Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Recent Developments in Indian Politics

Question:

Choose the correct answer for the blank

Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in________.

Options:

May 1989

May 1990

May 1991

May 1992

Correct Answer:

May 1991

Explanation:

The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi in May 1991 led to a change in leadership of the Congress party. He was assassinated by a Sri Lankan Tamil linked to the LTTE when he was on an election campaign tour in Tamil Nadu.