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This set of Modern Indian History (1857 to the present) 2 Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Modern Indian History 1857 To The Present 2 Set 3

Q1 | All men and women of ................. years or above of age whosenames are registered in the voters lists vote in elections for electing the members of Lok Sabha
  • 14
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
Q2 | . Every voter of .................years or above of age is eligible to contest electionsto the Lok Sabha.
  • 21
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
Q3 | The tenure of the Lok Sabha is ........................ years.
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Q4 | The keyperson behind the Constitution of India was..................
  • dr.
  • r. ambedkar b) jawaharlal nehru
  • mahatma gandhi
  • sardar vallabhai patel
Q5 | The Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of .................... had brought alarge scale discontentment among the people of India.
  • 1909
  • 1911
  • 1916
  • 1919
Q6 | The Non-Cooperation Movement launched by ..................had fanned the fireof this discontentment.
  • gandhi
  • jawaharlal nehru
  • dr. b.r. ambedkar
  • sardar vallabhai
Q7 | In order to give some concession to Indians in the field of administration, theGovernment of India Act, ................was designed on the basis of the recommendation of Simon Commission.
  • 1905
  • 1915
  • 1925
  • 1935
Q8 | Diarchy was introduced by the Act. Of .......................
  • 1908
  • 1913
  • 1915
  • 1919
Q9 | The States Reorganization Act was passed by parliament in November..............
  • 1916
  • 1926
  • 1946
  • 1956.
Q10 | 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
Q11 | Officially issued by President................ Ahmed under Article 352(1) ofthe Constitution for "internal disturbance", the Emergency was in effect from 25 June1975 until its withdrawal on 21 March 1977.
  • fakhruddin ali
  • dr. s. radhakrishnan
  • dr. rajendra prasad
  • manmohan singh
Q12 | On June 25, ......................prime minister Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency inIndia citing grave threat to her government and sovereignty of the country from both internal and external forces.
  • 1955
  • 1965
  • 1968
  • 1975
Q13 | Indira Gandhi became the prime minister in January ............. and then emergedvictorious in the 1971 Lok Sabha elections.
  • 1906
  • 1916
  • 1956
  • 1966
Q14 | The socialist stalwart ...................openly led a mass movement against hercalling her corrupt and autocratic.
  • jaya prakash narayan
  • fakruddin ali ahmed
  • ems
  • akg
Q15 | The firebrand trade union leader ....................had successfully organised an allIndia Railways strike bringing the public transport and economy to a halt.
  • george fernandes
  • fakruddin ali ahmed
  • jaya prakash narayan
  • ems
Q16 | The Emergency draft was hurriedly sent to the President of India ................who signed it immediately.
  • fakruddin ali ahmed
  • george fernandes
  • dr.rajendra prasad
  • manmohansingh
Q17 | ................ second son Sanjay Gandhi, who was just 29 years old then, tookcharge of the administration and started sending opposition leaders and workers to jails across India.
  • nanaji deshmukh’s
  • morarji desai’s
  • indira gandhi's
  • , subramanian swamy’s,
Q18 | 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.
  • indira gandhi
  • jp, george fernandes,
  • ab vajpayee
  • lk advani,
Q19 | However, .................... shocked everybody by declaring Lok Sabhaelections in January 1977 bringing an end to draconian Emergency.
  • indira gandhi
  • ramakrishna hegde,
  • hd deve gowda,
  • m karunanidhi.
Q20 | ...................... succeeded her as the Prime Minister and led the JanataParty government till 1980.
  • morarji desai
  • lalu prasad yadav,
  • mulayam singh yadav
  • , sharad yadav
Q21 | In the ................... Lok Sabha polls, Indira Gandhi returned to power andremainedin power till her assassination in 1984.
  • 1908
  • 1940
  • 1970
  • 1980
Q22 | ................... started his career as the Prime Minister of independent India in1947, and immediately launched a number of economic reforms.
  • nehru
  • indira gandhi
  • morarji desai
  • rajiv gandhi
Q23 | One of Nehru's key economic reforms was the introduction of the Five YearsPlan in........................
  • 1901
  • 1911
  • 1941
  • 1951.
Q24 | Nehru's economic policies have often been considered to be .................in nature.
  • socialist
  • communist
  • capitalist
  • utopian socialism
Q25 | ................... was the main architect of first green revolution of India listedfivecomponents of Agricultural renewal?
  • dr. m.s. swaminathan
  • lalu prasad yadav,
  • mulayam singh yadav
  • sharad yadav