Top 150+ Solved History of Contemporary India MCQ Questions Answer
Q. In 1984, ........................was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards.
a. dr.
b. r. ambedkar b) sardar vallabhai patel
c. mahatma gandhi
d. indira gandhi
Q. The States Reorganization Act was passed by parliament in November..............
a. 1916
b. 1926
c. 1946
d. 1956.
Q. In India, "the Emergency" refers to a 21-month period in 1975–77 when PrimeMinister................ unilaterally had an emergency declared across the country.
a. indira gandhi
b. jawaharlal nehru
c. dr. b.r. ambedkar
d. rajiv gandhi
Q. Officially issued by President ................ Ahmed under Article 352(1) of theConstitution for "internal disturbance", the Emergency was in effect from 25 June 1975 until its withdrawal on 21 March 1977.
a. fakhruddin ali
b. dr.s.radhakrishnan
c. dr.rajendra prasad
d. manmohan singh
Q. Indira Gandhi became the prime minister in January ............. and then emergedvictorious in the 1971 Lok Sabha elections.
a. 1906
b. 1916
c. 1956
d. 1966
Q. The socialist stalwart ...................openly led a mass movement against her calling hercorrupt and autocratic.
a. jaya prakash narayan
b. fakruddin ali ahmed
c. ems
d. akg
Q. The firebrand trade union leader ....................had successfully organised an all IndiaRailways strike bringing the public transport and economy to a halt.
a. george fernandes
b. fakruddin ali ahmed
c. jaya prakash narayan
d. ems
Q. The Emergency draft was hurriedly sent to the President of India ................who signedit immediately.
a. fakruddin ali ahmed
b. george fernandes
c. dr.rajendra prasad
d. manmohan singh
Q. ................ second son Sanjay Gandhi, who was just 29 years old then, took charge ofthe administration and started sending opposition leaders and workers to jails across India.
a. nanaji deshmukh’s
b. morarji desai’s
c. indira gandhi's
d. , subramanian swamy’s,
Q. .........................was elected president of the Indian National Congress in 1960.
a. indira gandhi
b. george fernandes
c. ab vajpayee
d. lk advani,
Q. When Lal Bahadur Shastri, died in 1966, ............was appointed to the post of prime minister.
a. indira gandhi
b. sanjay gandhi
c. morarji desai
d. hd deve gowda
Q. After Sanjay's death, ................prepared her other son, Rajiv Gandhi forleadership.
a. indira gandhi
b. jb patnaik
c. jyoti basu,
d. madhu dandavate
Q. ...................... succeeded her as the Prime Minister and led the Janata Partygovernment till 1980.
a. morarji desai
b. lalu prasad yadav
c. mulayam singh yadav
d. , sharad yadav