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UPSC CDS Indian Polity — practice questions — page 22

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Regional aspirations bingoRead the answer and worked solution →In the 1984 Lok Sabha election the Congress won how many seats?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1989 the Congress was reduced to how many Lok Sabha seats?Read the answer and worked solution →The 1990 National Front decision to implement the Mandal Commission report reserved central government jobs for:Read the answer and worked solution →Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in May 1991 by a Sri Lankan Tamil linked to the:Read the answer and worked solution →After Rajiv Gandhi's death, the Congress chose which Prime Minister in 1991?Read the answer and worked solution →No single party won a clear Lok Sabha majority in any election from 1989 till:Read the answer and worked solution →The NDA government formed in October 1999 under Vajpayee:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Bihar Chief Minister pioneered OBC reservations in north India during 1977-79?Read the answer and worked solution →The Mandal Commission recommended reserving what share of seats in education and government jobs for OBCs?Read the answer and worked solution →The Supreme Court upheld OBC reservations in November 1992 in the case known as:Read the answer and worked solution →The Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF) was formed in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Bharatiya Janata Party was formed by former Jana Sangh supporters in:Read the answer and worked solution →Initially the BJP embraced which ideology as its platform?Read the answer and worked solution →Hindutva as the basis of Indian nationhood was defined by:Read the answer and worked solution →The Shah Bano case, in which a divorced Muslim woman sought maintenance, was decided in:Read the answer and worked solution →The law that nullified the Shah Bano judgment was the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act of:Read the answer and worked solution →The Babri Masjid, a sixteenth-century mosque, was built by:Read the answer and worked solution →The BJP's Rathyatra to Ayodhya started from:Read the answer and worked solution →The disputed structure at Ayodhya was demolished on:Read the answer and worked solution →The Godhra train fire of February 2002 killed how many people?Read the answer and worked solution →The Congress-led coalition that came to power in 2004 was the:Read the answer and worked solution →In the 17th Lok Sabha the BJP won how many seats?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Prime MinistersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Mandal wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the 1990sRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the politics wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Mandal or AyodhyaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort fronts, people and casesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →

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Regional aspirations bingo

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Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    Kashmiri regional identity.
    Item
    Kashmiriyat
  2. Clue
    Special status, ended 2019.
    Item
    Article 370
  3. Clue
    Political wing of the Sikhs since 1920.
    Item
    Akali Dal
  4. Clue
    1973 autonomy resolution.
    Item
    Anandpur
  5. Clue
    Army action in the Golden Temple.
    Item
    Blue Star
  6. Clue
    Demand for a separate Sikh state.
    Item
    Khalistan
  7. Clue
    Laldenga's Mizo front.
    Item
    MNF
  8. Clue
    Students who led the Assam Movement.
    Item
    AASU
  9. Clue
    The North-Eastern states.
    Item
    Seven sisters
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.
_Source: syllabus Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 8, Regional Aspirations._

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In the 1984 Lok Sabha election the Congress won how many seats?

  1. 415
  2. 197
  3. 303
  4. 352
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Correct answer: A. 415

1. Rajiv Gandhi led the party after Indira Gandhi's assassination. 2. The Congress won 415 seats. 3. In 1989 it fell to 197. _Source: syllabus Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 9, Recent Developments in Indian Politics._

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In 1989 the Congress was reduced to how many Lok Sabha seats?

  1. 141
  2. 197
  3. 415
  4. 232
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Correct answer: B. 197

1. This marked the end of the Congress system. 2. It won only 197 seats. 3. It returned to power after the 1991 mid-term poll. _Source: syllabus Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 9, Recent Developments in Indian Politics._

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