The Crisis of Democratic Order Class 12 MCQs Questions with Answers
Question 1.
Find the odd one out in the context of the proclamation of Emergency.
(a) The call for ‘Total Revolution’
(b) The Railway Strike of 1974
(c) The Naxalite Movement
(d) The Allahabad High Court Verdict
Answer
Answer: (c) The Naxalite Movement
Question 2.
Through which Article of the Constitution, the government declared an emergency in 1975?
(a) Article 350
(b) Article 351
(c) Article 352
(d) Article 354
Answer
Answer: (c) Article 352
Question 3.
Shah Commission was appointed to inquire
(a) abuse of authority during an emergency
(b) domestic violence
(c) child labour
(d) conditions of Dalits
Answer
Answer: (a) abuse of authority during an emergency
Question 4.
The Janata Party made which election into a referendum on the Emergency?
(a) 1977
(b) 1980
(c) 1971
(d) 1984
Answer
Answer: (a) 1977
Question 5.
The ”state of emergency” was declared on
(a) 13th May 1971
(b) 23rd May 1972
(c) 25th June 1975
(d) 11th March 1975
Answer
Answer: (c) 25th June 1975
Question 6.
The Prime Minister of India during 1977-79 was
(a) Indira Gandhi
(b) Charan Singh
(c) Chandra Shekhar
(d) Morarji Desai
Answer
Answer: (d) Morarji Desai
Question 7.
After the 1977 general elections, which government came into power?
(a) Bharatiya Jana Sangh
(b) Congress
(c) Janata Party
(d) Socialist Party
Answer
Answer: (c) Janata Party
Question 8.
The railway strike of 1974 was called by ________ led by George Fernandes.
(a) National Coordination Committee
(b) National Coordination Corporation
(c) National Coordination Call
(d) National Coordination Association
Answer
Answer: (a) National Coordination Committee
Question 9.
Congress was defeated in the Lok Sabha elections of
(a) January 1975
(b) February 1976
(c) March 1977
(d) April 1977
Answer
Answer: (c) March 1977
Question 10.
When JP led a people’s march to the Parliament?
(a) 1975
(b) 1976
(c) 1977
(d) 1978
Answer
Answer: (a) 1975
Question 11.
Who left the Congress party and founded Bharatiya Kranti Dal in 1967?
(a) Sanjay Gandhi
(b) Jagjivan Ram
(c) Chaudhary Charan Singh
(d) Morarji Desai
Answer
Answer: (c) Chaudhary Charan Singh
Question 12.
The Bihar Movement in 1974 was led by
(a) Charu Majumdar
(b) Jayaprakash Narayan
(c) Morarji Desai
(d) C. Natarajan
Answer
Answer: (b) Jayaprakash Narayan
