Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Crisis of democratic Order

Question:

Which election was made into a referendum on the Emergency by the Janata Party?

Options:

1972

1977

1980

1984

Correct Answer:

1977

Explanation:

The Janata Party made 1977 election into a referendum on the Emergency. Its campaign was focused on the non-democratic character of the rule and on the various excesses that took place during this period. In the backdrop of arrests of thousands of persons and the censorship of the Press, public opinion was against the Congress