JANATA INTERREGNUM

Question 1

WHICH ARE THE PARTIES THAT FORMED THE JANATA PARTY (1977)

Answer 1

CONGRESS (O)
JAN SANGH
BHARATIYA LOK DAL
SOCIALIST PARTY

Question 2

Nandini Satpathy ,Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna AND Jagjivan Ram formed which party

Answer 2

CFD

Congress for Democracy

Question 3

Who were the 3 potential candidates for prime minister-ship

Answer 3

Moraji Desai
Jagjivan Ram
Charan Singh

Question 4

Who was elected as the unopposed president in 1977

Answer 4

N. Sanjeeva Reddy

Question 5

Name the one positive economic step by the Janata govt.

Answer 5

FOOD FOR WORK PROGRAMME

Question 6

___ WAS THE FINANCIAL MINISTER IN 1970

Answer 6

CHARAN SINGH

Question 7

what did the congress spilt into in 1978

Answer 7

CONGRESS I (Indira )
CONGRESS U (Devraj Urs)

Question 8

___ was the famous commission appointed to investigate Indira Gandhi

Answer 8

SHAH COMMISSION

Question 9

when did moraji desai’s govt. retire

Answer 9

15 july 1979

Question 10

Which parties contested in the 1980 elections

Answer 10

CONGRESS I
CONGRESS U
LOK DAL
JANATA
Charan Singh & the Socialists

Question 11

Who were the allies of the Janata party?

Answer 11

DMK, Akali Dal and CPM

Question 12

Who were the allies of Congress?

Answer 12

CPI and AIADMK

Question 13

How many Congress-ruled state governments did the Janata government dismiss?

Answer 13

9

Question 14

When was Morarji Desai sworn in as PM?

Answer 14

23rd March, 1977

Question 15

Who came to power in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal respectively?

Answer 15

AIADMK and CPM

Question 16

Who was the first General Secretary of the Janata party?

Answer 16

Ramakrishna Hegde

Question 17

Who was the first party spokesperson of Janata?

Answer 17

L K Advani

Question 18

Where was there an incident of burning and killing of Harijans in July 1976?

Answer 18

Belchi, Bihar

Question 19

There was deficit financing in Charan Singh’s ___ budget.

Answer 19

1979

Question 20

Who tried to strengthen relations with US and Britain?

Answer 20

Atal Behari Vajpayee

Question 21

Which Congress leaders turned against Indira?

Answer 21

YB Chavan and Brahmanand Reddy

Question 22

When did Indira Gandhi split the Congress once again?

Answer 22

January, 1978

Question 23

In which states did Congress(I) defeat Janata and Congress(U) in February 1978

Answer 23

Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh

Question 24

When did Janata expel Indira Gandhi from parliament for breach of privilege and contempt of the house?

Answer 24

19th December, 1978

Question 25

There was an inquiry into Sanjay Gandhi’s management of which state owned corporation?

Answer 25

Maruti Udyog Ltd.

Question 26

Name a scandal that took place in 1971

Answer 26

Nagarwala Scandal

Question 27

There was an inquiry against which former Defence Minister?

Answer 27

Bansi Lal

Question 28

When was Charan Singh forced to resign as Home Minister?

Answer 28

30th June, 1978

Question 29

When did Indira Gandhi withdraw her support for the Charan Singh government?

Answer 29

20th August, 1979

Question 30

When were the elections held after the Lok Sabha was dissolved?

Answer 30

January 1980

Question 31

Jagjivan Ram joined ____ in 1980.

Answer 31

Congress(U)

Question 32

Who formed the BJP?

Answer 32

Old Jan Sangh leaders