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POLITICAL SCIENCE POST INDEPENDENCE INDIA MCQs
Total Questions : 5
Question 1. Q. Consider the following statements with reference to Assam Accord:
Which of the above given statements is/are correct?
- It was signed between the All Assam Students Union (AASU), the All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad and the then Central Government
- It sought to declare all the foreigners, who had come after independence, as illegal migrants.
Which of the above given statements is/are correct?
Answer: Option A. -> 1 only
:
A
Explanation:
Statement 1 is correct: Since the year 1950, due to the migrations taking place into Assam, there has been a fear of losing their cultural identity and the demography of the state in the minds of the original inhabitants. During the late seventies, the university students in Assam along with the All Assam Students’ Union started a movement called the Assam Agitation which demanded the detection and deportation of illegal migrants in Assam. The agitation was aggressive and brought the whole state to a standstill. During the year 1985, the Assam Accord was signed between the All Assam Students Union (AASU), the All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad and the then Central Government led by Rajiv Gandhi to bring stability in the state.
Statement 2 is incorrect: The provisions of the Assam Accord were:
:
A
Explanation:
Statement 1 is correct: Since the year 1950, due to the migrations taking place into Assam, there has been a fear of losing their cultural identity and the demography of the state in the minds of the original inhabitants. During the late seventies, the university students in Assam along with the All Assam Students’ Union started a movement called the Assam Agitation which demanded the detection and deportation of illegal migrants in Assam. The agitation was aggressive and brought the whole state to a standstill. During the year 1985, the Assam Accord was signed between the All Assam Students Union (AASU), the All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad and the then Central Government led by Rajiv Gandhi to bring stability in the state.
Statement 2 is incorrect: The provisions of the Assam Accord were:
- Any foreigner will be given full citizenship including the right to vote if he/she had come to Assam between 1951 and 1961
- The foreigners who had migrated to Assam between 1961 and 1971 will be given all the rights of citizenship except the right to vote, which would be denied for a period of ten years and those who entered Assam after the year 1971 would be deported.
Answer: Option C. -> Second Five Year Plan
:
C
Explanation:
The Second Plan focused on the development of the public sector and "rapid Industrialisation". The plan followed the Mahalanobis model, an economic development model developed by the Indian statistician Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in 1953. It advocated Socialist patterns of society as its goal. Second plan was conceived in an atmosphere of economic stability. It was felt agriculture could be accorded lower priority as compared to industrialisation.
:
C
Explanation:
The Second Plan focused on the development of the public sector and "rapid Industrialisation". The plan followed the Mahalanobis model, an economic development model developed by the Indian statistician Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in 1953. It advocated Socialist patterns of society as its goal. Second plan was conceived in an atmosphere of economic stability. It was felt agriculture could be accorded lower priority as compared to industrialisation.
Answer: Option D. -> 1, 2 and 3 only
:
D
Explanation:
In simple terms, land reforms mean equitable redistribution of land with the aim of increasing productivity and decreasing poverty. It refers to the redistribution of land from the few who have to the many who are landless or own far too little.
Objectives of land reforms:
:
D
Explanation:
In simple terms, land reforms mean equitable redistribution of land with the aim of increasing productivity and decreasing poverty. It refers to the redistribution of land from the few who have to the many who are landless or own far too little.
Objectives of land reforms:
- Redistribution of land across society so that land is not held in the hands of a few people.
- Land ceiling to disburse surplus land amongst small and marginal farmers.
- Removal of rural poverty.
- Abolition of intermediaries.
- Tenancy reforms.
- Increasing agricultural productivity.
- Consolidation of land holdings and prevention of land fragmentation.
- Developing cooperative farming.
- To ensure social equality through economic parity.
- Tribal protection by ensuring their traditional land is not taken over by outsiders.
- Land reforms were also for non-agricultural purposes like development and manufacturing.
Question 4. Q. Consider the following statements with reference to Congress Socialist Party:
Which of the above given statements is/are correct?
