Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Crisis of democratic Order

Question:

Arrange the following in their chronological order:-

A. The students’ agitation in Gujarat against the rising prices of food grain, cooking oil and other essential commodities.
B. Indo-Pakistan war (Bangladesh crisis).
C. Bihar students protested against food scarcity, unemployment and corruption.
D. Peasant uprising took place in the Naxalbari police station area of Darjeeling hill district in West Bengal.
E. Railway strike.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. D, A, B, C, E
2. E, B, A, C, D
3. D, B, A, C, E
4. A, B, E, C, D

Options:

1

2

3

4

Correct Answer:

3

Explanation:

Answer- D, B, A, C, E

Given events in chronological order are:

D. Peasant uprising in Naxalbari (1967)
B. Indo-Pakistan war (Bangladesh crisis) (1971)
A. The students’ agitation in Gujarat (January 1973)
C. Bihar students protested (March 1974)
E. Railway strike (1974)

In January 1974 students in Gujarat started an agitation against rising prices of food grains, cooking oil, and other essential commodities, and against corruption in high places. The students’ protest was joined by major opposition parties and became widespread leading to the imposition of President’s rule in the state.

In the elections of 1971, Congress had given the slogan of Garibi Hatao (remove poverty). However, the social and economic condition in the country did not improve much after 1971-72. The Bangladesh crisis of 1971 had put a heavy strain on India’s economy. About eight million people crossed over the East Pakistan border into India. This was followed by war with Pakistan. After the war, the U.S. government stopped all aid to India.

In March 1974 students came together in Bihar to protest against rising prices, food scarcity, unemployment and corruption. After a point they invited Jayaprakash Narayan (JP), who had given up active politics and was involved in social work, to lead the student movement. He accepted it on the condition that the movement would remain non-violent and will not limit itself to Bihar. Thus the students’ movement assumed a political character and had national appeal. People from all walks of life now entered the movement. Jayaprakash Narayan demanded the dismissal of the Congress government in Bihar and gave a call for a total revolution in the social, economic and political spheres in order to establish what he considered to be true democracy. A series of bandhs, gehraos, and strikes were organised in protest against the Bihar government. The government, however, refused to resign.

In 1967 a peasant uprising took place in the Naxalbari police station area of the Darjeeling Hills district in West Bengal under the leadership of the local cadres of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Beginning from the Naxalbari police station, the peasant movement spread to several states of India and came to be referred to broadly as the Naxalite movement.

The National Coordination Committee for Railwaymen’s Struggle led by George Fernandes gave a call for a nationwide strike by all employees of the Railways to press their demands related to bonuses and service conditions. The government was opposed to these demands. So, the employees of India’s largest public sector undertaking went on a strike in May 1974. The strike by the Railway employees added to the atmosphere of labour unrest. It also raised issues like the rights of the workers and whether employees of essential services should adopt measures like strikes.