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1. The battle of plassey took place in the year .

A. 1757
B. 1787
C. 1907
D. 1717

Answer: A. 1757

2. Tipu Sultan was the ruler of

A. hyderabad
B. b madurai
C. mysore
D. vijaya nagar

Answer: C. mysore

3. Who founded Brahma Samaj?

A. mohan roy
B. benkin chandra chatterji
C. tagore
D. none .

Answer:A. mohan roy

4. Dayantha Saraswathy founded ………..

A. arya samaj
B. prarthana samaj
C. aligarh movement
D. brahma samaj.

Answer: A. arya samaj

5. The Drain Theory was propounded by

A. jawaharlal nehru
B. dadabhai naoroji
C. r c dutt
D. m k gandhi.

Answer: B. dadabhai naoroji

6. In 1917 Annie Besant was elected ……….. of the Indian Natioanl Congress.

A. vice roy
B. cheif executive officer
C. manager
D. president.

Answer: D. president.

7. Which sect of Bhudhism flourished in Ceylon?

A. mahayan
B. hinayan
C. vajrayana
D. mahayana and hinayana equally

Answer: A. mahayan

8. Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British state of

A. travancore
B. baroda
C. hyderabad
D. mysore

Answer: A. travancore

9. Wellesely came to India as governor general in

A. 1796
B. 1797
C. 1798
D. 1799

Answer: C. 1798

10. Hindu college Calcutta founded by

A. rajaram mohan roy
B. vivekanda
C. syyed ahmed khan
D. none.

Answer: A. rajaram mohan roy

11. India struggle for Independence is a book edited by

A. bipan chandra
B. satish chandra
C. sumit sarkar
D. none.

Answer: B. satish chandra

12. The battle of Buxar took place in the year

A. 1757
B. 1764
C. 1907
D. 1717

Answer: B. 1764

13. S N D P formed in the year ………

A. 1905
B. 1903
C. 1914
D. none.

Answer: B. 1903

14. Panditha Rama Bai belongs to …………..

A. karnataka
B. delhi
C. bengal
D. kerala

Answer: A. karnataka

15. Which was the first news paper in India?

A. bengal gazate
B. malayala manorama
C. mathrubhumi
D. the hindu

Answer: A. bengal gazate

16. Social back ground of Indian Nationalism is a work by ……

A. dr a c das
B. prof maxmuller
C. ram lal desai
D. dr k k sharma

Answer: C. ram lal desai

17. How many branches of Home rule league did Bal Gangadhar Tilak setup?

A. 6
B. 8
C. 10
D. 8

Answer: A. 6

18. The papers New India and “common weal “ were started by ………..

A. bal gangadhar tilak
B. jawahar lal nehru
C. mahatma gandhi
D. annie besant

Answer: D. annie besant

19. Where and when the extremists were readmitted in to the congress ?

A. lahore-1916
B. lucknow 1916
C. karachi 1917
D. surat,1917.

Answer: B. lucknow 1916

20. Who said the following of the Indian National Congress ;A safety valve for the escape of great and growing forces generated by our own actions was urgently needed ?

