pol science Flashcards
What were the two goals that were agreed by everyone in the context of new nation building during the struggle for independence?
1: The country shall be run on the basis of democratic principles/government
2: The government will be run for the good of all particularly the disadvantaged communities
Which was the immediate challenge faced by independent India after independence?
Shaping of a nation that was united and yet accommodative of the diversity in our society
what was the second challenge for independent India?
Establishing democracy
What was the third challenge faced by the Independent India?
Ensuring development and the well-being of the entire society and not just some sections
The Urdu poem Subh-e-Azadi was written by – – – – – –
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
mention the three collections of poetry written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz?
Naksh-e-Fariadi Zindaan Nama Dast-e-Saba
the punjabi poem aaj akhan waris shah nun was written by ____
amrita pritam
Which theory advocated the idea that India consisted of two people, Hindus and Muslims?
Two nation theory
Who was the undisputed leader of North Western frontier province? What was his nickname?
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, frontier Gandhi
Which was the most intractable of all the problems of partition
The problems of minorities existing on both
What was the two parts of british India?
Princely states and british India provinces
The british Indian province were under the direct control of – – –
British government
What was paramountcy or suzerainty of the british crown?
The princely states enjoyed some form of control over their provinces as long as they excepted the british supremacy
How much land area was covered by princely states?
One third
Who was India’s deputy prime minister at the time of Independence? He was also the home minister
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
How many small states for their in todays Orissa
26
How many states were in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat?
14 big states
What was the four contentious states which proved to be difficult in the unification of India?
Mizoram Junagadh Hyderabad Kashmir
How was the issue of Junagadh resolved in the context of integration?
Plebiscite
Which was the largest princely states?
Hyderabad
Which agreement was signed between the Nizam and the nascent government of India in November 1947?
Standstill agreement
Which were the four sects of people predominantly opposing the control of the Nizam?
The peasants of Telangana, the women the Communist and the Hyderabad congress
What was the name of the paramilitary force unleashed by the Nizam in response to the demand for integration with india?
Razakars
Who was the maharaja of Manipur at the time of Independence?
boddhachandra singh
When were elections held in Manipur For the first time?
June 1948
Manipur adopted which form of government after independence?
Constitutional monarchy
Which was the first part of India to hold an election based on universal adult franchise?
Manipur
When did the maharaja of Manipur signed the merger agreement, instrument of accession?
September 1949
How would the state boundaries drawn during the colonial rule?
Administrative convenience or simply coincided with the territories annexed by the british government or the territories ruled by the princely powers
What were the demands of the Vishal Andhra movement?
The movement for separate Andhra Pradesh demanded that the Telugu speaking areas should be separated from the Madras province of which they were a part and we made into a separate Andhra province
the fast unto death taken by potti srimarulu lasted how many days?
56
When was a separate Andhra Pradesh created?
December 1952
When was the first states reorganisation commission appointed?
1953
When was the state reorganisation act passed? What was its result?
States reorganisation act, 1956, 14 states and six union territories
when did potti srimarulu die?
15th dec 1952
When was the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat created?
1960
When did Punjab acquired statehood?
1966
Which two territories were separated from the larger Punjab state to create the state of Punjab as we know it today?
Himachal Pradesh and Haryana
Meghalaya was carved out of which state and when?
Assam, 1972
When did Manipur emerge as a separate state
1972
When did Arunachal Pradesh acquired statehood?
1972
When did Nagaland acquired statehood?
1963
Which were the three states that were created on the basis other than language? When were they created?
Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, 2000
What is the name of the movement in Maharashtra that demands for a separate and smaller state?
Vidarbha in Maharashtra, Harit Pradesh in the western region of Uttar Pradesh, and the northern region of West Bengal
Chhattisgarh was carved out of which state?
Madhya Pradesh
us president at cuban missile crisis
john f kennedy
fidel castro?
cuban president
ussr leader?
nikita kruschev
western alliace ideology?
liberal democracy
eastern alliance ideology?
socialism and communism
when did world war end?
1945
allied powers?
us britain soviet union france
axis powers?
italy germany japan
hiroshima code name and weight?
little boy 15kg
nagasaki code name and weight
fat man 21kg
nato full form and date
north atlantic treaty org april 1949
warsaw pact date and purpose
1955 counter nato
millitary use in bringing coubtries into alliance?
soviet union in east europe
soviet arenas of war?
congo north (vietnam and korea)
seato and cento full form and area
east and west and southeast asia, southeast asian treaty org and central treaty org
reasons for allies?
resources territory location and economic
direct areas of fonflict?
korea 1950-1953
berlin 1958-1962
congo early 1960s
who helped in korea?
jawaharlal nehru
who helped in congo crisis
un secretary gen
3 og nam ppl?
josep broz tito jawaharlal and nasser
nam members and countries
india jawaharlal nehru yogosalavia josep broz tito egypt nasser ghana nkrumah indonesia sukarno
unctad resolution name and date
1972 towards new trade policy for development
unctad report guidelines?
ldc control over natural resources
cheaper tech
market share and area
participation in international economic orgs
treaty of friendship date and time?
russia 20 years 1971
american war of independence?
