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Indian Political Parties and Elections

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Indian political parties and elections questions cover the evolution, recognition, and electoral performance of national and regional parties. Topics include historical party formations, major political alliances, and prominent leaders. This material is frequently asked in civil services and state-level competitive examinations.

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Indian Political Parties and Elections Questions

Multiple choice

Nawaz sheriff represents the following party?

  1. PML

  2. JMP

  3. MQM

  4. JKU
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Nawaz Sharif (misspelled as 'sheriff') is the leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML), one of Pakistan's major political parties. He has served multiple terms as Prime Minister of Pakistan and represents the PML-Nawaz faction.

Multiple choice

The results of the Lok Sabha elections are declared by the

  1. Election Commission of India

  2. State Election Commission

  3. Returning Officer

  4. District Magistrate
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The results of Lok Sabha elections are officially declared by the Returning Officer appointed for each constituency. While the Election Commission of India conducts the elections, the actual declaration of results is made by the Returning Officer. The Election Commission oversees the entire process but doesn't declare results directly.

Multiple choice

The ' Young India' was started as a weekly by :

  1. The Home Rule Party

  2. The Extremist party

  3. Gadhar Party

  4. Swaraj party
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

'Young India' was started as a weekly journal by the Home Rule Party movement. The Home Rule movement was led by Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and Young India served as a mouthpiece for their demand for self-rule within the British Empire.

Multiple choice

In September 2016, the Election Commission of India granted national party status to All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) Party led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. With this TNC became the _____ national party in the country.

  1. 7th

  2. 5th

  3. 9th

  4. 6th

  5. 8th
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Before TMC received national party status in September 2016, there were 6 national parties: INC, BJP, BSP, CPI, CPI(M), and NCP. TMC became the 7th national party after meeting the EC criteria of securing over 6% vote share in four or more states and winning 2% of Lok Sabha seats from at least three states.

Multiple choice

Har Dyal was well known as the leader of

  1. Anshulian Party

  2. Gadhar Party

  3. Swaraj Party

  4. Hindustan Republican Association
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Lala Har Dayal was a prominent leader of the Ghadar Party (spelled 'Gadhar' here - a typo), founded in 1913 to organize an armed rebellion against British rule in India. Based in San Francisco, it aimed to incite Indian soldiers in the British Army to revolt. Har Dayal was a key ideologue before leaving for Europe in 1914.

Multiple choice

Bharatiya Janata Party's Uttar Pradesh persident, Congress MP from Firozabad & three MLA from Haryana werw arrested on 13th May, 2011 and preventd from visiting Bhatta-Parsaul village in Greater Noida, where Bhartiya Kisan Union members staged a dharna about 2 km from Bhatta-Parsual. Who is the Congress MP from Firozabad at present?

  1. Surya Pratap Singh Shahi

  2. Raj Babbar

  3. Parvez Hashmi

  4. Rajnath Singh
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Raj Babbar is the Congress MP from Firozabad at present.

Multiple choice

Amar Singh is a member of

  1. BJP

  2. Bahujan Samaj Party

  3. Congress

  4. Samajwadi Party
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Amar Singh was a prominent politician who was associated with the Samajwadi Party for a significant portion of his career. He served as a Rajya Sabha MP and was a key figure in the party before his eventual expulsion.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is not accorded the status of National Party?

  1. Bahujan Samaj Party

  2. Samajwadi Party

  3. Nationalist Congress Party

  4. Bhartiya Janta Party
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Samajwadi Party was primarily a state party operating in Uttar Pradesh and did not meet the criteria for National Party status. The Election Commission grants National Party status based on vote share and geographical spread. BSP, NCP, and BJP have all enjoyed National Party status at various points.

Multiple choice

JP stands for

  1. Junior Post

  2. Janta Party

  3. Joint Party

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

JP refers to the Janata Party, formed in 1977 by merging several opposition parties against Congress. It won the 1977 general elections after the Emergency, with Morarji Desai becoming India's first non-Congress Prime Minister. The party played a crucial role in Indian politics during the late 1970s.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the appropriate answer from the options given below:

The actor Sanjay Dutt is contesting in the next lok Sabha elections as _____ candidate?

  1. Congress

  2. BJP

  3. BSP

  4. Samajwad party
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Sanjay Dutt contested the Lok Sabha elections as a Samajwadi Party candidate from Lucknow in 2004. Although he was previously associated with other parties, this specific contest was on the Samajwadi Party ticket. The other options (Congress, BJP, BSP) are not the party he represented in this particular election.

Multiple choice

The oldest political party of India is

  1. Bhartiya janta Party

  2. Communist Party of India

  3. Muslim League

  4. Indian National Congress
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Indian National Congress was founded in 1885, making it India's oldest surviving political party. The BJP was formed in 1980, Communist Party of India in 1925, and Muslim League in 1906 (though active in Pakistan after partition).