A. a o hume
B. m a jinnah
C. bal ganghadhar tilak
D. bipin chandra pal

Answer: A. a o hume

21. Where was the first section of Indian National Congress held in 1885

A. poona
B. calcutta
C. bombay
D. agra

Answer: C. bombay

22. Who presided over the second session of INC?

A. pherozeshah metha
B. a o hume
C. dada bhai naoroji
D. mahatma gandhi

Answer: C. dada bhai naoroji

23. In which session the Indian National Congress split in to the Moderates and the extremists?

A. 1905
B. 1909
C. 1908
D. 1907

Answer: D. 1907

24. Who was the first women president of Indian Natioanl Congress?

A. sarojini naidu
B. annie besant
C. nellie sen gupta
D. lakhshmi sehgal

Answer: B. annie besant

25. Who was the Viceroy of India during Swadeshi Movement ?

A. lord curzon
B. lord irwin
C. lord willingdon
D. lord lansdowne

Answer: A. lord curzon

26. Who among the following is not the chief architect of Swadeshi Movement ?

A. arabindo ghosh
B. m k gandhi
C. lokmanya bal gangadhar tilak
D. bipin chandra pal

Answer: B. m k gandhi

27. Who setup Swadesh Bandhab Samiti to propagate the Swadeshi Movement ?

A. surendra nath banerjee
B. rabindra nath tagore
C. g k gokhale
D. ashwini kumar dutt

Answer: D. ashwini kumar dutt

28. Who was the president of Indin Natioanl Congress during Swadeshi movement ?

A. dadabaha naoroji
B. a o hume
C. m k gandhi
D. b g tilak

Answer:A. dadabaha naoroji

29. Which of the following extremist leader murdered Kennedy on april 30,1908 ?

A. subramaniyam bharati
B. khudirium bose and prafulla chaki
C. hema chandra kanungo
D. sachindranath sanyal

Answer: B. khudirium bose and prafulla chaki

30. Taikh -i-Ferishta was written as per the instruction of which ruler ?

A. nizam shah
B. muhammad bin tuglaq
C. akbar
D. ibrahim adilshah

Answer: A. nizam shah

31. The revolt of 1857 began at ………..

A. delhi
B. meerut
C. alahabhad
D. none

Answer: B. meerut

32. Mangal Pandey was executed on

A. 9 th may 1857
B. 9 th may 1858
C. 9 th may 1890
D. 8 th april 1857.

Answer: D. 8 th april 1857.

33. The head quarters of the Ramakrishna Ashramam is at ………..?

A. calcutta
B. bombay
C. delhi
D. dhakka

Answer: A. calcutta

34. Who abolished dyrachy system?

A. warren hastings
B. lord curzon
C. cornwallis
D. minto.

Answer: A. warren hastings

35. Who was the first martyr of the Revolt ?

A. mangal pandey
B. nehru
C. rani laxmi bhai
D. tantio tope

Answer: A. mangal pandey

36. Which part of India witnessed the revolt of 1857?

A. north india
B. south india
C. eastern india
D. north east

Answer: A. north india

37. India Struggle for Independence is a book edited by

A. bipan chandra
B. satis chandra
C. sumit sarkar
D. none

Answer: A. bipan chandra

38. The treaty of Sreerangapattanam was between

A. tipu and british
B. hyder and british
C. tipu and french
D. hyder and french

Answer: A. tipu and british

39. Permanent settlement proved harmful mostly to

A. land lords
B. peasants
C. company
D. money lenders

Answer: B. peasants

40. The permanent settlement was introduced in India by

A. warren hastings
B. lord welleseley
C. lord cornwallis
D. robert clive

Answer: C. lord cornwallis

41. The Second Carnatic war was fought between

A. 1749-1752
B. 1749-1754
C. 1749-1753
D. 1749-1755

Answer: B. 1749-1754

42. .How many years did the third Carnatic war last?

A. two
B. three
C. four
D. six

Answer: D. six

43. .Name the Irish lady who was elected first women president of Indian national Congress ?

A. nivedita
B. mira benh
C. annie besant
D. sarojini naidu

Answer: C. annie besant

44. Who among the following is considered as the ‘Grand mother of Indian revolutionary movement ?

A. sarojini naidu
B. lakshmibai,the rani of jhansi
C. annie besant
D. madam cama

Answer: D. madam cama

45. In which place khar party was founded?

A. san francisco
B. california
C. tokyo
D. london

Answer: A. san francisco

46. Who was the founder of Gadar party?

A. lala hardayal
B. sohan singh bhakkna
C. taraknath das
D. all of the above.

Answer: B. sohan singh bhakkna

47. .Which was first Vernacular paper in India ?

A. bengal gazette
B. samachar darpan
C. mumbai samachar
D. the times of india.

Answer: B. samachar darpan

48. Which was the oldest daily in India?

A. bengal gazetee
B. samachar darpan
C. mumbai samachar
D. the times of india.

Answer: C. mumbai samachar

49. Which is the oldest English daily in India?

A. the hindustan times
B. the statesman
C. the times of india
D. the indian express .

Answer: C. the times of india

50. When was Queen Victoria”s proclamatiom

A. 1857
B. 1858
C. 1862
D. 1892

Answer: B. 1858

51. When was Indian Councils Act announced ?

A. 1905
B. 1906
C. 1909
D. 1911

Answer: C. 1909

52. When was the Indian association formed ?

A. 1876
B. 1885
C. 1886
D. 1893

Answer: A. 1876

53. When was the Bengal Province partioned ?

A. 1905
B. 1906
C. 1911
D. 1909

Answer: A. 1905

54. Who wrote ‘vande mataram”

A. rabindra nath tagore
B. bankim chandra chatterjee
C. muhammad iqbal
D. b g tilak

Answer: B. bankim chandra chatterjee

55. Who was the president of Indian national congress during Benagl partion ?

A. a w c banerjee
B. a o hume
C. dadabahai naoroji
D. gopal krishna gokhale.

Answer: D. gopal krishna gokhale.

