Top 250+ Solved Situating Independent India MCQ Questions Answer
Q. In many ways the foundation for the emergency was laid when the Allahabad High Court set aside .............. re-election to the Lok Sabha in 1971 on the grounds of electoral malpractices.
a. indira gandhi’s
b. fakhruddin ali ahmed
c. charan singh
d. i.k. gujaral
Q. Many regard .............as “the Gandhi of Independent India”.
a. jayaprakash narayan
b. indira gandhi
c. charan singh
d. morarji desai
Q. After the .............High Court verdict, “JP”, as Jayaprakash Narayan was better known, gave the call for a “Total Revolution” and also demanded the resignation of Mrs. Gandhi.
a. islamabad
b. ahmedabad
c. allahabad
d. poona
Q. Prof. ............., Secretary to the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi andher chief official advisor during this period.
a. p.n. dhar
b. rabindranth tagore
c. a.k. menon
d. i. k. gujral
Q. In his book “Indira Gandhi, the emergency and Indian Democracy”, Prof. ..............states that it was largely because of the opposition pressure that she was forced to resign.
a. r.c.datt
b. i. k. gujral
c. p.n. dhar
d. romila thaper
Q. ...............poem was “Where the mind is without fear and thehead is held high”.
a. rabindranth tagore’s
b. p.sukathakumari
c. o.n.v. kurup
d. vallathol
Q. One of Indira Gandhi’s first acts on 26th June 1975 was to remove her mild-mannered and democratically inclinedInformation minister ................ and replace him with Vidya Charan Shukla, who she thought would better serve her Goebbelsian design.”
a. i. k. gujral
b. p.n. dhar
c. charan singh
d. rajiv gandhi
Q. Vinod Mehta, who edited the sleazy girlie magazine Debonairfrom ............, was asked to have his articles and pictures cleared before they were sent to the printer.
a. poona
b. allahabad
c. bombay
d. bhubaneswar
Q. The .............. conflict is a dispute over sacred space between thetwo largest religious communities in South Asia: Hindus and Muslims.
a. allahabad
b. bombay
c. ayodhya
d. bhopal
Q. 'Two Nations Theory' was put forward by ............ in 1930.
a. muhammad iqbal
b. jinnah
c. kunjalikutty
d. ali brothers
Q. The destruction of the Babri Masjid in ............. on 6 December1992 by militant Hindu nationalist outfits.
a. cuttack
b. allahabad
c. varanasi
d. ayodhya
Q. The destruction of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on 6 December............... by militant Hindu nationalist outfits.
a. 1932
b. 1942
c. 1962
d. 1992
Q. On December 6, 1992, Hindu Karsevaks destroyed the 16th- century Babri mosque in Ayodhya, .............., India, in an attempt to reclaim the land known as Ram Janmabhoomi.
a. uttar pradesh
b. madya pradesh
c. rajasthan
d. bihar
Q. The city of ................. is regarded by Hindus to be the birthplace of the God-king Rama and is regarded as one of India's most sacred and religious sites.
a. ahmadabad
b. calcutta
c. bombay
d. ayodhya