The fourth general elections, called a political earthquake, were held in which month and year?
AOctober 1969
BFebruary 1967
CMarch 1971
DJanuary 1962
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. February 1967
1. Two Prime Ministers had died in quick succession.
2. Elections came in February 1967.
3. Congress got its lowest tally since 1952.
_Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 5, Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System._
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