Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Era of one Party Dominance

Question:

Match the following regions in List- 1 with the description that suits them the most in List- 2:

List- 1 (Regions)

List- 2 (Description)

(A) Kerala

(I) Bolshevik Revolution took place here

(B) Russia

(II) Was granted special autonomy after India’s independence

(C) Kapurthala

(III) Communist Party emerged victorious in the 1957 assembly elections

(D) Jammu and Kashmir

(IV) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur was the princess of this place

 

Options:

(A)- III, (B)- I, (C)- IV, (D)- II

(A)- II, (B)- I, (C)- IV, (D)- III

(A)- II, (B)- IV, (C)- I, (D)- III

(A)- I, (B)- IV, (C)- II, (D)- III

Correct Answer:

(A)- III, (B)- I, (C)- IV, (D)- II

Explanation:

In 1957, the Communist Party emerged victorious in the assembly elections in Kerala, winning the largest number of seats. E. M. S. Namboodiripad, the leader of the Communist Legislature party, was invited by the governor to form the ministry.

In the early 1920s, communist groups emerged in different parts of India, inspired by the Bolshevik revolution in Russia and advocating socialism as a solution. The CPI was formed on 26 December 1925 at the First Party Conference in Cawnpore (Kanpur).

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur was a prominent Indian freedom fighter (Gandhian), social reformer, and Health Minister in independent India. Amrit Kaur came from the royal family of Kapurthala, Punjab. She inherited Christianity from her mother Priscilla. She served as the Minister for Health from the early years of independent India until 1957,

Shyama Prasada Mukherjee held contrasting views on India's policy of granting special autonomy to J&K. During Jana Sangh's agitation against the government's Kashmir policy, the Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested him.