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This section includes 1708 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Indian Polity and Civics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 101. |
ULFA claims to have been founded at the site of Rang Ghar onApril 7, ............., a historic structure from the Ahom kingdom. |
| A. | 1919 |
| B. | 1929 |
| C. | 1969 |
| D. | 1979 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 102. |
The Government of India had banned ‘The United Liberation Front of Assam’ organization in ................... |
| A. | 1920 |
| B. | 1940 |
| C. | 1960 |
| D. | 1990 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 103. |
Indian security forces suppressed the insurgency in the early1990s, but Sikh political groups such as the Khalsa Raj Party and SAD (A) continued to pursue an independent ............... through non-violent means. |
| A. | khalistan |
| B. | ulfa |
| C. | telengana |
| D. | marathwada |
| Answer» B. ulfa | |
| 104. |
In January............, the Golden Temple was occupied by militantsbelonging to All India Sikh Students Federation and Damdami Taksal. |
| A. | 1947 |
| B. | 1958 |
| C. | 1966 |
| D. | 1986 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 105. |
On 26 January.............., the gathering passed a resolution (gurmattā) favouring the creation of Khalistan. |
| A. | 1928 |
| B. | 1936 |
| C. | 1949 |
| D. | 1986 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 106. |
Following ............................ death, thousands of Sikhs weremassacred in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, termed as genocide by the Sikh groups. |
| A. | i.k. gujaral |
| B. | charan singh |
| C. | jawaharlal nehru |
| D. | indira gandhi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 107. |
The Indian Prime Minister .............. was assassinated by her twoSikh bodyguards in retaliation. |
| A. | indira gandhi |
| B. | rajiv gandhi |
| C. | jawaharlal nehru |
| D. | morarji desai |
| Answer» B. rajiv gandhi | |
| 108. |
In June 1984, the Indian Army led by the Sikh General KuldipSingh Brar forcibly entered the Harimandir Sahib (the Golden Temple) to overpower the armed militants and the religious leader .............. |
| A. | jarnail singh bhindranwale |
| B. | jagjit singh |
| C. | rajiv gandhi |
| D. | anandpur sahib |
| Answer» B. jagjit singh | |
| 109. |
In May 1980, Jagjit Singh Chauhan travelled to ............. andannounced the formation of Khalistan. |
| A. | germany |
| B. | hydreabad |
| C. | london |
| D. | japan |
| Answer» D. japan | |
| 110. |
On 12 April 1980, Jagjit Singh Chauhan held a meeting with theIndian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi before declaring the formation of "National Council of Khalistan", at ............... |
| A. | anandpur sahib |
| B. | jarnail singh bhindranwale |
| C. | indira gandhi |
| D. | rajiv gandhi |
| Answer» B. jarnail singh bhindranwale | |
| 111. |
On 12 April 1980, ...................held a meeting with the IndianPrime Minister, Indira Gandhi before declaring the formation of "National Council of Khalistan", at Anandpur Sahib. |
| A. | balbir singh sandhu |
| B. | anandpur sahib |
| C. | jagjit singh chauhan |
| D. | jarnail singh |
| Answer» D. jarnail singh | |
| 112. |
On 12 April.............., Jagjit Singh Chauhan held a meeting withthe Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi before declaring the formation of "National Council of Khalistan", at Anandpur Sahib. |
| A. | 1946 |
| B. | 1957 |
| C. | 1980 |
| D. | 1987 |
| Answer» D. 1987 | |
| 113. |
Jagjit Singh Chauhan placed an advertisement in The New YorkTimes proclaiming the formation of ............. and was able to collect millions of dollars. |
| A. | khalistan |
| B. | telengana |
| C. | maratha |
| D. | punjab |
| Answer» B. telengana | |
| 114. |
Following the Indo-Pak war of ................... Punjabi was finallyrecognized as the official language of Punjab. |
| A. | 1935 |
| B. | 1946 |
| C. | 1965 |
| D. | 1968 |
| Answer» D. 1968 | |
| 115. |
In 1971, Khalistan proponent Jagjit Singh Chauhan, travelled tothe.................... |
| A. | united states |
