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UPSC CDS Indian Polity — practice questions

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The Election Commission of India was set up in January 1950. Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner?Read the answer and worked solution →The first draft electoral rolls listed nearly 40 lakh people only as wife of or daughter of someone. Who were they?Read the answer and worked solution →How many eligible voters did India have at the first general election?Read the answer and worked solution →How many Lok Sabha seats were contested in the first general election?Read the answer and worked solution →In the first election each voter dropped a blank ballot into a box marked with a candidate's symbol. How many steel boxes were used?Read the answer and worked solution →By which year had the whole country shifted to Electronic Voting Machines?Read the answer and worked solution →An Indian editor called universal adult franchise in 1952 what?Read the answer and worked solution →The first general election was held over which months?Read the answer and worked solution →How many of the 489 seats did the Congress win in the first Lok Sabha?Read the answer and worked solution →Which party came second in seats in the first Lok Sabha, with only 16?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1952 the Congress won 74 per cent of seats with what share of votes?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1957 the Communist Party won 60 of 126 seats in which State, forming the world's first elected Communist government?Read the answer and worked solution →The Kerala Communist government was dismissed in 1959 under which article?Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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The Election Commission of India was set up in January 1950. Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner?

  1. Sukumar Sen of Bengal
  2. T. N. Seshan of Madras
  3. K. V. K. Sundaram
  4. S. P. Sen Verma
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Correct answer: A. Sukumar Sen of Bengal

1. The Election Commission was set up in January 1950. 2. Sukumar Sen was its first head. 3. Elections were first expected in 1950 itself. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 2, Era of One-Party Dominance._

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The first draft electoral rolls listed nearly 40 lakh people only as wife of or daughter of someone. Who were they?

  1. Princely rulers
  2. Women voters
  3. Refugee voters
  4. Tribal voters
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Correct answer: B. Women voters

1. Nearly 40 lakh women had no names on the rolls. 2. The Election Commission refused those entries. 3. It ordered revision or deletion. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 2, Era of One-Party Dominance._

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How many eligible voters did India have at the first general election?

  1. 17 crore
  2. 7 crore
  3. 70 crore
  4. 1.7 crore
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Correct answer: A. 17 crore

1. There were 17 crore eligible voters. 2. They elected about 3,200 MLAs and 489 MPs. 3. Only 15 per cent were literate. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 2, Era of One-Party Dominance._

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