56. Bal Gangadhar Tilak born on …………………..

A. 23 july 1866
B. 23 july 1876
C. 23 july 1846
D. 23 july 1856

Answer: B. 23 july 1876

57. Which of the following is not related to Bal Gangadhar Tilak ?

A. social reformer
B. journalist
C. physician
D. teacher.

Answer: C. physician

58. Which of the folllowing personality is considerd as father of Indian Unrest ?

A. pandit nehru
B. mahatma gandhi
C. bal gangadhar tilak
D. subash chandra bose.

Answer: C. bal gangadhar tilak

59. In ……..Annie Besant founded the Home Rule League.

A. 1923
B. 1945
C. 1916
D. 1910

Answer: C. 1916

60. In 1913 Annie Besant started a journal called ………..

A. the india
B. indian
C. independence india
D. new india

Answer: D. new india

61. In 1913 ,Annie Besant founded Central Hindu College High School at ………..

A. banaras
B. allhabad
C. delhi
D. kolkata

Answer: A. banaras

62. Annie Besant was first women to support ………… in England.

A. none of these
B. social responsibility
C. birth control
D. literacy rate.

Answer: C. birth control

63. Who said permanent settlement that it was sad blunder

A. Marshman
B. Holmes
C. V A Smith
D. Lanepoole

Answer: B. Holmes

64. Among the following ,permanent settlement was introduced in the province of

A. Madras
B. punjab
C. Bengal
D. Bombay

Answer: C. Bengal

65. Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in state of

A. Travancore
B. Baroda
C. Hyderaba
D. D Mysore

Answer: A. Travancore

66. Tipu sultan was the ruler of

A. Hyderabad
B. Madurai
C. Mysore
D. Vijaya nagar

Answer: C. Mysore

67. What was the prominent reason of the out break of the Battle of Plassey

A. Mir Jafar
B. Mir Kasim
C. Jagat Sait
D. None of them

Answer: A. Mir Jafar

68. What was the immediate cause of the out break of the revolt of 1857

A. Greased Catridges
B. Transfer policy of English
C. Behavoiur of the English
D. None of the above

Answer: A. Greased Catridges

69. The Indian Soldier who instigated the sepoys to the revolt of 1857 was

A. Mangal Pandey
B. Suresh Pandey
C. Ramesh Pandey
D. None of the above

Answer: A. Mangal Pandey

70. India came under direct colony of British in

A. 1857
B. 1858
C. 1869
D. 1860

Answer: B. 1858

71. The governor general of India came to be known as Viceroy of India with effect from

A. 1855
B. 1856
C. 1857
D. 1858

Answer: D. 1858

72. Whose tomb is at Bristol?

A. Rajaram Mohan Roy
B. William Bentik
C. Vivekanda
D. None

Answer: A. Rajaram Mohan Roy

73. What does the meaning peshwa means

A. A great personality
B. A great commander of the Army
C. Hea
D. of justice department D leader or Prime minister

Answer: D. of justice department D leader or Prime minister

74. Shudhi movement was started by

A. swami shraddhanand
B. swami dayanand
C. sree narayana guru
D. R G Ranade

Answer: A. swami shraddhanand

75. up to 1704 Mysore was under the supremacy of

A. Akbar
B. Jahangir
C. Shajahan
D. Aurangazeb

Answer: D. Aurangazeb

76. Haider Ali was born in 1722 at …………

A. Siyal kot
B. Budikot
C. Sherkot
D. None of the above

Answer: B. Budikot

77. The doctrine of Hindutva was expounded by

A. v. d. savarkar
B. tilak
C. gandhiji
D. nehru

Answer: A. v. d. savarkar

78. Brigadier-General ………………with his British troops entered the parkat Jallianwala Bagh , closed the entrance of the park and commanded his army to fire on the gathered people without any warning.

