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INDIA: EVENTS AFTER 1960

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which PM of India gave the slogan 'Jai Jawan,Jai Kisan'

a)

Jawahar Lal Nehru

b)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

c)

Charan Singh

d)

Indira Gandhi

2.

The tensions between India and China on the Northern border which had been rising since 1950, culminated into war in 1960s . This war was fought in the

a)

Radcliffe Line

b)

LAC

c)

Mac Mohan Line

d)

LOC

3.

Pakistan's oppressive policies in East Pakistan resulted in a big movement led by _______________________ and his organisation called___________________

a)

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Mukti Bahini

b)

A.K.m YUSUF,Razakars

c)

Comrade Moni Singh, Communist Party of Bangladesh

d)

None of the Options

4.

Which High Court gave the verdict that Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had misused the governemnt machinery during her election campaign?

a)

Delhi High Court

b)

Kolkata High Court

c)

Allahabad High Court

d)

Madras High Court

5.

During the declaration of the State of Emergency in 1975 who was the President of India

a)

Gyani Zail Singh

b)

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

c)

Zakir Hussain

d)

B.D Jatti

6.

Who became the Prime Minister after Rajiv Gandhi

a)

Chandra Sekhar

b)

I K Gujral

c)

H D Deve Gowda

d)

V.P Singh

7.

Economic liberalisation in India was initiated in 1991 by Prime Minister ______________ and his then-Finance Minister ___________

a)

P. V. Narasimha Rao,Dr. Manmohan Singh.

b)

P.V Narasimha Rao,Inder Kumar Gujral

c)

P.V Narasimha Rao, Madhav Rao Scindia

d)

P.V Narasimha Rao, Ghulam Nabi Azad

8.

___________________________________ is known as the Father of the Green Revolution

a)

Verghese Kurien

b)

Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata

c)

B. R. Ambedkar

d)

M.S Swaminathan

9.

In 1975,the first satellite _________________________ was launched

a)

Bhaskara-I

b)

Rohini Satellite RS-1

c)

Aryabhatta

d)

Apple

10.

Identify the wrong pair

a)

Indira Gandhi- Emergency

b)

Rajiv Gandhi- Development in Science and Technology

c)

P.V Narasimha Rao- Economic Reforms

d)

Chandra Sekhar - Mandal Commission

11.

Th Indian Prime Minister who took an initiative in resolving the question of the Tamil minority in Srilanka was ---

a)

Rajiv Gandhi

b)

H.D Devegowda

c)

Atal Behari Vajpayee

d)

P.V Narasimha Rao

12.

Who was the Prime Minister of India during the Kargil War

a)

H.D Devegowda

b)

Manmohan Singh

c)

Atal Behari vajpayee

d)

P.V Narasimha Rao

13.

Consider the following statement in context Emergency provisions.

1) Emergency due to war, external aggression or armed rebellion that popularly known as National Emergency comes under Art. 356.

2) An Emergency due to the failure of the constitutional Machinery in the states comes under Article 360.

3) Financial Emergency due to a threat to the financial stability or credit of India that popularly known as President Rule in the country comes under Article 352.

Which of the statement given above is / are correct.

a)

a) 1 & 2 only

b)

b) 1, 2 & 3 onl

c)

c) 3 only

d)

d) None of the above

14.

In which year the Constitution of India was amended for the first time

a)

1950

b)

1951

c)

1952

d)

1949

15.

Fundamental Rights are incorporated in the

a)

Part IV

b)

Part II

c)

Part III

d)

Part IV A

16.

Which of the following is not a fundamental right in the Constitution of India?

a)

Right to work

b)

Right to Equality

c)

Right to Freedom

d)

Right to Freedom of Religion

17.

Fundamental Rights have no value without

a)

Right to Freedom

b)

Right to Freedom of Religion

c)

Right to Property

d)

Right to Constitutional Remedies

18.

The Rights have their origins in many sources, including England's Bill of Rights, the United States Bill of Rights and France's Declaration of the Rights of Man. There are _________fundamental rights recognised by the Indian constitution

a)

Eight

b)

Seven

c)

Six

d)

Nine

19.

Which article of the constitution abolishes untouchability?

a)

Article 14

b)

Article 15

c)

Article 16

d)

Article 17

20.

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Cultural and Educational Rights have been incorporated with the objective,

a)

To preserve Indian Culture

b)

To help minorities preserve their culture

c)

To evolve a single culture

d)

To eradicate Illiteracy