NCERT Class 12 Political Science Chapter 8 Recent Developments in Indian Politics Test Mock Test
This free online test covers Chapter 8, Recent Developments in Indian Politics, 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
Negative
0 per wrong
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Sample Questions
Q1.How badly was the Congress defeated in the Lok Sabha elections of 1989?
- AThe party that had won as many as 415 seats in 1984 was reduced to only 197 seats
- BThe party that had won 352 seats in 1984 was reduced to only 154 seats
- CThe party lost every seat it had won in the northern States
- DThe party that had won 415 seats in 1984 was reduced to only 44 seats
Q2.What was the 'Mandal issue' that rose in national politics after 1989?
- AThe controversy over the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act
- BThe dispute over the ownership of the site at Ayodhya
- CThe disagreement among parties over the new economic reforms
- DThe dispute between the supporters and opponents of OBC reservations, which followed the decision of the National Front government in 1990 to implement the Mandal Commission recommendation that jobs in central government be reserved for the Other Backward Classes
Q3.The radical turn in economic policy, known as the structural adjustment programme or the new economic reforms:
- AWas introduced by the National Front government in 1990 and abandoned in 1991
- BWas started by Rajiv Gandhi, became very visible in 1991 and radically changed the direction the Indian economy had pursued since Independence, and has been continued by the various governments that came to power despite criticism from movements and organisations
- CWas adopted only by the coalition governments after 1998
- DWas rejected by every government that followed the one that introduced it
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