History Of Contemporary India Set 3
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This set of History of Contemporary India Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on History Of Contemporary India Set 3
Q1 | Future Prime ministers Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh continued theeconomic reform policies pioneered by ......................government.
- narasimha rao's
- vajpayee
- jawaharlal nehru
- rajiv gandhi
Q2 | ..................... accelerated the dismantling of the License Raj, reversingthe socialist policies of Rajiv Gandhi's government.
- narasimha rao
- vajpayee
- jawaharlal nehru
- rajedra prsad
Q3 | ........................employed Dr.Manmohan Singh as his Finance Minister to embark onhistoric economic transition.
- vajpayee
- narasimha rao
- jawaharlal nehru
- rajedra prsad
Q4 | With .................... mandate, Dr.Manmohan Singh launched India’sglobalisation angle of the reforms that implemented the International Monetary Fund (IMF) policies to rescue the almost bankrupt nation from economic collapse.
- vajpayee
- narasimha rao's
- jawaharlal nehru
- rajiv gandhi
Q5 | ....................... was referred to as Chanakya for his ability to steer tough economic andpolitical legislation through the parliament at a time when he headed a minority government.
- narasimha rao
- vajpayee
- jawaharlal nehru
- rajiv gandhi
Q6 | 11th President of India .................... described Rao as a "patriotic statesman whobelieved that the nation is bigger than the political system".
- vajpayee
- apj abdul kalam
- jawaharlal nehru
- manmohan singh
Q7 | ................... was an Indian economist who served as the Prime Minister ofIndia from 2004 to 2014.
- manmohan singh
- vajpayee
- jawaharlal nehru
- narasimha rao
Q8 | ..........................was the first prime minister of India
- jawaharlal nehru
- vajpayee
- manmohan singh
- narasimha rao
Q9 | In 1991, as India faced a severe economic crisis, newly elected PrimeMinister ................... Rao surprisingly inducted the apolitical Singh into his cabinet as Finance Minister.
- p. v. narasimha rao
- atal bihari vajpayee
- jawaharlal nehru
- indira
Q10 | The Chipko movement was started by Mr. Sundarlal Bahuguna in Tehri-Garhwaldistrict of .................against ruthless felling of trees and destruction of forests by contractors.
- uttaranchal
- santhals
- agra
- calcutta
Q11 | To implement their political line, the rebel CPM leaders launched a peasantuprising in the small Naxalbari area of northern.....................
- west bengal
- assam
- up
- andhra
Q12 | There is another parallel movement in the South ‘the Apiko Movement’ thewestern Ghats of ..................started by Medha Patekar.
- karnataka
- bengal
- delhi
- bihar
Q13 | After the Allahabad High Court verdict, ...............gave the call for a “TotalRevolution”
- jayaprakash narayan
- atal bihari vajpayee
- jawaharlal nehru
- indira gandhi
Q14 | The Khalistan movement aimed to create a separate ........................ country.
- sikh
- christian
- hindu
- muslim
Q15 | Narmada Bachao Andolan, with its leading spokespersons Medha Patkar and BabaAmte, received the Right Livelihood Award in..................
- 1961
- 1971
- 1991
- 1981
Q16 | The Narmada flows from Amarkantak in ................and after long journey, ends up inthe Arabian Sea.
- madhya pradesh
- bihar
- up
- assam
Q17 | In 1969, the Communist Party Marxist-Leninist (ML) was formed under theleadership of.........................
- charu majumdar
- jyoti basu,
- p.chidambaram
- e.k.nayanar.
Q18 | ..............................is considered as “the Gandhi of Independent India”.
- jayaprakash narayan
- vajpayee
- manmohan singh
- narasimha rao
Q19 | In June 1984, during ................., Indira Gandhi ordered the Indian Army to attack theGolden Temple and eliminate any insurgents, as it had been occupied by Sikh separatists who were allegedly stockpiling weaponOperation Blue Stars.
- operation blue star
- operation red star
- operation white star
- operation green star
Q20 | Rama Janma Bhoomi is the name given to the site that many Hindus believe to be thebirthplace of Rama, the..................... avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu.
- 7 th
- 8 th
- 9 th
- 10 th
Q21 | In.................., the demolition of Babri Masjid by Hindu nationalists triggeredwidespread Hindu-Muslim violence.
- 1982
- 1992
- 1995
- 1998
Q22 | A ..........lawyer, Peter Beneson, founded Amnesty International (AI) in 1961.
- spain
- french
- british
- portuguese
Q23 | ........................................ is a noted Kuchipudi and Bharatnatyam dancer.
- mallika sarabhai
- mahasweta devi
- tarasankar bandyopadhyay
- satyajit ray
Q24 | ................. has received the "French Palme D'or'', the highest civilian award of France.
- mallika sarabhai
- mahasweta devi
- tarasankar bandyopadhyay
- satyajit ray
Q25 | .Born to famous dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai and reputed space scientist VikramSarabhai, ....................is a woman of many dimensions and talents.
- mallika sarabhai
- mahasweta devi
- tarasankar bandyopadhyay
- satyajit ray