alleryStart learning →Why were the 1960s labelled the dangerous decade?
AThe army was expected to take power
BPoverty and division might break the country
CNuclear war with China seemed certain
DGeneral elections were being suspended
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Poverty and division might break the country
1. Unresolved poverty, inequality and communal division worried observers.
2. They feared the democratic project might fail.
3. The smooth succession proved them wrong.
_Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 5, Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System._
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