A. reginald dyer
B. sir stafford cripps
C. sir claude auchinleck
D. general sir rob lockhart.

Answer: C. sir claude auchinleck

79. V.D Savarkar was born in

A. 1885
B. 1883
C. 1888
D. 1870

Answer: B. 1883

80. Who is regarded as the pragmatic social reformer?

A. nehru
B. thilak
C. sree narayana guru
D. mahathma gandhi

Answer: D. mahathma gandhi

81. In which year Mohammed Ali- Jinnah was elected to the Imperial Legislative Council from Bombay?

A. 1910
B. 1914
C. 1919
D. 1924

Answer: A. 1910

82. Tilak regarded that Swaraj was not only a right but a

A. justice
B. dharma
C. power
D. status

Answer: B. dharma

83. Sree Narayana Guru was born in

A. sivagiri
B. aruvipuram
C. chempazanthi
D. kollam

Answer: C. chempazanthi

84. SNDP Yogam was formed in the year

A. 1903
B. 1896
C. 1908
D. 1914

Answer: A. 1903

85. The doctrine of Ramarajya was expounded by

A. tilak
B. gokhale
C. gandhiji
D. nehru

Answer: C. gandhiji

86. Who is the Champion of secularism?

A. jinnah
B. nehru
C. savarkar
D. thilak

Answer: B. nehru

87. Who regarded the villages as the centre of Indian economic organization?

A. gandhiji
B. vivekananda
C. raja ram mohan roy
D. thilak

Answer: A. gandhiji

88. Gandhism is not merely a political creed it is

A. a programme of action
B. a message
C. theory
D. working class movement

Answer: B. a message

89. Name the important work of V.D. Savarkar

A. princess
B. politics
C. freedom struggle
D. hindutva1

Answer: D. hindutva1

90. Who condemned Gandhism as a reactionary social philosophy?

A. gopalakrishna gokhale
B. m.n.roy
C. nehru
D. lohia

Answer: B. m.n.roy

91. Independent India was founded by :

A. gopalakrishna gokhale
B. thilak
C. m.n. roy
D. jayaprakas narayanan

Answer: C. m.n. roy

92. Doctrine of Total Revolution was expounded by

A. jayaprakas narayanan
B. m.n roy
C. gandhiji
D. thilak

Answer: A. jayaprakas narayanan

93. Radical Democratic party was organised by

A. lohia
B. m.n.roy
C. jayaprakash narayanan
D. thilak

Answer: B. m.n.roy

94. Who is the champion of the doctrine of ‘social revolution through human Revolution’?

A. m.n.roy
B. lohia
C. jayaprakash narayanan
D. nehru

Answer: C. jayaprakash narayanan

95. Jinnh’s Two –nation Theory was adopted on

A. 1935
B. 1940
C. 1925
D. 1947

Answer: B. 1940

96. The concept of four pillar state was advocated by

A. lohia
B. m.n.roy
C. nehru
D. ambedker

Answer: A. lohia

97. Who considered Jinnah as an ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity?

A. gandhiji
B. thilak
C. sarojini naidu
D. vivekananda

Answer: C. sarojini naidu

98. Jinnah’s two nation theory was adopted as the

A. lahore resolution
B. karachi resolution
C. dacca declaration
D. bombay resolution

Answer: A. lahore resolution

99. Azad Muslim conference’ was formed in

A. 1939
B. 1940
C. 1941
D. 1947

Answer: B. 1940

100. Name the political leader who supported two nation theory

A. gandhiji
B. gokhale
C. jinnah
D. tilak

Answer: C. jinnah

101. All Indian Muslim League was started in :

A. 1960
B. 1906
C. 1921
D. 1928

Answer: B. 1906

102. Glimpses of world History’ was written by

A. nehru
B. gandhiji
C. thilak
D. ambedkar

Answer: A. nehru

103. Who is the author of Discovery of India?

A. gandhiji
B. vivekananda
C. nehru
D. gokhale

Answer: C. nehru

104. The fundamental principles of Pancha shila were laid down in the year;

A. 1961
B. 1955
C. 1954
D. 1950

Answer: C. 1954

105. B.R. Ambedker was born in

A. 1891
B. 1893
C. 1898
D. 1901

Answer: A. 1891

106. A public meeting was held on 13th April 1919 at …………….in a smallpark enclosed by buildings on all sides to protest against the Rawlatt Act.

A. jallianwala bagh
B. uttar pradesh
C. mumbai
D. delhi3

Answer: A. jallianwala bagh

107. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2nd October…………..

