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Ch-2 Era Of One Party Dominance
Very Short Answer Type Questions
1. How many seats were secured by the Communist Party of India in the first Lok Sabha election ?
2. In which year the first general election was held in India ?
3. Which Political Party laid emphasis on the idea of one country, one culture and one nation ?
4. During the first three general elections the Congress won more seats than any other party. Which party
stood at the second number during these elections ?
5. Communist Party of India stood at second place during these elections.
6. Who was the founder of the Bhartiya Jana Sangh ?
7. In which year the Election Commission started using EVM?
8. Which political party of India had leaders like A.K. Gopalan, E.M.S. Namboodiripad and S.A. Dange ?
9. What has been the ideology of left parties in India?
10.Name the founder President of the Congress Socialist Party. What name was given to this party after
1948 ?
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In 1957, which party formed the government in Kerala ?
a. Jan Sangh
b. Congress
c. C.P.I
d. Socialist Party.
2. When was the Socialist Party formed in India ?
a. 1948
b. 1955.
c. 1952
d. 1960.
3. When Bhartiya Jan Sangh was formed ?
a. 1948
b. 1951
c. 1955
d. 1960.
2-Marker
1. When was the Election Commission of India set-up ? Who was its first Chief Election Commissioner ?
2. How did the dominance of The Congress Party in the first three general elections help in establishing a
democratic set-up in India ?
3. Explain the major difference of ideology between that of the Congress and the Jana Sangh.
4. Highlight any two features of the ideology of Bharatiya Jana Sangh.
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5. What was the main ideology of the Swatantra Party ?
6. Why did the Communist Party of India split in 1964?
7. When and why was the Communist Party of India (CPI) divided into two factions ?
3-Markers
1. Explain any four reasons for the dominance of the Congress Party in the first three general elections.
OR
Explain any four reasons for the dominance of the Congress Party in the first three general elections in
India.
2. What distinguished the dominance of the Congress Party in India from other examples of one party
dominance in other countries? Explain.
OR
8. What distinguished the dominance of the congress party in India from the one-party dominance in other
countries? Explain
9. Highlight the circumstances that compelled the socialists to form a separate socialist party in 1948.
Mention any two grounds on which they criticised the Congress Party.
10.Distinguish between the economic ideologies of the Congress Party and the Swatantra Party formed in
1959.
11.Write a short note on the political parties before independence.
12.Explain the four reasons for the emergence of the Coalition era in the Indian Democratic System.
13.Explain the impact of the Coalition Government on the Indian politics
14.Match the names of the founders given below with the political parties they founded:
Founders Political Parties
A. S. A Dange (i) Bartiya Janta Party
B. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (ii) Swatantra Party
C. Mintoo Masani (iii) Praja Socialist Party
D. Asoka Mehta (iv) Communist Party Of India
15.Briefly explain the role of opposition parties in India.
16.Explain any four problems faced by the Election Commission of India while holding the First General
Election.
Long- Answer Type Questions
1. Analyse the reasons for the dominance of the Congress Party in the first three general elections.
OR
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Identify the factors that contributed to the dominance of the congress party during the early years of
independence.
2. How was the “one party dominant system in India different from similar systems elsewhere?” Did the
dominance of one party mean that India was not really a democracy? Give reasons to support your
answer.
3. List any three factors that helped the Congress to continue to dominate the Indian political scenario for
almost three decades after independence.
4. Opposition plays a significant role in democracy. Did the opposition, in the era of one party dominance,
perform its role of highlighting the acts of omission and commission of the government ? Support your
answer by giving any three arguments.
5. Explain how the General Elections of 1952 in India were a landmark in the history of democracy all over
the world.
6. "The Congress had remained a social and ideological coalition for a long period." Justify the statement.
7. How did the dominance of The Congress party affect the democratic nature of India politics ? Explain.
Map-based Questions
1. In the outline political map of India given above, five States have been marked as A, B, C, and D. With
the help of the Information given below identify them and write their correct names in your answer book
along with the serial number of the information used and the related alphabet in the map.
I. The State to which C. Raja-gopalachari, the first Indian Governor-General of India, belonged.
II. The State where the first non-Congress Government was formed by E.M.S. Namboodiripad.
III. The State to which Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, the Union Minister for Food and Agriculture (1952-54)
belonged.
IV. The state which faced the most acute food crisis in 1965-1967
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