| B. | hyderabad |
| C. | himachal pradesh |
| D. | haryana |
| Answer» B. hyderabad | |
| 116. |
The Punjabi Suba Movement led by the ............... aimed atcreation of a Punjabi-majority state ("subah") in the Punjab region of India in the 1950s. |
| A. | akali dal |
| B. | amanullah khan |
| C. | shabir ahmed shah |
| D. | jklf |
| Answer» B. amanullah khan | |
| 117. |
Khalistan movement refers to a political secessionist movement tocreate a separate Sikh country, called Khālistān ("The Land of the Pure") in the ................. region of South Asia. |
| A. | punjab |
| B. | hyderabad |
| C. | new delhi |
| D. | kolkata |
| Answer» B. hyderabad | |
| 118. |
Resurgence in the activities of the Jammu & Kashmir LiberationFront (JKLF) following the return of ...............from UK to Pakistan in early 1987. |
| A. | amanullah khan |
| B. | shabir ahmed shah |
| C. | dr. farooq abdullah |
| D. | maulvi farooq |
| Answer» B. shabir ahmed shah | |
| 119. |
The secessionist movement in the Kashmir Valley started in April ................ |
| A. | 1978 |
| B. | 1988 |
| C. | 1993 |
| D. | 1996 |
| Answer» C. 1993 | |
| 120. |
In ................state, there are three regions namely the coastalregion, the rayalaseema region and the telengana region. |
| A. | bihar |
| B. | andhra pradesh |
| C. | rajasthan |
| D. | uttar pradesh |
| Answer» C. rajasthan | |
| 121. |
In the recent past a separate ...............state was created fromMadhya Pradesh, Jharkhand from Bihar and Uttaranchal from Uttar Pradesh. |
| A. | chhattisgarh |
| B. | telengana |
| C. | goa |
| D. | uttaranchal |
| Answer» B. telengana | |
| 122. |
Some people Demand for a separate Telangana state in ............ |
| A. | maharashtra |
| B. | andhra pradesh |
| C. | orissa |
| D. | madhya pradesh |
| Answer» C. orissa | |
| 123. |
Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan Movement as a voluntaryland reform movement in 1951 at Pochampally village in ............ |
| A. | maharashtra |
| B. | telangana |
| C. | gujarat |
| D. | tamilnadu |
| Answer» C. gujarat | |
| 124. |
In 1932, while participating in the Indian Independence movementactivities, Vinoba Bhave was sent to jail for six months in .............. |
| A. | karachi |
| B. | dhulia |
| C. | delhi |
| D. | poona |
| Answer» C. delhi | |
| 125. |
During his stay at Wardha, Vinoba Bhave brought out a monthly in ................., named, `Maharashtra Dharma'. |
| A. | punjabi |
| B. | marathi |
| C. | kannada |
| D. | hindi |
| Answer» C. kannada | |
| 126. |
The father of the Bhoodan (Land Gift) Movement, a freedom fighter and spiritual leader, Vinoba Bhave was born at Gagode in Kolaba district, ...................on September 11, 1895. |
| A. | maharashtra |
| B. | punjab |
| C. | tamil nadu |
| D. | rajasthan |
| Answer» B. punjab | |
| 127. |
The ...................have passionately opposed liberalisation policies,and termed them as “abject surrender to the IMF”. |
| A. | communists |
| B. | congress |
| C. | bjp |
| D. | thrinamool congress |
| Answer» B. congress | |
| 128. |
The Bhoodan Movement or Land Gift Movement was a voluntary land reform movement in India started by.............. in 1951. |
| A. | acharya vinoba bhave |
| B. | mahatma gandhi |
| C. | maqbool butt |
| D. | ems |
| Answer» B. mahatma gandhi | |
| 129. |
The newly independent ...............adopted a “mixed economy”, inwhich features of both the capitalist model and socialist model were prevalent. |
| A. | india |
| B. | pakistan |
| C. | sri lanka |
| D. | bhutan |
| Answer» B. pakistan | |
| 130. |
Soon after assuming power in 1991, the Congress Government,headed by the then Prime Minister, ................, announced its decision to liberalise, privatise and globalise the Indian economy. |
| A. | p.v. narasimha rao |
| B. | dr. manmohan singh |
| C. | indira gandhi |
| D. | rajiv gandhi |
| Answer» B. dr. manmohan singh | |
| 131. |
This crisis ............. forced India to open up its economy to theworld and adopt the policy of Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation. |
| A. | 1951 |
| B. | 1961 |
| C. | 1991 |
| D. | 1995 |
| Answer» D. 1995 | |
| 132. |