A. 1869
B. 1859
C. 1889
D. 1900

Answer: A. 1869

108. Gandhiji came back to India from South Africa, in the year…

A. 1914
B. 1915
C. 1916
D. 1917

Answer: B. 1915

109. who led the Congress party, introduced Mahatma Gandhi to the concerns in India and the struggle of the people.

A. tej bahadur sapru
B. rabindranath tagore
C. mohammad ali jinnah
D. gopal krishna gokhale

Answer: A. tej bahadur sapru

110. The Kheda Satyagraha and Champaran agitation in 1918 was one of……………….first significant steps to achieve Indian independence.

A. rabindranath tagore’s
B. gandhiji
C. motilal nehru’s
D. mohammed ali jinnah’s

Answer: B. gandhiji

111. Mahatma Gandhi on August 8, ………….gave the call for Quit India Movement.

A. 1942
B. 1920
C. 1930
D. 1940

Answer: A. 1942

112. On 9th of August, 1942, Mahatma Gandhi and the entire Congress Working Committee were arrested in…………….

A. up
B. delhi
C. ahmedabad
D. mumbai

Answer: D. mumbai

113. During the First World War, …………….joined the central powers against Britain.

A. america
B. britain
C. france
D. turkey

Answer: D. turkey

114. A Khilafat Committee was formed under the leadership of Mahammad Ali, ……………….., Maulana Azad and Hasrat Mohini to organise a Country-wide agitation.

A. shaukat ali
B. qutubuddin ahmad
C. shamsuddin hussain
D. mohammed ali jinnah

Answer: A. shaukat ali

115. The main object of Khilafat Movement was to force the …………..Government to change its attitude towards Turkey and to restore the Sultan.

A. british
B. austrian
C. american
D. serbian

Answer: A. british

116. October 17, …………….was observed as Khilafat Day, when the Hindus along with Muslims in fasting observed hartal on that day.

A. 1908
B. 1909
C. 1916
D. 1919

Answer: D. 1919

117. An All India Khilafat Conference was held at …………..on November 23,1919
with Gandhi as its president.

A. calcutta
B. punjab
C. gujarat
D. delhi

Answer: D. delhi

118. Congress leaders, like Lokamanya Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi, viewed the ………………..as an opportunity to bring about Hindu-Muslim unity against British.

A. khalifat movement
B. khudai khidmatgars
C. peasant movement
D. womens’ movement

Answer: A. khalifat movement

119. ………….visited Malabar in 1921, giving a further impetus to the Khilafat movement.

A. gandhiji
B. motilal nehru
C. bal gangadhar tilak
D. sri aurobindo

Answer: A. gandhiji

120. The Constitution of ………………..is the largest written liberal democratic constitution of the world.

A. india
B. america
C. pakistan
D. afghanistan

Answer: A. india

121. The Constitution of ……………….provides for a mixture of federalism andUnitarianism, and flexibility and with rigidity.

A. afghanistan
B. america
C. pakistan
D. india

Answer: D. india

122. since its inauguration on 26th January………….., the Constitution India has been successfully guiding the path and progress of India.

A. 1905
B. 1915
C. 1930
D. 1950

Answer: D. 1950

123. Indian Constitution consists of ……………. Articles divided into 22 Parts with 12Schedules and 94 constitutional amendments.

A. 295
B. 305
C. 388
D. 395

Answer: D. 395

124. The Constitution of India indeed much bigger than the US Constitution which hasonly 7 Articles and the ………………Constitution with its 89 Articles.

A. french
B. dutch
C. pakistan
D. afghanistan

Answer: A. french

125. The constitution of India became fully operational with effect from 26thJanuary……………………..

A. 1905
B. 1935
C. 1947
D. 1950

Answer: D. 1950

126. India has an elected head of state (President of India) who wields power for a fixed term of ………………. years.

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

Answer: D. 5

127. All men and women of …………….. years or above of age whose names are registered in the voters lists vote in elections for electing the members of Lok Sabha

A. 14
B. 16
C. 17
D. 18

Answer: D. 18

128. Every voter of ……………..years or above of age is eligible to contest elections to the Lok Sabha.

A. 21
B. 23
C. 24
D. 25

Answer: D. 25

129. The tenure of the Lok Sabha is …………………… years.

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

Answer: D. 5

130. The keyperson behind the Constitution of India was………………

A. dr.B. r. ambedkar
B. jawaharlal nehru
C. mahatma gandhi
D. sardar vallabhai patel

Answer: D. sardar vallabhai patel

131. The Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of ……………….. had brought a large scale discontentment among the people of India.

