Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System

Question:

What was the reason for the abrupt end of Lal Bahadur Shastri's Prime Ministership?

Options:

Indo-China war

Food crisis

The rise of Syndicate within the Congress Party

His death in Tashkent.

Correct Answer:

His death in Tashkent.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → His death in Tashkent.

"Shastri’s Prime Ministership came to an abrupt end on 10 January 1966, when he suddenly expired in Tashkent, then in USSR and currently the capital of Uzbekistan. He was there to discuss and sign an agreement with Muhammad Ayub Khan, the then President of Pakistan, to end the war.".