- Acharya Narendra Dev was the founding President of Socialist Party
- Post Independence, the party had several coalition Governments with Congress in many States.
Which of the above given statements is/are correct?
Answer: Option A. -> 1 only
:
A
Explanation:
Statement 1 is correct: Acharya Narendra Dev was a freedom fighter and founding President of Congress Socialist Party (CSP). He was jailed several times during the freedom movement and post independence led the Socialist Party and later Praja Socialist Party.
Statement 2 is incorrect: It was formed within the Congress in the year 1934 by a group of young leaders who were more radical and egalitarian. In 1948 the Congress amended its constitution to prevent dual party membership, this forced the socialist to separately form an individual organisation although they had presence in a number of states it could achieve electoral success in a few pockets only and could not form any form of government.
:
A
Explanation:
Statement 1 is correct: Acharya Narendra Dev was a freedom fighter and founding President of Congress Socialist Party (CSP). He was jailed several times during the freedom movement and post independence led the Socialist Party and later Praja Socialist Party.
Statement 2 is incorrect: It was formed within the Congress in the year 1934 by a group of young leaders who were more radical and egalitarian. In 1948 the Congress amended its constitution to prevent dual party membership, this forced the socialist to separately form an individual organisation although they had presence in a number of states it could achieve electoral success in a few pockets only and could not form any form of government.
Question 5. Q. With reference to the popular movements started by voluntary organisations in India post independence, consider the following statements:
Which of the above given statements is/are incorrect?
- They were a result of widespread injustice and deprivation existing in Indian society.
- These movements were largely concentrated in rural areas and involved lower and deprived classes only.
Which of the above given statements is/are incorrect?
Answer: Option B. -> 2 only
:
B
Explanation: Popular voluntary organisations like Bharatiya Kisan Union, anti-arrack movement and Narmada Bachao Andolan chose to remain outside party politics. They did not contest elections at the local or regional level nor did they support any one political party. Hence, these organisations were called ‘non-party political formations’.
Statement 1 is correct: The model of planned development that we adopted after Independence was based on twin goals of growth and distribution. In spite of the impressive growth in many sectors of economy in the first twenty years of independence, poverty and inequalities persisted on a large scale. Benefits of economic growth did not reach evenly to all sections of society. Existing social inequalities like caste and gender sharpened and complicated the issues of poverty in many ways. A sense of injustice and deprivation grew among different groups.
Statement 2 is incorrect: Students and young political activists from various sections of the society were in the forefront in organising the marginalised sections such as Dalits and Adivasis. The middle class young activists launched service organisations and constructive programmes among rural poor. For example, anti-arrack movement focussed on the interior villages of Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh demanding a ban on the sale of alcohol. Chipko movement began in two or three villages of Uttarakhand when the forest department refused permission to the villagers to fell ash trees for making agricultural tools.
:
B
Explanation: Popular voluntary organisations like Bharatiya Kisan Union, anti-arrack movement and Narmada Bachao Andolan chose to remain outside party politics. They did not contest elections at the local or regional level nor did they support any one political party. Hence, these organisations were called ‘non-party political formations’.
Statement 1 is correct: The model of planned development that we adopted after Independence was based on twin goals of growth and distribution. In spite of the impressive growth in many sectors of economy in the first twenty years of independence, poverty and inequalities persisted on a large scale. Benefits of economic growth did not reach evenly to all sections of society. Existing social inequalities like caste and gender sharpened and complicated the issues of poverty in many ways. A sense of injustice and deprivation grew among different groups.
Statement 2 is incorrect: Students and young political activists from various sections of the society were in the forefront in organising the marginalised sections such as Dalits and Adivasis. The middle class young activists launched service organisations and constructive programmes among rural poor. For example, anti-arrack movement focussed on the interior villages of Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh demanding a ban on the sale of alcohol. Chipko movement began in two or three villages of Uttarakhand when the forest department refused permission to the villagers to fell ash trees for making agricultural tools.
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