This Indian History quiz on India after Nehru: 1964 to 1991 puts 11 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
11 questions with answers and explanations
Who succeeded Jawaharlal Nehru as the Prime Minister of India in 1964?
The slogan Jai Jawan Jai Kisan, the start of the Green Revolution and the war of 1965 belong to his short term.
Read the full explanation →The Tashkent Agreement of January 1966, which ended the Indo-Pak war of 1965, was mediated by the Premier of which country?
The agreement was signed at Tashkent, then in Soviet Uzbekistan, on 10 January 1966 by Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and President Ayub Khan of Pakistan, with the Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin acting as host and mediator.
Read the full explanation →How many major commercial banks were nationalised in India in 1969?
In July 1969 the government of Indira Gandhi nationalised the fourteen largest commercial banks, each with deposits above fifty crore rupees, in order to take banking to the villages and to direct credit towards agriculture, small industry and the weaker sections, which were together termed the priority sectors.
Read the full explanation →The Shimla Agreement of 2 July 1972 was signed between Indira Gandhi and which leader of Pakistan?
After the war of December 1971 and the creation of Bangladesh, the two countries met at Shimla and agreed on 2 July 1972 to settle their differences bilaterally and by peaceful means, to respect the line of control in Jammu and Kashmir resulting from the ceasefire, and to work towards…
Read the full explanation →What was the code name of India's first nuclear test, conducted at Pokhran on 18 May 1974?
India carried out its first underground nuclear explosion at Pokhran in the Thar desert of Rajasthan on 18 May 1974, which happened to be Buddha Purnima, and the government described it as a peaceful nuclear explosion.
Read the full explanation →The national Emergency of 1975 was proclaimed under Article 352 on which ground?
The proclamation of 25 June 1975 was issued under Article 352 on the ground of internal disturbance, an expression so wide that it became the main criticism of the Emergency, which lasted until 21 March 1977.
Read the full explanation →Which Constitutional Amendment of the Emergency period is known as the Mini Constitution?
It added the words socialist, secular and integrity to the Preamble, inserted the Fundamental Duties as Part IVA and Article 51A, added subjects such as education, forests and weights and measures to the Concurrent List, extended the normal life of the Lok Sabha and the assemblies to six years, and…
Read the full explanation →Who was the first non-Congress Prime Minister of India?
His government passed the 44th Amendment of 1978, which undid much of the 42nd Amendment, and appointed the Mandal Commission in 1979.
Read the full explanation →Operation Blue Star, carried out in June 1984, was conducted at which place?
The army action of June 1984 was ordered to remove armed militants who had fortified the Harmandir Sahib complex during the militant phase of the Punjab movement.
Read the full explanation →The Anti-Defection Law was added to the Constitution as the Tenth Schedule by which amendment?
It inserted the Tenth Schedule and amended Articles 101, 102, 190 and 191 so that a member of Parliament or of a state legislature who voluntarily gives up the membership of the party on whose ticket the member was elected, or votes against the party whip, may be disqualified, the…
Read the full explanation →The recommendations of the Mandal Commission were implemented in 1990 by the government of which Prime Minister?
The Mandal Commission, formally the Second Backward Classes Commission, had been appointed in 1979 under B. P. Mandal and submitted its report in 1980, recommending twenty-seven per cent reservation of central government posts for the Other Backward Classes.
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