ICSE XII-MCQ Questions for Class 12 Political Science Set/2 Sample Test,Sample questions

Question:

“The foreign policy of a country is the outcome of her economic policy” these remarks were made by:

1.Indira Gandhi

2.Jawaharlal Nehru

3.Morarji Desai

4.Charan Singh

Answer:2

Question:

Bandung Conference was held in the year:

1. 1954

2. 1955

3.1956

4.1957

Answer:2

Question:

Bangladesh emerged as an independent nation in:

1.January 1972

2. December 1971

3.March 1971

4.November 1971

Answer:2

Question:

China made a sudden attack on India in:

1. August 1962

2.September 1962

3.October 1962

4.September 1965

Answer:3

Question:

How many plans have been completed so far in India?

1.Twelve

2. Six

3. Eight

4.Four

Answer:1

Question:

In 1957, which party formed the government in Kerala?

1.Jan Sangh

2.C.P.I

3.Congress

4.Socialist Party

Answer:2

Question:

In India, planning was conceived as the main instrument of:

1. Political development

2.Cultural development

3. Social development

4.Socio-economic development

Answer:4

Question:

In which state Nay Nirman Movement was started?

1. Gujarat

2.Punjab

3.Bihar

4. Haryana

Answer:1

Question:

In which year All India Kisan Sabha was established?

1. 1930

2. 1936

3.1940

4.1950

Answer:2

Question:

In which year first general election was held in India?

1.1947

2. 1952

3. 1955

4. 1960

Answer:2

Question:

In which year internal emergency was declared by Smt. Indira Gandhi?

1. 1965

2. 1971

3.1975

4. 1980

Answer:3

Question:

Prime Minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru passed away in:

1. January 1964

2. May 1965

3. March 1964

4.May 1964

Answer:4

Question:

The Architect of Non-alignment is:

1. Pt. Nehru

2. Indira Gandhi

3.Y. B. Chavan

4. Atal Behari Vajpayee

Answer:1

Question:

The Chairman of the National Development Council is:

1.President of India

2.Finance Minister of India

3. Prime Minister of India

4.Chief Minister of U.P.

Answer:3

Question:

The Idea of Planning in India was drawn from:
(a) The Bombay Plan
(b) Experiences of the Soviet bloc countries
(c) Gandhian Vision of Society
(d) Demand by Peasant Organisation

1.b and d only

2.d and e only

3. a and b only

4. all the above

Answer:3

Question:

The Planning Commission in India was set up in:

1.1953

2. 1957

3.1960

4.1950

Answer:4

Question:

When Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru passed away, at that time Congress President was?

1. K. Kamraj

2. Lai Bahadur Shastri

3.S.K. Patil

4.Morarji Desai

Answer:1

Question:

When was the Socialist Party formed in India?

1. 1948

2. 1952

3.1955

4. 1960

Answer:1

Question:

Which of the following ideas did not form part of the early phase of India’s development policy?

1.Planning

2. Liberalisation

3. Cooperative Farming

4.Self-sufficiency

Answer:2

Question:

Which of the following statements about the Grand Alliance of 1971 is correct?
The Grand Alliance _________

1. was formed by non-Communist non-Congress parties.

2. had a clean political and ideological programme.

3. was formed by all non-Congress parties

4.none of these

Answer:1

Question:

Which of these statements about the Bombay Plan is incorrect?

1. It was a blueprint for India’s economic future.

2.It supported state ownership of industry.

3.It was made by some leading industrialists.

4. It supported strongly the idea of plàhning.

Answer:1

Question:

Who became the Prime Minister of India after the first general election?

1.Pt. JL. Nehru

2. Sardar Patel

3. Smt. Indira Gandhi

4. Mahatma Gandhi

Answer:1

Question:

Who led the Narmada Bachao Andolan?

1.Medha Patkar

2. Rajni Sharma

3. Shabana Azmi

4.Meira Kumar

Answer:1

Question:

Who said, “Planning is a way of organizing and utilizing resources to maximum advantage in terms of defined social ends”?

1.K.T. Shah

2.Planning commission of India

3.Dr. Rajinder Prashad

4. None of these

Answer:2

Question:

Who was the founder of the Congress Socialist Party?

1.C. Natarajan Amadurai

2.K. Kamraj

3.Ram Manohar Lohia

4. S. Nijalingappa

Answer:3