Era of One-party Dominance

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Question
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The First General Elections in 1952 involved simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and ________ (The President of India/State Assemblies/Rajya Sabba/The Prime Minister)

Solution

State Assemblies.

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Question
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The party that won the second largest number of Lok Sabha seats in the first elections was the _________ (Praja Socialist Party/Bharatiya Jana Sangh/Communist Party of India/Bharatiya Janata Party)

Solution

Communist Party of India.

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One of the guiding principles of the ideology of the Swatantra Party was ________ (Working class interests/ protection of Princely States/economy free from State control/Autonomy of States within the Union)

Solution

Economy free from State control.

Question
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Match the following leaders listed in List A with the parties in List B:
A. S.A. Dangc (i) Bharatiya Jana Sangh
B. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (ii) Swatantra Party
C. Minoo Masani (iii) Praja Socialist Party
D. Asoka Mehta (iv) Communist Party of India

Solution

A.

S.A. Dangc

(i)

Communist Party of India

B.

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

(ii)

Bharatiya Jana Sangh

C.

Minoo Masani

(iii)

Swatantra Party

D.

Asoka Mehta

(iv)

Praja Socialist Party