In how many States did the Congress lose its majority in the 1967 assembly elections?
ATwelve
BEleven
CSeven
DThree
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Seven
1. Congress lost majority in seven States.
2. Defections stopped it in two more.
3. Nine States in all slipped from its hands.
_Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 5, Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System._
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