Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System

Class 12 · Political Science · 11 Questions

1intermediate💡 Understand1 markMCQ

Which of these statements about the 1967 elections is/are correct?

2beginner🧠 Remember2 marksMatching

Match the following:

3beginner🧠 Remember3 marksShort Answer

Whom would you identify with the following slogans/phrases?

4intermediate💡 Understand1 markMCQ

Which of the following statement about the Grand Alliance of 1971 is correct? The Grand Alliance ...

5intermediate⚖️ Evaluate4 marksEssay

How should a political party resolve its internal differences? Here are some suggestions. Think of each and list out their advantages and shortcomings.

7intermediate💡 Understand3 marksShort Answer

What were the factors which led to the popularity of Indira Gandhi's Government in the early 1970s?

8intermediate💡 Understand3 marksShort Answer

What does the term 'syndicate' mean in the context of the Congress party of the sixties? What role did the Syndicate play in the Congress party?

9intermediate🔍 Analyze3 marksShort Answer

Discuss the major issue which led to the formal split of the Congress Party in 1969.

10advanced🔍 Analyze5 marksCase Study

Read the passage and answer the questions below: …Indira Gandhi changed the Congress into highly centralised and undemocratic party organisation, from the earlier federal, democratic and ideological formation that Nehru had led……But this… could not have happened had not Indira Gandhi changed the entire nature of politics. This new, populist politics turned political ideology …… into a mere electoral discourse, use of various slogans not meant to be translated into government policies…… During its great electoral victories in early 1970s, amidst the celebration, the Congress party as a political organisation died…… — SUDIPTA KAVIRAJ

1intermediate⚖️ Evaluate2 marksEssay

Is non-Congressism relevant today? Can it be applied against Left Front in today's West Bengal?

2intermediate🔍 Analyze2 marksShort Answer

What was common between the Old and the New Congress?