Era of one party dominance

1. 1. The Election Commission of India was set up in January 1950.

2. 2. Sukumar Sen became the first Chief Election Commissioner.

3. 3. The country’s first general elections were expected sometime in 1953.

4. Which of the following statement is INCORRECT?

• 1 only

• 1 and 2 only

• 2 and 3 only

• 3 only

Consider the numbers associated with the statement:

I. Eligible voters during the 1st election: 17 crore

II. % of voters who were literate: 15%

III. No. of MLAs that were to be elected: 3400

IV. No. of MPs that were to be elected to Lok Sabha: 498

Select the INCORRECT pair.

• I and III only

• III and IV only

• II and III only

• IV only

Who was the Education Minister in the first cabinet of free India?

• Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

• Amrit Kaur

• Namboodiripad

• Asoka Mehta

Which party came second in terms of seats in the 1st G.E.?

• CPI

• INC

• SSP

• BSP

'A' was a freedom fighter belonging to royal family of Kapurthala; inherited Christian religion from her mother; she was a member of Constituent Assembly; and was also the Minister for Health in independent India’s first ministry.

Guess "A"

• Sarojini Naidu

• Minoo Masani

• Amrit Kaur

• Annie Beasant

I. Assembly elections were held in March 1954 in Kerala.

II. The Communist Party won the largest number of seats in the Kerala.

III. The party won 72 of the 126 seats and had the support of five independents.

IV. The governor invited E. M. S. Namboodiripad, the leader of the Communist legislature party, to form the ministry.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are CORRECT?

• I and III only

• II and III only

• I,II and III only

• II and IV only

Who led after independence led the Socialist Party and later the Praja Socialist Party?

• A.K. Gopalan

• Acharya Narendra

  Dev

• Rafi Ahmed Kidwai

• Deen Dayal

  Upadhyaya

In 1957, which party formed the government in Kerala?

• Jan Sangh
  

• C.P.I
  

• Congress
  

• Socialist Party

When was the Socialist Party formed in India?

• 1948

• 1952

• 1955

• 1960

The first general election in 1952 involved simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and (a)