:
A) Imposing Emergency
B) Redefining the powers of the President
C) Limiting the Supreme Court’s powers
D) Reversing the Supreme Court’s decision on fundamental rights
Answer: A) Imposing Emergency
7.Who coined the term “committed judiciary”?
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Morarji Desai
C) K. Kamaraj
D) Jayaprakash Narayan
Answer: B) Morarji Desai
8.The Fifth Five-Year Plan focused on:
A) Industrialization
B) Agricultural development
C) Family planning
D) Education
Answer: A) Industrialization
9.Which movement challenged the constitutional validity of land reforms?
A) Narmada Bachao Andolan
B) Chipko Movement
C) Dalit Panthers Movement
D) Naxalite Movement
Answer: D) Naxalite Movement
10.Who was the leader of the Dalit Panthers Movement?
A) B.R. Ambedkar
B) Kanshi Ram
C) Jagjivan Ram
D) Namdeo Dhasal
Answer: D) Namdeo Dhasal
11.Which state saw the rise of the Naxalite Movement in the late 1960s?
A) West Bengal
B) Kerala
C) Gujarat
D) Tamil Nadu
Answer: A) West Bengal
12.Who was the founder of the Bharatiya Kranti Dal?
A) Charan Singh
B) Raj Narain
C) George Fernandes
D) Madhu Limaye
Answer: B) Raj Narain
13.The term “Nehruvian consensus” refers to:
A) A consensus on socialism and secularism
B) A consensus on economic liberalization
C) A consensus on Hindu nationalism
D) A consensus on military expansion
Answer: A) A consensus on socialism and secularism
14.The “Congress system” in India referred to:
A) A one-party dominant system
B) A multi-party system
C) A two-party system
D) A parliamentary system
Answer: A) A one-party dominant system
15.Who was the first non-Congress Chief Minister of West Bengal?
A) Siddhartha Shankar Ray
B) Jyoti Basu
C) Ajoy Mukherjee
D) Prafulla Chandra Sen
Answer: C) Ajoy Mukherjee
16.The term “Syndicate” referred to:
A) A group of ministers
B) A group of businessmen
C) A group of Congress leaders
D) A group of farmers
Answer: C) A group of Congress leaders
17.Which Indian state saw a rise in rationalist parties during the 1960s?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Bihar
D) Maharashtra
Answer: A) Tamil Nadu
18.The term “New Economic Policy” was coined during the tenure of:
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Morarji Desai
D) Rajiv Gandhi
Answer: C) Morarji Desai
19.Who initiated the “Green Revolution” in India?
A) Lal Bahadur Shastri
B) Morarji Desai
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Rajiv Gandhi
Answer: A) Lal Bahadur Shastri
20.The term “Congress (R)” referred to:
A) Congress (Rural)
B) Congress (Reformist)
C) Congress (Radical)
D) Congress (Revolutionary)
Answer: B) Congress (Reformist)
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