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Popular struggles bingoRead the answer and worked solution →In the 1987 Haryana election, Lok Dal and its partners won how many of the 90 seats?Read the answer and worked solution →Devi Lal's 1987 movement against the Haryana government was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections are held regularly after every:Read the answer and worked solution →An election held in one constituency to fill a vacancy caused by death or resignation is a:Read the answer and worked solution →For Lok Sabha elections the country is divided into how many constituencies?Read the answer and worked solution →How many Lok Sabha seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes, as on 26 January 2019?Read the answer and worked solution →Lok Sabha seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes number:Read the answer and worked solution →In rural and urban local bodies, what share of seats is reserved for women?Read the answer and worked solution →The official name of the voters' list is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The minimum age to vote in India is 18. The minimum age to be a candidate is:Read the answer and worked solution →A complete revision of the voters' list takes place every:Read the answer and worked solution →Election campaigns in India officially run for what period before polling?Read the answer and worked solution →Garibi Hatao was the Congress slogan in the Lok Sabha election of:Read the answer and worked solution →Save Democracy was the 1977 slogan of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Land to the Tiller was the slogan of the Left Front in:Read the answer and worked solution →Election law caps candidate spending in a Lok Sabha constituency at:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the Model Code of Conduct, once elections are announced ministers must not:Read the answer and worked solution →In 2014, Mallikarjun Kharge won Gulbarga with about what share of votes polled?Read the answer and worked solution →The Chief Election Commissioner is appointed by the:Read the answer and worked solution →In about two of every three elections in the last 25 years in India, the:Read the answer and worked solution →Voter turnout means the percentage of:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the election slogansRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Election Commission powersRead the answer and worked solution →Run the election numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the polling wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Voter or candidateRead the answer and worked solution →Sort slogans, bodies and stagesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Electoral politics bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Popular struggles bingo

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Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    Influences policy without seeking power.
    Item
    Pressure group
  2. Clue
    Group serving one section, like unions.
    Item
    Sectional
  3. Clue
    Public interest group for collective good.
    Item
    Promotional
  4. Clue
    Loose, spontaneous mass action.
    Item
    Movement
  5. Clue
    Professional hired by business groups.
    Item
    Lobbyist
  6. Clue
    Nepal's armed communists.
    Item
    Maoists
  7. Clue
    Seven Party Alliance of Nepal.
    Item
    SPA
  8. Clue
    Led Bolivia's water protest.
    Item
    FEDECOR
  9. Clue
    Umbrella of Indian peoples' movements.
    Item
    NAPM
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.
_Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 5, Popular Struggles and Movements._

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In the 1987 Haryana election, Lok Dal and its partners won how many of the 90 seats?

  1. 76
  2. 60
  3. 45
  4. 30
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Correct answer: A. 76

1. Devi Lal had promised to waive farm loans. 2. The front won 76 of 90 seats. 3. Lok Dal alone won 60 and had a clear majority. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 3, Electoral Politics._

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Devi Lal's 1987 movement against the Haryana government was called:

  1. Land to Tiller
  2. Nyaya Yudh
  3. Garibi Hatao
  4. Save Democracy
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Correct answer: B. Nyaya Yudh

1. It means Struggle for Justice. 2. The movement was Nyaya Yudh. 3. He then formed the Lok Dal. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 3, Electoral Politics._

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