Issues In Indian Politics Set 1
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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