NCERT Class 12 Political Science Chapter 5 Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System Test Mock Test
This free online test covers Chapter 5, Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System, from the NCERT Class 12 Politics in India Since Independence textbook. The 30 questions are written directly from the chapter — definitions, processes, worked examples and the points the book italicises — so a score here tells you how much of the chapter actually stuck, not how well you guess. Each answer carries an explanation that says why the right option is right and why the other three fail, which is where most of the learning happens. Attempt it after your first read of the chapter, then again before the exam. There is no negative marking, and you can review the full solution the moment you submit.
Duration
30 mins
Questions
30 MCQs
Total Marks
30 pts
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0 per wrong
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Sample Questions
Q1.Why did the death of Jawaharlal Nehru in May 1964 raise not only the question 'after Nehru, who?' but also 'after Nehru, what?'
- ABecause many outsiders seriously doubted whether India's democratic experiment would survive, fearing that like other newly independent countries India would not manage a democratic succession, which could lead to a political role for the army
- BBecause no leader in the Congress was willing to take charge of the government
- CBecause the Constitution had made no provision for choosing a new Prime Minister
- DBecause the Congress party had already split into two rival groups
Q2.How was Lal Bahadur Shastri chosen as Prime Minister after Nehru's death?
- AK. Kamaraj, the president of the Congress party, consulted party leaders and Congress members of Parliament, found a consensus in his favour, and he was unanimously chosen as leader of the Congress parliamentary party
- BHe was chosen by a vote of the Congress Working Committee against the wishes of the Syndicate
- CHe was nominated by the President of India as the senior-most minister
- DHe was elected through a secret ballot among Congress MPs after a contest with Morarji Desai
Q3.Which incident from Lal Bahadur Shastri's earlier career is cited as evidence of his commitment to principles?
- AHe had refused to join Nehru's cabinet on a question of policy
- BHe had opposed the devaluation of the Indian rupee as a minister
- CHe had given up the presidency of the Congress party to a younger leader
- DHe had resigned from the position of Railway Minister accepting moral responsibility for a major railway accident
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