History Of Contemporary India Set 2

Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History)

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This set of History of Contemporary India Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on History Of Contemporary India Set 2

Q1 | .........................was elected president of the Indian National Congress in 1960.
  • indira gandhi
  • george fernandes
  • ab vajpayee
  • lk advani,
Answer: indira gandhi
Q2 | When Lal Bahadur Shastri, died in 1966, ............was appointed to the post of prime minister.
  • indira gandhi
  • sanjay gandhi
  • morarji desai
  • hd deve gowda
Answer: indira gandhi
Q3 | After Sanjay's death, ................prepared her other son, Rajiv Gandhi forleadership.
  • indira gandhi
  • jb patnaik
  • jyoti basu,
  • madhu dandavate
Answer: indira gandhi
Q4 | ...................... succeeded her as the Prime Minister and led the Janata Partygovernment till 1980.
  • morarji desai
  • lalu prasad yadav
  • mulayam singh yadav
  • , sharad yadav
Answer: morarji desai
Q5 | In the ................... Lok Sabha polls, Indira Gandhi returned to power and remained inpower till her assassination in 1984.
  • 1908
  • 1940
  • 1970
  • 1980
Answer: 1980
Q6 | ................... started his career as the Prime Minister of independent India in 1947,
  • jawaharlal nehru
  • indira gandhi
  • morarji desai
  • rajiv gandhi
Answer: jawaharlal nehru
Q7 | One of Nehru's key economic reforms was the introduction of the Five Years Planin........................
  • 1901
  • 1911
  • 1941
  • 1951.
Answer: 1951.
Q8 | Nehru's economic policies have often been considered to be .................in nature.a) Socialist b)Communist c)Capitalist d)Utopian Socialism \34.................... was the main architect of first green revolution of India.
  • dr. m.s. swaminathan
  • lalu prasad yadav
  • mulayam singh yadav
  • sharad yadav
Answer: dr. m.s. swaminathan
Q9 | Since......................., the Indian economy has pursued free market liberalisation, greateropenness in trade and increase investment in infrastructure.
  • 1961
  • 1971
  • 1981
  • 1991
Answer: 1991
Q10 | The National Herald newspaper was founded by Motilal Nehru in.....................
  • delhi
  • bombay
  • madras
  • allahabad
Answer: allahabad
Q11 | To deal with the anti-Sikh agitation, that followed the death of his mother,.................signed an accord with Akali Dal president Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, on 24 July, 1985.
  • rajiv gandhi
  • sanjay gandhi
  • zail sing
  • lalu prasad yadav
Answer: rajiv gandhi
Q12 | The infamous Bofors scandal that still haunts the political walls of the country wasexposed during Rajiv Gandhi's reign.
  • rajiv gandhi
  • sanjay gandhi
  • zail sing
  • mulayam singh yadav
Answer: rajiv gandhi
Q13 | ............................is called the "Father of Indian Economic Reforms,
  • morarji desai
  • lalu prasad yadav
  • mulayam singh yadav
  • p.v. narasimha rao
Answer: p.v. narasimha rao
Q14 | Soon after becoming the Prime Minister of India, .................created a Ministry ofScientific Research and Natural Resources and actively supported the atomic energy programme for peaceful purposes.
  • jawaharlal nehru
  • narasimha rao
  • prof. p.m.s blackett
  • vajpayee
Answer: jawaharlal nehru
Q15 | Along with his cousin Pamulaparthi Sadasiva Rao, ................edited a Telugu weeklymagazine called Kakatiya Patrika from 1948 to 1955.
  • jawaharlal nehru
  • rajive gandhi
  • prof. p.m.s blackett
  • narasimha rao
Answer: narasimha rao
Q16 | Under the farsighted leadership of ...........the nation, the government and the publicleaders became committed to the promotion of science and technology.
  • nehru,
  • narasimha rao
  • prof. p.m.s blackett
  • vajpayee
Answer: nehru,
Q17 | When the Indian National Congress split in 1969 ................stayed on the side of thePrime Minister Indira Gandhi and remained loyal to her during the Emergency period (1975 - 77).
  • j.l. nehru
  • prof. p.m.s blackett
  • p.v.narasimha rao
  • vajpayee
Answer: p.v.narasimha rao
Q18 | Defence organization was set up in 1948, on advice ................for the scientific evolution of weapons and equipment, operational research and special studies.
  • prof. p.m.s blackett
  • vajpayee
  • jawaharlal nehru
  • indira gandhi
Answer: prof. p.m.s blackett
Q19 | ..................... is an Indian economist and politician who served as the Prime Minister ofIndia from 2004 to 2014.
  • manmohan singh
  • p. v.narasimha rao
  • atal bihari vajpayee
  • sonia gandhi
Answer: manmohan singh
Q20 | The Muslim League had been founded in Dhaka in 1906.
  • 1906
  • 1916
  • 1920
  • 1926
Answer: 1906
Q21 | The economic liberalisation in India denotes the continuing financial reforms whichbegan since July 24,..........................
  • 1961
  • 1971
  • 1981
  • 1991
Answer: 1991
Q22 | The CPM had originally split from the united CPI in 1964 on grounds ofdifferences over revolutionary politics, reformist parliamentary politics.
  • 1951
  • 1956
  • 1968
  • 1964
Answer: 1964
Q23 | .................... was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the Prime Minister ofIndia (1991–1996).
  • p.v.narasimha rao
  • vajpayee
  • jawaharlal nehru
  • indira gandhi
Answer: p.v.narasimha rao
Q24 | ..................ascendancy to the prime minister ship was politically significant in that hewas the first holder of this office from non-Hindi-speaking south India.
  • narasimha rao’s
  • vajpayee
  • jawaharlal nehru
  • indira gandhi
Answer: narasimha rao’s
Q25 | ................... is often referred to as the "Father of Indian Economic Reforms".
  • narasimha rao
  • vajpayee
  • jawaharlal nehru
  • indira gandhi
Answer: narasimha rao
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