WorksheetsRestoration of Congress
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Who gave the slogan 'Anti-Congressism'
Gandhi
Ram Manoharla Lohia
Gaya lal
C. Natarajan
Who were the 'syndicate'?
group of powerful senior leaders within the Congress
the old leaders within the Congress
group of powerful leaders from outside Congress
Congress leaders supporting Indira Gandhi
Who was the official Congress candidate for Presidential elections of 1969?
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
V.V. Giri
Zakir Hussain
Moraji Desai
The formal split in the congress took place in the year
1968
1965
1969
1971
Which of these statements about the 1967 elections is/are correct?
Congress won the Lok Sabha elections but los the Assembly elections in many states
Congress lost both Lok Sabha and Assembly elections
Congress lost majority in the Lok Sabha but formed a coalition government with the support of some of other parties
Congress retained power at the Centre with an increased majority
The reason for the defeat of the Congress in 1967 was due to
the absence of a charismatic leader in the Congress party
Split within the Congress party
Increased mobilisation of regional, ethnic and communal groups
the growing strength of the opposition parties
Defection means
an elected representative leaving the party on whose ticket s/he has bee elected
a representative who leaves the party before an election
a political party who allows its member to change his/her political party
a political party refusing its party members to change his/her party after election.
'Political Earthquake' was the term given by Political Scientists to the election verdict of
1957
1962
1967
1971
Indira Gandhi believed in the ideology of
pro-socialism
conservative
capitalism
all of above
The famous expression 'Aya Ram, Gaya Ram' which became the subject of joke was achieved by Gaya lal, an MLA of
Haryana
Punjab
Himachal Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
