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The Congress Socialist Party was formed within the Congress in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1955 the Congress declared its own goal to be what, leaving the Socialists in a dilemma?Read the answer and worked solution →The Congress began in 1885 as a pressure group for which classes?Read the answer and worked solution →The Communists parted ways with the Congress in December 1941 over what?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did the CPI abandon violent revolution and decide to contest elections?Read the answer and worked solution →The Communist Party split in 1964 into the CPI and which new party?Read the answer and worked solution →The Bharatiya Jana Sangh was founded in 1951 by whom?Read the answer and worked solution →The Swatantra Party was formed in August 1959 after which Congress resolution?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is the first decade of Indian politics said to have the Congress as both ruling party and opposition?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the socialistsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the 1952 numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Run the party yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the partiesRead the answer and worked solution →Left or rightRead the answer and worked solution →Who founded whatRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →First elections bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Berlin Wall, the Cold War's greatest symbol, was broken by the people on which date?Read the answer and worked solution →For how many years did the Berlin Wall stand?Read the answer and worked solution →The USSR came into being after the socialist revolution in Russia in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →How many republics made up the Soviet Union?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 1979 event weakened the Soviet system further?Read the answer and worked solution →Who became General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party in 1985 and began reforms?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1991 Communist hardliners staged a coup. Who led the popular opposition to it?Read the answer and worked solution →Which body was formed in December 1991 by Russia, Belarus and Ukraine after annulling the 1922 treaty?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country inherited the Soviet seat in the UN Security Council?Read the answer and worked solution →For how long had the Communist Party ruled the Soviet Union before its collapse?Read the answer and worked solution →In which Soviet republic did an independence movement begin in 1988?Read the answer and worked solution →Which was the first of the 15 Soviet republics to declare independence, in March 1990?Read the answer and worked solution →The three Baltic republics became UN members in September 1991 and later joined NATO in which month and year?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The Congress Socialist Party was formed within the Congress in which year?

  1. 1948
  2. 1955
  3. 1885
  4. 1934
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Correct answer: D. 1934

1. Young radicals formed the CSP in 1934. 2. Congress banned dual membership in 1948. 3. So a separate Socialist Party was formed in 1948. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 2, Era of One-Party Dominance._

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In 1955 the Congress declared its own goal to be what, leaving the Socialists in a dilemma?

  1. Socialist pattern of society
  2. Free market economy model
  3. Hindu Rashtra for India
  4. Military rule for a decade
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Correct answer: A. Socialist pattern of society

1. The Congress adopted the socialist pattern of society in 1955. 2. Socialists found it hard to look different. 3. Lohia distanced himself, Asoka Mehta wanted cooperation. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 2, Era of One-Party Dominance._

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The Congress began in 1885 as a pressure group for which classes?

  1. Soldiers and priests
  2. Educated and professional
  3. Peasants and workers
  4. Princes and landlords
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Correct answer: B. Educated and professional

1. Congress started as an elite pressure group in 1885. 2. Civil disobedience widened its base. 3. By 1947 it was a rainbow social coalition. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 2, Era of One-Party Dominance._

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