Deck 5: Historical Events and Political Figures in India

Question 1

An All India Khilafat Conference was held at ..............on November 23,1919 with Gandhi as its president.

A)Calcutta
B)Punjab
C)Gujarat
D)Delhi

Answer 1

Delhi

Question 2

Congress leaders, like Lokamanya Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi, viewed the ....................as an opportunity to bring about Hindu-Muslim unity against British.

A)Khalifat Movement
B)Khudai Khidmatgars
C)Peasant movement
D)Womens' movement

Answer 2

Khalifat Movement

Question 3

.............visited Malabar in 1921, giving a further impetus to the Khilafat movement.

A)Gandhiji
B)Motilal Nehru
C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Sri Aurobindo

Answer 3

Gandhiji

Question 4

The Constitution of ....................is the largest written liberal democratic constitution of the world.

A)India
B)America
C)Pakistan
D)Afghanistan

Question 5

The Constitution of ...................provides for a mixture of federalism andUnitarianism, and flexibility and with rigidity.

A)Afghanistan
B)America
C)Pakistan
D)India

Question 6

Indian Constitution consists of ................ Articles divided into 22 Parts with 12Schedules and 94 constitutional amendments.

A)295
B)305
C)388
D)395

Question 7

The Constitution of India indeed much bigger than the US Constitution which hasonly 7 Articles and the ..................Constitution with its 89 Articles.

A)French
B)Dutch
C)Pakistan
D)Afghanistan

Question 8

The constitution of India became fully operational with effect from 26thJanuary..........................

A)1905
B)1935
C)1947
D)1950

Question 9

India has an elected head of state (President of India) who wields power for a fixed term of ................... years.

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

Question 10

. 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

Question 11

The tenure of the Lok Sabha is ........................ years. a)2 b)3 c)4 d) 512.The key person behind the Constitution of India was..................

A)Dr.B.R. Ambedkar
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)Sardar Vallabhai Patel

Question 12

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 13

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 14

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 15

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

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

Question 16

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

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

Question 17

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 18

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 19

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 20

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 21

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 22

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 23

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 24

................ 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 25

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,