1977 Elections & the End of Emergency

Q. I am the only President of India to be elected with the support of all parties. Who am I?

1. Morarji Desai
2. Indira Gandhi
3. J B Kripalani
4. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy

Q. Which of the following parties formed the Janata Party alliance?

1. Swatantra Party
2. Bharatiya Jan Sangh
3. Socialist Party
4. Communist Party

Q. Pick the names of the leaders who played an essential role in bringing the non-Congress parties together.

1. Jagjivan Ram
2. Jayaprakash Narayan
3. J. B Kripalani
4. Ramprakash Narayan

Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true regarding the 1975 Emergency declaration in India?

1. It was withdrawn in the year 1977.
2. Indira Gandhi called for immediate elections post its withdrawal.
3. The media was censored and the constitutional rights were curbed.
4. Congress won in the post-Emergency Lok Sabha election.

Q. When was the emergency declared in India withdrawn?

1. 1975
2. 1976
3. 1977
4. 1978

Q. I was an Indian independence activist served between 1977 and 1979 as the 4th Prime Minister of India. I have led the government formed by the Janata Party.
Who am I?

1. Indira Gandhi
2. Morarji Desai
3. Rajiv Gandhi
4. Jawaharlal Nehru

Q. The incidents happened during the emergency created a negative opinion about the Congress Party in the public's eyes.
Identify those incidents.

1. Censorship of the press
2. Arrests of thousands of people
3. Lok Sabha Elections in 1976
4. Violation of fundamental rights

Q. Article 'X' gave extensive powers to the Central Government to assert its authority over a state. The ruling parties often misused it at the Centre, who used it as a pretext to dissolve state governments ruled by political opponents.
What is 'X'?

1. Article 20
2. Article 400
3. Article 356
4. Article 300

Q. Who was unanimously elected as the speaker of the Lok Sabha on 26th March, 1977?

1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Indira Gandhi
3. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
4. V P Singh

Q. Who became the first non-Congress Prime Minister of India?

1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Indira Gandhi
3. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
4. Morarji Desai