History Of Contemporary India Set 1

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Q1 | .................................... is considered as the architect of t he Constitution of India.
  • dr.
  • r. ambedkar b) vallabhbhai patel
  • mahatma gandhi
  • dr.rajendra prasad
Answer: dr.
Q2 | India has adopted the Parliamentary system as found in..............
  • afghanistan
  • america
  • france
  • britain
Answer: britain
Q3 | since its inauguration on 26th January.............. , the Constitution India has beensuccessfully guiding the path and progress of India.
  • 1905
  • 1915
  • 1930
  • 1950
Answer: 1950
Q4 | ......................... was instrumental in the integration of over 500 princely states intothe Indian Union.
  • mahatma gandhi
  • dr. b.r. ambedkar
  • moulana azad
  • vallabhbhai patel
Answer: vallabhbhai patel
Q5 | .......................was elected as the president of Indian National Congress Party for itsKarachi session of 1931.
  • vallabhbhai patel
  • netaji subhash chandra bose
  • jawaharlal nehru
  • .
Answer: vallabhbhai patel
Q6 | The constitution of India became fully operational with effect from 26thJanuary..........................
  • 1905
  • 1935
  • 1947
  • 1950
Answer: 1950
Q7 | One of ................. key economic reforms was the introduction of the Five YearsPlan in 1951.
  • mahatma gandhi’s
  • dr. b.r. ambedkar’s
  • moulana azad’s
  • jawaharlal nehru’s
Answer: jawaharlal nehru’s
Q8 | Jawaharlal Nehru advocated a kind of mixed economy in India.
  • vallabhbhai patel
  • netaji subhash chandra bose
  • rajagopalachari
  • . jawaharlal nehru
Answer: . jawaharlal nehru
Q9 | To guide India through its rapid industrialization, Nehru inaugurated the first ofIndia’s Soviet-style Five Year Plans in................
  • 1947
  • 1948
  • 1950
  • 1951
Answer: 1951
Q10 | The ..................revolution consists of technological improvements which weremainly adopted to increase agriculture productivity.
  • white
  • blue
  • red
  • green
Answer: green
Q11 | The first world was considered the..................
  • britain
  • france
  • germany
  • usa
Answer: usa
Q12 | The key person behind the Constitution of India was..................
  • dr.
  • r. ambedkar b)jawaharlal nehru
  • mahatma gandhi
  • sardar vallabhai patel
Answer: sardar vallabhai patel
Q13 | ...............was considered as part of the third world wand chose to remain neutral.
  • britain
  • france
  • germany
  • india
Answer: india
Q14 | The Non-Cooperation Movement launched by ..................
  • gandhi
  • jawaharlal nehru
  • dr. b.r. ambedkar
  • sardar vallabhai
Answer: gandhi
Q15 | Jawaharlal's concept of nonalignment brought India considerable international prestigeamong newly independent states.
  • dr.
  • r. ambedkar b) sardar vallabhai patel
  • mahatma gandhi
  • jawaharlal nehru
Answer: jawaharlal nehru
Q16 | In 1984, ........................was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards.
  • dr.
  • r. ambedkar b) sardar vallabhai patel
  • mahatma gandhi
  • indira gandhi
Answer: indira gandhi
Q17 | The States Reorganization Act was passed by parliament in November..............
  • 1916
  • 1926
  • 1946
  • 1956.
Answer: 1956.
Q18 | In India, "the Emergency" refers to a 21-month period in 1975–77 when PrimeMinister................ unilaterally had an emergency declared across the country.
  • indira gandhi
  • jawaharlal nehru
  • dr. b.r. ambedkar
  • rajiv gandhi
Answer: indira gandhi
Q19 | Officially issued by President ................ Ahmed under Article 352(1) of theConstitution for "internal disturbance", the Emergency was in effect from 25 June 1975 until its withdrawal on 21 March 1977.
  • fakhruddin ali
  • dr.s.radhakrishnan
  • dr.rajendra prasad
  • manmohan singh
Answer: fakhruddin ali
Q20 | On June 25, ......................prime minister Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency in Indiaciting grave threat to her government and sovereignty of the country from both internal and external forces.
  • 1955
  • 1965
  • 1968
  • 1975
Answer: 1975
Q21 | Indira Gandhi became the prime minister in January ............. and then emergedvictorious in the 1971 Lok Sabha elections.
  • 1906
  • 1916
  • 1956
  • 1966
Answer: 1966
Q22 | The socialist stalwart ...................openly led a mass movement against her calling hercorrupt and autocratic.
  • jaya prakash narayan
  • fakruddin ali ahmed
  • ems
  • akg
Answer: jaya prakash narayan
Q23 | The firebrand trade union leader ....................had successfully organised an all IndiaRailways strike bringing the public transport and economy to a halt.
  • george fernandes
  • fakruddin ali ahmed
  • jaya prakash narayan
  • ems
Answer: george fernandes
Q24 | The Emergency draft was hurriedly sent to the President of India ................who signedit immediately.
  • fakruddin ali ahmed
  • george fernandes
  • dr.rajendra prasad
  • manmohan singh
Answer: fakruddin ali ahmed
Q25 | ................ second son Sanjay Gandhi, who was just 29 years old then, took charge ofthe administration and started sending opposition leaders and workers to jails across India.
  • nanaji deshmukh’s
  • morarji desai’s
  • indira gandhi's
  • , subramanian swamy’s,
Answer: indira gandhi's
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