Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Era of one Party Dominance

Question:

While India is not unique in experiencing one-party dominance, many other countries worldwide have encountered similar situations. However, a critical distinction sets the Indian experience apart. In numerous other cases, the dominance of a single party was established through compromising democratic principles.

Which of the following parties represented the legacy of the Mexican revolution?

Options:

National Action Party

Labor Party

Party of the Democratic Revolution

Institutional Revolutionary Party

Correct Answer:

Institutional Revolutionary Party

Explanation:

Founded in 1929, as National Revolutionary Party and later renamed the Institutional Revolutionary Party, the PRI (in Spanish), exercised power in Mexico for almost six decades. It represented the legacy of the Mexican revolution.