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Chp 2 India : Events after 1960

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The war between India and China took place in the year ______.

a)

1952

b)

1962

c)

1972

d)

1982

2.

The Indo-China war was fought in the region of the (a)   line.

3.

Jawaharlal Nehru passed away in ______.

a)

1944

b)

1974

c)

1984

d)

1964

4.

After Jawaharlal Nehru (a)   became Prime Minister of India.

5.

India and Pakistan went to war over the ______ issue in 1965.

a)

Kashmir

b)

Goa

c)

Hyderabad

d)

Kerala

6.

The (a)   mediated between the conflicting countries of India and Pakistan.

7.

______ gave the slogan 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan'.

a)

Indira Gandhi

b)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

c)

Morarji Desai

d)

Rajiv Gandhi

8.

Lal Bahadur Shastri breathed his last at (a)   in 1966.

9.

A Freedom Movement was led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his organisation, ______.

a)

Mukti Bahini

b)

Bangla Bahini

c)

Amar Sonar Bangla

d)

East Bengal Front

10.

The 1971 war between India and Pakistan led to the creation of an independent country called (a)   .

11.

India successfully carried out an underground test of an atomic device at ______ in Rajasthan.

a)

Dispur

b)

Mannapattam

c)

Sriharikota

d)

Pokhran

12.

The (a)   High Court gave the verdict in 1974 that Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister had misused the government machinery during her election campaign.

13.

The situation set against Indira Gandhi became more complicated due to the movement led by ______.

a)

Dadabhai Naoroji

b)

Jayprakash Narayan

c)

G.D. Agarkar

d)

Ramanand Tirth

14.

The period of the National Emergency lasted from ______ to ______ and after that general elections were conducted.

(a)  

15.

On the backdrop of the emergency, many opposition parties came together and formed a party called the ______.

a)

Republican Party

b)

Congress Party

c)

Janata Party

d)

Samaj Party

16.

(a)   became Prime Minister on behalf of the Janata Party.

17.

The Sikhs in Punjab demanded an independent state of ______.

a)

Khalistan

b)

Pakistan

c)

Kazakhstan

d)

Baluchistan

18.

(a)   had lent its support to the Khalistan movement.

19.

An organisation called ______ carried on a major movement in north-east India.

a)

United Liberation Front of Assam

b)

United Communist Group

c)

United India Front

d)

United Assam Federation

20.

(a)   laid the foundation of Indian atomic power programme.