SAARC Human Resources Development Centre (SHRDC),............. |
| A. | islamabad |
| B. | bangladesh |
| C. | bhutan |
| D. | delhi |
| Answer» B. bangladesh | |
| 133. |
SAARC Coastal Zone Management Centre (SCZMC), ........ |
| A. | maldives |
| B. | nepal |
| C. | pakistan |
| D. | sri lanka |
| Answer» B. nepal | |
| 134. |
SAARC Documentation Centre (SDC), ............. |
| A. | new delhi |
| B. | maldives |
| C. | pakistan |
| D. | sri lanka |
| Answer» B. maldives | |
| 135. |
SAARC Tuberculosis Centre (STC), .................. |
| A. | kathmandu |
| B. | bangladesh |
| C. | bhutan |
| D. | india |
| Answer» B. bangladesh | |
| 136. |
HeadQuarters of SAARC Agricultural Centre (SAC),.......... |
| A. | tokyo |
| B. | delhi |
| C. | bhutan |
| D. | dhaka |
| Answer» E. | |
| 137. |
The SAARC Secretariat and Member States observe .............. asthe SAARC Charter Day. |
| A. | 7 august |
| B. | 2 september |
| C. | 4 october |
| D. | 8 december |
| Answer» E. | |
| 138. |
The SAARC Secretariat was established in Kathmandu on 16January 1987 and was inaugurated by Late King ............. of Nepal. |
| A. | birendra bir bikram shah |
| B. | zhou enlai |
| C. | norodom sihanouk |
| D. | mao |
| Answer» B. zhou enlai | |
| 139. |
The SAARC Secretariat was established in Kathmandu on 16January 1987 and was inaugurated by Late King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah of .................... |
| A. | india |
| B. | bangladesh |
| C. | bhutan |
| D. | nepal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 140. |
The first concrete proposal for establishing a framework forregional cooperation in South Asia was made by the late president of......................, Ziaur Rahman, on May 2, 1980. |
| A. | bangladesh |
| B. | bhutan |
| C. | india |
| D. | nepal |
| Answer» B. bhutan | |
| 141. |
The SAARC is an organisation of South Asian nations, which wasestablished on 8 ................ 1985. |
| A. | december |
| B. | september |
| C. | october |
| D. | november |
| Answer» B. september | |
| 142. |
Afghanistan joined the organisation SAARC in .................. |
| A. | 2001 |
| B. | 2002 |
| C. | 2005 |
| D. | 2007 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 143. |
The SAARC established on 8 December ....................... |
| A. | 1945 |
| B. | 1965 |
| C. | 1975 |
| D. | 1985 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 144. |
The ................. is an organisation of South Asian nations. |
| A. | seato |
| B. | commonwealth of nations |
| C. | nam |
| D. | saarc |
| Answer» E. | |
| 145. |
The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the .................. Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of 54 independent states. |
| A. | german |
| B. | french |
| C. | american |
| D. | british |
| Answer» E. | |
| 146. |
The founding fathers of the ................were: Sukarno of Indonesia, Jawaharlal Nehru of India, Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia, Gamal Abdul Nasser of Egypt and Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana. |
| A. | common wealth |
| B. | saarc |
| C. | nam |
| D. | cento |
| Answer» D. cento | |
| 147. |
Six years after Bandung, an initiative of Yugoslav president....................led to the first Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, which was held in September 1961 in Belgrade. |
| A. | narasimha rao |
| B. | rajiv gandhi |
| C. | josip broz tito |
| D. | ho chi minh |
| Answer» D. ho chi minh | |
| 148. |
The Bandung Conference of 1955 was hosted by Indonesianpresident................, who gave a significant contribution to promote NAM. |
| A. | sukarno |
| B. | nasser |
| C. | pt.j. nehru |
| D. | nkrumah |
| Answer» B. nasser | |
| 149. |
In his speech, Nehru described the Panchsheel to be used as aguide for Sino-Indian relations, which were first put forth by Chinese Premier .............. |
| A. | zhou enlai |
| B. | chute |
| C. | maotse tung |
| D. | sunyatsen |
| Answer» B. chute | |
| 150. |
The term "non-alignment" was coined by .................. in 1953remarks at the United Nations. |
| A. | v.k. krishna menon |
| B. | zhou enlai |
| C. | chute |
| D. | indira gandhi |
| Answer» B. zhou enlai | |