1977 Elections & the End of Emergency

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. Parties like the Indian National Congress (Organisation), Swatantra Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, and the Socialist Party merged to formed the alliance.

1. Forward Bloc Party
2. Janata Party
3. Bharatiya Janata

Q. The Emergency imposed on the country gave a strong reason for major political parties to come together and fight against the Indian National Congress, to prevent India from sliding into single party democracy and end the historic electoral victory of Congress.
Which parties came together and formed the Janata Party alliance?

1. Bharatiya Lok Dal
2. Swatantra Party
3. Indian National Congress
4. Socialist Party

Q.

Which party came to power in Bolivia in the year 2006?

1. Christian Democratic Party

2. National Democratic Union

3. National Unity Front

4. Socialist Party

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

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

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. The first General Elections of Lok Sabha were held in the year-

1. 1947
2. 1957
3. 1952
4. 1951

Q. In 2009 General Elections, the Bhartiya Janata Party ( BJP) won ________________.

1. 89 seats
2. 94 seats
3. 109 seats
4. 116 seats

Q. I was unanimously elected as the speaker of the Lok Sabha on 26th March, 1977. I also became the only President of India to be elected with the support of all parties.
Who am I?

1. Morarji Desai
2. J B Kriplani
3. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
4. Jayaprakash Narayan

Q. Which party won the most number of votes in the 1977 election?

1. The Forward Bloc
2. The Bharatiya Lok Dal
3. The Indian National Congress
4. The Janata Party

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 356
3. Article 300
4. Article 400

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. _____________ became Prime Minister leading a new coalition of liberals and moderate Socialists before Lenin established the Bolshevik government.

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.

write a short note any one of the national political party in india

Q. 'X' served as the Prime Minister of India for around fifteen years. This individual was at the heart of the 21 months of Press censorship in the country between 1975 and 1977. Who is 'X'?

1. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
2. L K Advani
3. Indira Gandhi
4. R K Narayan

Q.

Name the leaders who fought against untouchability?