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This set of Issues in Indian Politics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Issues In Indian Politics Set 1

Q1 | What system of government does India have?
  • one-party system
  • two-party system
  • multi-party system
  • none of these
Q2 | The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) came to power in 1998 as the leader of:
  • united progressive alliance
  • left front
  • national democratic alliance
  • none of these
Q3 | Who is the founder of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)?
  • jyotiba phule
  • kanshi ram
  • b.r. ambedkar
  • sahu maharaj
Q4 | Which out of the following is a ‘state party’?
  • bsp
  • rashtriya janta dal
  • bjp
  • ncp
Q5 | A recognised political party is
  • a party that is present in only one of the federal units.
  • a party that is present in several and all units of the federation.
  • a party that is based on regional and communal diversities.
  • a party recognised by the ‘election commission’ with all the privileges and
Q6 | Which party of India has more or less the same symbol as that of Republican Party of USA?
  • samajwadi party
  • bsp
  • jdu
  • ydp
Q7 | Dr. T. M. Nair is related to which of the following?
  • justice party
  • labour party
  • forward party
  • tdp
Q8 | Which among the following regional political parties in India has the Party logo of twoleaves?
  • dmk
  • aiadmk
  • mdmk
  • pmk
Q9 | Who among the following is a leader of Janata Dal-Secular?
  • lalu prasad yadav
  • sharad yadav
  • h.d deva gouda
  • ajith singh
Q10 | Which among the following political parties have supported (In principle) the demand ofHarit Pradesh?
  • bjp
  • bsp
  • samajwadi party
  • indian national congress
Q11 | Which among the following was NOT a political party at the time of its foundation?
  • sikkim democratic front
  • mizo national front
  • shiv sen
  • uttarakhand kranti dal
Q12 | When and under whose leadership was Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) formed?
  • 1982, mayawati
  • 1984, kanshi ram
  • 1985, mulayam singh yadav
  • 1986, bhajanlal
Q13 | When was the Communist party of India- Marxist (CPI-M) Formed?
  • 1954
  • 1925
  • 1964
  • 1939
Q14 | Which of these statements is incorrect about CPI (M)?
  • supports socialism, secularism and democracy
  • opposes imperialism and communalism
  • wants to secure socio-economic justice in india
  • none of the above
Q15 | Who said ‘All Communalism is harmful’? The logic of minority Communalism isseparatism, and majority communalism culminates in Fascism?
  • bhikhu parekh
  • t.n. madan
  • bipin chandra
  • ashish nandy
Q16 | Who emphasized the emergence of “a market polity” in India?A. Stanley
  • kochanek
  • james manor
  • morris-jones
  • paul brass
Q17 | Who described the nature of Indian State as ‘incremental democratic modernization’?
  • morris john
  • rajni kothari
  • francine frankel
  • susan and lloyd rudolph
Q18 | An alliance of national elites and the entrepreneurial class as a basis of development at theCentre does not preclude re-distributive concessions automatically.’ Who said?
  • partha chatterjee
  • atul kohli
  • yogendra yadav
  • paul brass
Q19 | The book ‘The Painful Transition: Bourgeois Democracy in India’ is written by
  • jagdish bhagwati
  • paul brass
  • myron weiner
  • achinvanaik
Q20 | The book ‘Language, Religion and Politics’ is written by
  • paul brass
  • partha chatterjee
  • myron weiner
  • atul kohli
Q21 | Who tried to period Indian politics in terms of the tussle between a “demand polity” and a“command polity”?
  • rajni kothari
  • partha chatterjee
  • lloyd and susanne rudolph
  • myron weiner
Q22 | Who is the author of ‘Political Economy of Development in India’?
  • amartya sen
  • subipta kaviraj
  • pranab bardhan
  • hanza allavi
Q23 | The Sikhs got special electorates in which of the following Acts?
  • indian councils act, 1892
  • indian councils act, 1909
  • government of india act, 1919
  • government of india act, 1935
Q24 | Who among the following first initiated the study of State Politics in India?
  • iqbal narain
  • paul r. brass
  • stanley kochanak
  • myron weiner
Q25 | Which one of the following was the largest Opposition party in the Eighth Lok Sabha (1984)?
  • bhartiya janata party
  • communist party of india
  • telugu desam party
  • national lok dal