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Events after 1960

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Prime Minister of India who took an initiative in resolving the question of the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka was _____

a)

Rajiv Gandhi

b)

Indira Gandhi

c)

H D Devegowda

d)

P V Narsimha Rao

2.

____ is the father of Green Revolution in India.

a)

Dr. Verghese Kurian

b)

Homi Bhabha

c)

M S Swaminathan

d)

Dr Norman Borlaug

3.

War broke out between India and ____ at MacMohan line area.

a)

China

b)

Nepal

c)

Afghanistan

d)

Pakistan

4.

_____ is considered as the architect of India's international policies.

a)

Rajiv Gandhi

b)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

c)

Indira Gandhi

d)

Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

5.

Lal Bahadur Shastri passed away at ____ in 1966.

a)

Delhi

b)

Tashkent

c)

Moscow

d)

Leningrand

6.

Shaikh Mujibur Rahman led the movement Mukti Bahini in the ______.

a)

East Pakistan

b)

West Pakistan

c)

Nepal

d)

India

7.

In 1971, war broke out between India and Pakistan and ______ was formed.

a)

Maldives

b)

Sri Lanka

c)

Bangladesh

d)

Nepal

8.

In 1974, India successfully carried out underground nuclear tests at Pokhran in

a)

Punjab

b)

Rajasthan

c)

Haryana

d)

Jharkhand

9.

In _____, Sikkim became a full-fledged state in the Indian federation,

a)

1970

b)

1975

c)

1972

d)

1977

10.

The period of National emergency lasted from 1975 to ____

a)

1979

b)

1978

c)

1977

d)

1976

11.

Movement for the demand of independent state of "khalistan" began in the state of _____

a)

Punjab

b)

Rajasthan

c)

Haryana

d)

Jharkhand

12.

In 1984, Rajiv Gandhi brought about many reforms in the field of economics and ______

a)

social sciences

b)

infrastructural development

c)

science and technology

d)

people welfare

13.

Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by the _____ group of Sri Lanka.

a)

ISIS

b)

Mizo

c)

Naxalite

d)

LTTE

14.

In the elections conducted between _____, no political party got a clear majority in the Lok Sabha.

a)

1996 to 1999

b)

1995 to 2000

c)

1997 to 2001

d)

1998 to 2002

15.

In 1999, there was a war between India and ___ in the Kargil area over the Kashmir issue.

a)

Myanmar

b)

Nepal

c)

Pakistan

d)

China

16.

_______ laid the foundation for India's atomic program,

a)

Dr, Homi Bhabha

b)

Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam

c)

Dr, Chandrashekhar

d)

Dr. Verghese Kurien

17.

The efforts of ____ led to the white revolution in India.

a)

Dr, Verghese Kurien

b)

Dr, Homi Bhabha

c)

Dr, M S Swaminathan

d)

Jayprakash Narayan

18.

In 1975, India released its first artificial satellite called ____ into space.

a)

Mangalyaan

b)

Aryabhatta

c)

SARAL

d)

Bhaskara

19.

In 1978, a commission was constituted under the chairmanship of ____ to study the issue of the backward classes.

a)

Kakasaheb Kalelkar

b)

B P Mandal

c)

Dr, Ambedkar

d)

Charan Singh