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CH 7 and 8 Worksheet
CH 7 and 8 Worksheet
1. How many seats did the Congress party win in the Lok Sabha in 1984?
(a) 197 (b) 415
(c) 1991 (d) 1989
4. When did the National Front government decide to implement the recommendation of the Mandal
Commission?
(a) 1984 (b) 1989
(c) 1990 (d) 1991
6. Who became the Prime Minister of India after Rajiv Gandhi’s death?
(a) Atal Bihari Vajpayee (b) Sonia Gandhi
(c) Narsimha Rao (d) Manmohan Singh
9. When did the BJP come to power for the first time?
(a) 1989 (b) 1991
(c) 1996 (d) 1998
10. Which political party brought together a combination of political groups with strong support among
the OBCs in the 1980s?
(a) Bharatiya Janata Party (b) Congress Party
(c) Janata Dal (d) Samajwadi Party
11. What helped in shaping the politics of ‘Other Backward Classes’ in the 1980s?
(a) The implementation of the recommendations of the Mandal Commission
(b) The implementation of the recommendations of the Sarkaria Commission
(c) The implementation of the recommendations of the Mandal-Massey Commission
(d) The implementation of the recommendations of the Ranganath Misra Commission
12. Who was the Chairperson of the Second Backward Classes Commission?
(a) Morarji Desai (b) Karpoori Thakur
(c) Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal (d) LK Advani
14. Which state did the BSP achieve a breakthrough in during the 1989 and 1991 elections?
(a) Punjab (b) Haryana
(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Bihar
16. What strategy did the BJP adopt to mobilise the Hindus?
(a) Politics of Hindutva (b) Politics of socialism
(c) Politics of capitalism (d) Politics of communalism
17. According to ‘Hindutva’ believers, what is necessary to be a member of the Indian nation?
(a) Acceptance of India as a holy land
(b) Acceptance of India as a fatherland
(c) Acceptance of both India as a fatherland and holy land
(d) Acceptance of Hinduism as the national religion
18. What was the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986?
(a) An act that granted maintenance to divorced Muslim women
(b) An act that prohibited divorce among Muslims
(c) An act that nullified the Supreme Court’s judgment in the Shah Bano case
(d) An act that gave women equal rights in property disputes
19. What was the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Shah Bano case?
(a) The woman was denied maintenance from her former husband
(b) The woman was granted maintenance from her former husband
(c) The case was dismissed due to lack of evidence
(d) The case was postponed for further hearings
21. What was the order given by the Faizabad district court in February 1986?
(a) To demolish the Babri Masjid mosque
(b) To allow Hindus to offer prayers at the Babri Masjid premises
(c) To hand over the Babri Masjid premises to the government
(d) To prevent any religious activity at the Babri Masjid premises
23. What were the consequences of the large-scale mobilisation on the Babri Masjid issue?
(a) It led to the peaceful resolution of the dispute
(b) It led to the strengthening of communal harmony
(c) It led to a surcharged atmosphere and many instances of communal violence
(d) It led to the government’s intervention in the dispute
▶ (c) It led to a surcharged atmosphere and many instances of communal violence
2. What are the three social and political regions that comprise Jammu and Kashmir?
(a) Jammu, Rajasthan, and Ladakh (b) Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh
(c) Jammu, Punjab, and Ladakh (d) Jammu, Haryana, and Ladakh
3. Who was the Hindu ruler of Jammu and Kashmir before 1947?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Gyanendra Singh
(c) Hari Singh (d) Manvendra Singh
4. Who led the popular movement in Jammu and Kashmir to get rid of the Maharaja?
(a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Sheikh Abdullah (d) Mahatma Gandhi
6. Who was the Prime Minister of J and K after the Instrument of Accession was signed?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Sheikh Abdullah
(c) Hari Singh (d) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
7. Who led the formation of Dravidar Kazhagam (DK) in the Dravidian movement?
(a) M.V. Ramanidhi (b) E.V. Ramasami ‘Periyar’
(c) K. Karunanidhi (d) C.N. Annadurai
10. Who became the Chief Minister after Sheikh Abdullah’s death?
(a) Farooq Abdullah (b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed (d) Breakaway faction of National Conference
13. What is the demand of the third strand in Kashmiri separatist politics?
(a) Merging Kashmir with Pakistan
(b) Greater autonomy for the people of the State within the Indian union
(c) Separating Kashmir from India and Pakistan
(d) None of the above
14. Which political party led the movement for the formation of a ‘Punjabi suba’?
(a) Congress (b) BJP
(c) Akali Dal (d) Communist Party of India
15. What change in the social composition of Punjab occurred after Partition?
(a) An increase in the Hindu population (b) A decrease in the Sikh population
(c) A decrease in the Muslim population (d) A decrease in the Christian population
25. What is the small corridor that connects the North-East region to the rest of India?
(a) Siliguri Corridor (b) Cherapunji Corridor
(c) Kolkata Corridor (d) Darjeeling Corridor