Class 12 Political Science Chapter 2 MCQ : Era of One-Party Dominance – Important MCQs for CBSE
Class 12 Political Science
Chapter 2: Era of One-Party Dominance – Important MCQs for CBSE
Question 1
When was the Election Commission of India set up?
Answer: b) January 1950
Question 2
Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India?
Answer: b) Sukumar Sen
Question 3
The First General Elections in India were held from:
Answer: b) October 1951 to February 1952
The election is referred to as the 1952 election since most parts voted in January 1952.
Question 4
How many eligible voters were there in the first general election?
Answer: c) 17 crore
Question 5
What percentage of eligible voters were literate during the first general election?
Answer: b) 15%
Question 6
How many Lok Sabha seats did the Congress win in the first general election of 1952?
Answer: c) 364
Congress won 364 out of 489 Lok Sabha seats.
Question 7
Which party emerged as the second largest party in terms of seats in the first general election?
Answer: c) Communist Party of India
CPI won 16 seats and was the largest opposition party.
Question 8
What percentage of votes did Congress obtain in the 1952 elections?
Answer: c) 45%
Despite getting 45% votes, Congress won 74% of the seats due to first-past-the-post system.
Question 9
In which year did a Communist government come to power in Kerala for the first time?
Answer: c) 1957
This was the first time in the world a Communist party came to power through democratic elections.
Question 10
Who was the first Chief Minister of the Communist government in Kerala?
Answer: b) E.M.S. Namboodiripad
Question 11
In which year was the Communist government in Kerala dismissed using Article 356?
Answer: c) 1959
This was considered a controversial misuse of constitutional emergency powers.
Question 12
The Congress Socialist Party was formed within the Congress in:
Answer: c) 1934
Question 13
In which year did the Socialists form a separate Socialist Party?
Answer: c) 1948
After Congress prevented dual party membership in 1948, Socialists formed a separate party.
Question 14
Who was the founder-President of Bharatiya Jana Sangh?
Answer: b) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
Question 15
In which year was Bharatiya Jana Sangh formed?
Answer: c) 1951
Question 16
In which year did the Communist Party of India split into CPI and CPI(M)?
Answer: c) 1964
The split occurred following the ideological rift between Soviet Union and China.
Question 17
What is meant by the term “Congress System”?
Answer: b) Congress acting as both ruling party and opposition due to internal factions
Political competition took place within the Congress through various factions.
Question 18
Who among the following was NOT a socialist leader?
Answer: d) S.A. Dange
S.A. Dange was a Communist leader, not a Socialist.
Question 19
Which opposition leader was invited by Nehru to join his government?
Answer: b) Jayaprakash Narayan
Nehru often referred to his fondness for the Socialist Party and invited JP to join his government.
Question 20
The Congress maintained its dominance by winning approximately what fraction of seats in the second and third general elections (1957 and 1962)?
Answer: c) Three-fourths
Congress won about 75% of the seats in both 1957 and 1962 elections.
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