Situating Independent India Set 6

Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History)

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This set of Situating Independent India Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Situating Independent India Set 6

Q1 | Charu Mazumdar was arrested by the ............. Police detectives on July 16, 1972.
  • calcutta
  • hyderabad
  • pune
  • ahmadabad
Answer: calcutta
Q2 | The Naxalite movement, drawing inspiration from the ..............ideology, had a meteoric phase for about two years from the formation of the party till the end of June 1971.
  • maoist
  • congress
  • bjp
  • cpi
Answer: maoist
Q3 | Charu Mazumdar was arrested by the Calcutta Police detectiveson July 16,..............
  • 1942
  • 1952
  • 1962
  • 1972
Answer: 1972
Q4 | ............. death marked the end of a phase in the Naxalite movement.
  • charu mazumdar
  • indira gandhi
  • akg
  • ems
Answer: charu mazumdar
Q5 | The formation of People’s War Group in Andhra Pradeshsubsequently in 1980 under the leadership of ................ gave a new lease of life to the Naxalite movement.
  • kondapalli seetharamaiah
  • indira gandhi
  • charu mazumdar
  • k. ajitha
Answer: kondapalli seetharamaiah
Q6 | The revolutionary writers of the Jana Natya Mandali, the cultural front of the PWG, greatly helped in preparing the environment in which the .............ideology found ready acceptance.
  • naxalite
  • communist
  • congress
  • bjp
Answer: naxalite
Q7 | The Andhra Pradesh government banned the PWG and its sixfront organizations in.............
  • 1952
  • 1962
  • 1972
  • 1992
Answer: 1992
Q8 | Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, declared a state of emergency in...................
  • 1965
  • 1975
  • 1985
  • 1995
Answer: 1975
Q9 | The Indian Emergency of 25th June 1975-21st March 1977 was a 21 month period, when President................, upon advice by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, declared a state of emergency under Article 352 of the Constitution of India, effectively bestowing on her the power to rule by decree, suspending elections and civil liberties.
  • fakhruddin ali ahmed
  • indira gandhi
  • rajiv gandhi
  • morarji desai
Answer: fakhruddin ali ahmed
Q10 | The imposition of the emergency in ............... struck at the verycore of these ideals, which constitute our democracy.
  • 1935
  • 1965
  • 1968
  • 1975
Answer: 1975
Q11 | On 25th June 1975, Prime Minister ............ imposed an emergency in the country.
  • indira gandhi
  • fakhruddin ali ahmed
  • morarji desai
  • rajiv gandhi
Answer: indira gandhi
Q12 | In many ways the foundation for the emergency was laid when the ...............High Court set aside Indira Gandhi’s re-election to the Lok Sabha in 1971 on the grounds of electoral malpractices.
  • allahabad
  • ahmedabad
  • islamabad
  • hyderabad
Answer: allahabad
Q13 | In many ways the foundation for the emergency was laid when the Allahabad High Court set aside Indira Gandhi’s re-election to the Lok Sabha in ............. on the grounds of electoral malpractices.
  • 1931
  • 1941
  • 1961
  • 1971
Answer: 1971
Q14 | In many ways the foundation for the emergency was laid when the Allahabad High Court set aside .............. re-election to the Lok Sabha in 1971 on the grounds of electoral malpractices.
  • indira gandhi’s
  • fakhruddin ali ahmed
  • charan singh
  • i.k. gujaral
Answer: indira gandhi’s
Q15 | Many regard .............as “the Gandhi of Independent India”.
  • jayaprakash narayan
  • indira gandhi
  • charan singh
  • morarji desai
Answer: jayaprakash narayan
Q16 | After the .............High Court verdict, “JP”, as Jayaprakash Narayan was better known, gave the call for a “Total Revolution” and also demanded the resignation of Mrs. Gandhi.
  • islamabad
  • ahmedabad
  • allahabad
  • poona
Answer: allahabad
Q17 | Prof. ............., Secretary to the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi andher chief official advisor during this period.
  • p.n. dhar
  • rabindranth tagore
  • a.k. menon
  • i. k. gujral
Answer: p.n. dhar
Q18 | In his book “Indira Gandhi, the emergency and Indian Democracy”, Prof. ..............states that it was largely because of the opposition pressure that she was forced to resign.
  • r.c.datt
  • i. k. gujral
  • p.n. dhar
  • romila thaper
Answer: p.n. dhar
Q19 | ...............poem was “Where the mind is without fear and thehead is held high”.
  • rabindranth tagore’s
  • p.sukathakumari
  • o.n.v. kurup
  • vallathol
Answer: rabindranth tagore’s
Q20 | One of Indira Gandhi’s first acts on 26th June 1975 was to remove her mild-mannered and democratically inclinedInformation minister ................ and replace him with Vidya Charan Shukla, who she thought would better serve her Goebbelsian design.”
  • i. k. gujral
  • p.n. dhar
  • charan singh
  • rajiv gandhi
Answer: i. k. gujral
Q21 | Vinod Mehta, who edited the sleazy girlie magazine Debonairfrom ............, was asked to have his articles and pictures cleared before they were sent to the printer.
  • poona
  • allahabad
  • bombay
  • bhubaneswar
Answer: bombay
Q22 | The .............. conflict is a dispute over sacred space between thetwo largest religious communities in South Asia: Hindus and Muslims.
  • allahabad
  • bombay
  • ayodhya
  • bhopal
Answer: ayodhya
Q23 | 'Two Nations Theory' was put forward by ............ in 1930.
  • muhammad iqbal
  • jinnah
  • kunjalikutty
  • ali brothers
Answer: muhammad iqbal
Q24 | The destruction of the Babri Masjid in ............. on 6 December1992 by militant Hindu nationalist outfits.
  • cuttack
  • allahabad
  • varanasi
  • ayodhya
Answer: ayodhya
Q25 | The destruction of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on 6 December............... by militant Hindu nationalist outfits.
  • 1932
  • 1942
  • 1962
  • 1992
Answer: 1992
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