Read the passage and answer the following question:
In May 1977, the Janata party government appointed a commission of Inquiry headed by Justice J.C. Shah retired chief justice of the supreme court of India, to inquire into several aspects of allegations of abuse of authority, excesses and malpractices committed and action taken in the wake of the Emergency proclaimed on the 25th June 1975. The Commission examined various kind of evidence and called scores of witnesses to give testimonies. The government of India accepted the findings, observations and recommendations contained in the two interim reports and third and final report of the Shah Commission.
Which government appointed the Shah Commission?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Janata Party government
The passage says that the Janata Party government, which came to power after the 1977 elections, appointed the Commission of Inquiry headed by Justice J.C. Shah.
Note: The passage of this question is taken from the box ‘Shah Commission of Inquiry’ of the chapter ‘The Crisis of Democratic Order’, which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT; this portion has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27), though the chapter is still there.
NCERT (Pre-rationalised): Politics in India since Independence — Chapter 6: The Crisis of Democratic Order, box ‘Shah Commission of Inquiry’
the Janata Party government appointed a Commission of Inquiry |