A. 1909
B. 1911
C. 1916
D. 1919

Answer: D. 1919

132. The Non-Cooperation Movement launched by ………………had fanned the fire of this discontentment.

A. gandhi
B. jawaharlal nehru
C. dr. b.r. ambedkar
D. sardar vallabhai

Answer: A. gandhi

133. In order to give some concession to Indians in the field of administration, the Government of India Act, …………….was designed on the basis of the recommendation of Simon Commission.

A. 1905
B. 1915
C. 1925
D. 1935

Answer: D. 1935

134. Diarchy was introduced by the Act. Of …………………..

A. 1908
B. 1913
C. 1915
D. 1919

Answer: D. 1919

135. In India, “the Emergency” refers to a 21-month period in 1975–77 when Prime Minister……………. unilaterally had an emergency declared across the country.

A. indira gandhi
B. jawaharlal nehru
C. dr. b.r. ambedkar
D. rajiv gandhi

Answer: A. indira gandhi

136. The States Reorganization Act was passed by parliament in November…………..

A. 1916
B. 1926
C. 1946
D. 1956.

Answer: D. 1956.

137. Officially issued by President……………. Ahmed under Article 352(1) of the Constitution for “internal disturbance”, the Emergency was in effect from 25 June1975 until its withdrawal on 21 March 1977.

A. fakhruddin ali
B. dr. s. radhakrishnan
C. dr. rajendra prasad
D. manmohan singh

Answer: A. fakhruddin ali

138. On June 25, ………………….prime minister Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency in India citing grave threat to her government and sovereignty of the country from both internal and external forces.

A. 1955
B. 1965
C. 1968
D. 1975

Answer: D. 1975

139. Indira Gandhi became the prime minister in January …………. and then emerged victorious in the 1971 Lok Sabha elections.

A. 1906
B. 1916
C. 1956
D. 1966

Answer: D. 1966

140. The socialist stalwart ……………….openly led a mass movement against her calling her corrupt and autocratic.

A. jaya prakash narayan
B. fakruddin ali ahmed
C. ems
D. akg

Answer: A. jaya prakash narayan

141. The firebrand trade union leader ………………..had successfully organised an all India Railways strike bringing the public transport and economy to a halt.

A. george fernandes
B. fakruddin ali ahmed
C. jaya prakash narayan
D. ems

Answer: A. george fernandes

142. The Emergency draft was hurriedly sent to the President of India ……………. who signed it immediately.

A. fakruddin ali ahmed
B. george fernandes
C. dr.rajendra prasad
D. manmohansingh

Answer: A. fakruddin ali ahmed

143. ……………. second son Sanjay Gandhi, who was just 29 years old then, took charge of the 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,

Answer: C. indira gandhi’s

144. Ramnath Goenka, the only newspaper owner who stood up to………………, was harassed and he faced a series of troubles at the hands of her government.

A. indira gandhi
B. jp, george fernandes,
C. ab vajpayee
D. lk advani,

Answer: A. indira gandhi

145. However, ……………….. shocked everybody by declaring Lok Sabha elections in January 1977 bringing an end to draconian Emergency.

A. indira gandhi
B. ramakrishna hegde,
C. hd deve gowda,
D. m karunanidhi.

Answer: A. indira gandhi

146. …………………. succeeded her as the Prime Minister and led the Janata Party government till 1980.

A. morarji desai
B. lalu prasad yadav,
C. mulayam singh yadav
D. sharad yadav

Answer: A. morarji desai

147. In the ………………. Lok Sabha polls, Indira Gandhi returned to power and remained in power till her assassination in 1984.

A. 1908
B. 1940
C. 1970
D. 1980

Answer: D. 1980

148. ………………. started his career as the Prime Minister of independent India in 1947, and immediately launched a number of economic reforms.

A. nehru
B. indira gandhi
C. morarji desai
D. rajiv gandhi

Answer: A. nehru

149. One of Nehru’s key economic reforms was the introduction of the Five Years Plan in……………………

A. 1901
B. 1911
C. 1941
D. 1951.

Answer: D. 1951.

150. Nehru’s economic policies have often been considered to be ……………..in nature.

A. socialist
B. communist
C. capitalist
D. utopian socialism

Answer: A. socialist