1787
cold war ending?
1991
berlin war breakibg?
1989
berlin war built and area and reason?
1961 capitalist and communist east and west germany
micheal gorbachev when did he become general of sogiet union?
1985
when did coup take place in russia
1991
when n who declared soviet union disbanded?
1991 russia belarus and ukraine
cis full firm
commonwealth of independent states
for how long did soviet rule
70 years
which places had a rise if nationalism
russia baltic (latvia lithunia and estonia) ukraine and georgia
main consequences of disingration of soviet?
end of cold war confintations
power rel change in world politics unipolar world
end of soviet=new countries emerged
in which places did shoch therapy take place?
russia east europe central asia
russian currency?
ruble
which 2 countries emerged as dictatorships after soviet disingration?
turkmenistan and uzbekistan
hwo did revivak of economies take place after soviet downfall
export of natural resources like oil natural gas and minerals
which erstwhile soviet countries are oil and gas producers?
azerbaijan kazakhstan russia. turkmenistan uzbecks
what are the two republics which emerged in russia
chechnaya and degestan
tajikistan covil war date and duration?
10 years till 2001
what happ in azerbaijan after soviet collapse
nagarni karabakh ppl wanted to succede and join armenia
what happ in georgia after soviet collapse
civil war bw two provinces
when did indo russian strategic agreement take place
2001
india nuclear tests
1974
china nuclear tests
1964
non profileration treaty
1968
indefinite extension of nuclear profileration treaty
1995
janta party coming 2 power
1977
dept of defence production
nov 1962
dept of defence supplies
nov 1965
shimla agreement bw and date
3rd july 1972 indra gandhi and zulfikar ali bhutto
henry kissinger?
advisor to usa presi
us presi during bangladeshwar
richard nixon
treaty of peace and friendship country date and impact
august 1971 russia-india russia is bound to help india in times fo need
tashkent agreement date ppl reason imapct who brokerwd it
lal bahadur shastri ayub khan 1966 brokered by soviet union
indus water treaty
1960 ayub khan nehru
proxy war bw idnia and pakistan
1960
china annexed tibet when
1950
which form of govt was adopted by india
representative democracy w parliamentary form of govt
amrita pritam magazine name
naagmani
deepest trauma of partition?
punjab and bengal areas
saadast hasan manto book name
kasre nafsi
muslim population after partition
12 percent
mahatma gandhi death day
30th jan 1948
standstill agreement time date
1947 one year
bombay plam n date and ppl
1944 big imdustrialists
who was chairman of planning commission
prime minister
five year plans inspo?
ussr
planning commission date role
1950 advisory role became effective onlywhen union cabinet approved
niti ayog full form date
national institution for transforming india 1st jan 2015
non plan budget
yearly basis
plan budget
five year basis
first five year plan date
1951
second five yearplan
1956
third five year plam
1961
second five yearplan emphasis and main mans
industy pc mahanlobis
where was socialist pattern of society as a goal declared
congress session at avadi in madras
who was founder of indian statistical institute
pc mahanlobis
new democratic initivative
kerela
rural industrialisation who proposed?
jc kumarappa
who formed bhartiya lokdal
chaudhary charan singh
who authored economy of permanence
jc kumarappa
operation flood
1970
Who accompanied the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama during the official Chinese visit to India in 1956?
zhou enlai
dalai lama in india rwfugee
1959
when did cpim split
1964
shimla agreement
3rd july 1972 indra gandhi zulfikar ali bhutto
Both domestic and international environment influence the \_\_\_\_\_\_ policy of nation. A) Nuclear B) Foreign C) Peaceful D) Deterrence
foreign
When did India conduct series of nuclear tests? A) June 1998
B) May 1998
C) April 1998
D) March 1998
ANS: -B
Q2. Who said, “Planning is a way of organizing and utilizing resources to maximum advantage in terms of defined social ends”?
(a) K.T. Shah
(b) Planning commission of India
(c) Dr. Rajinder Prashad
(d) None of these
Answer (b) Planning commission of India
Q14. How many plans have been completed so far in India? (a) Twelve
(b) Six
(c) Eight
(d) Four
Answer (a) Twelve
41) In which year was Operation Flood started? A) 1971 B) 1972 B) 1970 D) 1973
Answer:- 1970
1970
atlanitic charter
26 jan 1942
17thsummit place members observers NAM
venezuela 125 17 observer 2016
ecosoc members are elected by
general assembl
which was russias second largest bank
incombank 1998 bankrupt
who have vast hydrocarbon resources
central asian republics
indo russian strategic agreement
2001
great terror
stalin
who suggested peaceful coexistence w the west
nikita kruschev
who proposed asian collective security sytem
leonid brezhnev
who invaded afghanistan and popular rebellion in Czechoslovakia
leonid brezhenev
perestroika and glasnost
michel ghorbachev
when did israel attack hezbollah in lebanon
june 2006
un 70th anniversary place and date
new delhi 2015
