Deck 6: India: The Formation of Peoples War Group, the Emergency, and the Babri Masjid Controversy

Question 1

Charu Mazumdar was arrested by the ............. Police detectives on July 16, 1972.

A)calcutta
B)hyderabad
C)pune
D)ahmadabad

Answer 1

calcutta

Question 2

The Naxalite movement, drawing inspiration from the .............. ideology, had a meteoric phase for about two years from the formation of the party till the end of June 1971.

A)maoist
B)congress
C)bjp
D)cpi

Answer 2

maoist

Question 3

Charu Mazumdar was arrested by the Calcutta Police detectives on July 16,..............

A)1942
B)1952
C)1962
D)1972

Answer 3

1972

Question 4

............. death marked the end of a phase in the Naxalite movement.

A)charu mazumdar
B)indira gandhi
C)akg
D)ems

Question 5

The formation of People's War Group in Andhra Pradesh subsequently in 1980 under the leadership of ................ gave a new lease of life to the Naxalite movement.

A)kondapalli seetharamaiah
B)indira gandhi
C)charu mazumdar
D)k. ajitha

Question 6

The revolutionary writers of the Jana Natya Mandali, the cultural front of the PWG, greatly helped in preparing the environment in which the .............ideology found ready acceptance.

A)naxalite
B)communist
C)congress
D)bjp

Question 7

The Andhra Pradesh government banned the PWG and its six front organizations in.............

A)1952
B)1962
C)1972
D)1992

Question 8

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, declared a state of emergency in ...................

A)1965
B)1975
C)1985
D)1995

Question 9

The Indian Emergency of 25th June 1975-21st March 1977 was a 21 month period, when President................, upon advice by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, declared a state of emergency under Article 352 of the Constitution of India, effectively bestowing on her the power to rule by decree, suspending elections and civil liberties.

A)fakhruddin ali ahmed
B)indira gandhi
C)rajiv gandhi
D)morarji desai

Question 10

The imposition of the emergency in ............... struck at the very core of these ideals, which constitute our democracy.

A)1935
B)1965
C)1968
D)1975

Question 11

On 25th June 1975, Prime Minister ............ imposed an emergency in the country.

A)indira gandhi
B)fakhruddin ali ahmed
C)morarji desai
D)rajiv gandhi

Question 12

In many ways the foundation for the emergency was laid when the ...............High Court set aside Indira Gandhi's re-election to the Lok Sabha in 1971 on the grounds of electoral malpractices.

A)allahabad
B)ahmedabad
C)islamabad
D)hyderabad

Question 13

In many ways the foundation for the emergency was laid when the Allahabad High Court set aside Indira Gandhi's re-election to the Lok Sabha in ............. on the grounds of electoral malpractices.

A)1931
B)1941
C)1961
D)1971

Question 14

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

Question 15

Many regard .............as "the Gandhi of Independent India".

A)jayaprakash narayan
B)indira gandhi
C)charan singh
D)morarji desai

Question 16

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

Question 17

Prof. ............., Secretary to the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her chief official advisor during this period.

A)p.n. dhar
B)rabindranth tagore
C)a.k. menon
D)i. k. gujral

Question 18

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

Question 19

...............poem was "Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high".

A)rabindranth tagore's
B)p.sukathakumari
C)o.n.v. kurup
D)vallathol

Question 20

One of Indira Gandhi's first acts on 26th June 1975 was to remove her mild-mannered and democratically inclined Information 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

Question 21

Vinod Mehta, who edited the sleazy girlie magazine Debonair from ............, was asked to have his articles and pictures cleared before they were sent to the printer.

A)poona
B)allahabad
C)bombay
D)bhubaneswar

Question 22

The .............. conflict is a dispute over sacred space between the two largest religious communities in South Asia: Hindus and Muslims.

A)allahabad
B)bombay
C)ayodhya
D)bhopal

Question 23

'Two Nations Theory' was put forward by ............ in 1930.

A)muhammad iqbal
B)jinnah
C)kunjalikutty
D)ali brothers

Question 24

The destruction of the Babri Masjid in ............. on 6 December 1992 by militant Hindu nationalist outfits.

A)cuttack
B)allahabad
C)varanasi
D)ayodhya

Question 25

The destruction of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on 6 December ............... by militant Hindu nationalist outfits.

A)1932
B)1942
C)1962
D)1992