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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
  1. The Praja Rajyam Party

  2. The Telangana Rashtriya Samiti

  3. TDP

  4. United Democratic Party

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Explanation

The actor Chiranjeevi founded the Praja Rajyam Party in 2008 and served as its president before it eventually merged with the Indian National Congress.

Multiple choice
  1. Meghalaya Progressive Alliance

  2. Manipur Progressive Alliance

  3. Mandarmani Progressive Alliance

  4. Mizoram Progressive Alliance

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Explanation

In the context of Meghalaya politics, MPA stands for the Meghalaya Progressive Alliance, which was a political coalition.

Multiple choice
  1. 147-member

  2. 167-member

  3. 189-member

  4. 201-member

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Explanation

The Odisha Legislative Assembly consists of 147 seats. In the 2009 assembly elections, the Biju Janata Dal secured a significant majority in this 147-member house.

Multiple choice

Which political party did Arvind Kejriwal represent in the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election?

Directions: Read the passage below and answer the question given underneath. 

Arvin Kejriwal is a politician from India and a former civil servant. He also served as the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi and is also the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Kejriwal graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur and then went on to work for the Indian Revenue Service as a Joint Commissioner in the Income Tax Department. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2006, which recognised his involvement in a grass-roots movement which made use of the Right to Information Act in a campaign against corruption. He then went on to resign from the Indian Revenue Service and donated all the award money to fund and found the Public Cause Research Foundation which is a non-governmental organisation.
Starting in 2012, he launched the Aam Aadmi Party. In the 2013, he ousted incumbent Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the Delhi Legislative Assembly election of that year. He took office as Delhi’s Chief Minister on December 28, 2013, but resigned 49 days later on February 14, 2014. He states that he resigned because of his government’s inability to pass the anti-corruption legislation he had proposed. This was due to the lack of support from other political parties, chiefly Congress and Bhartiya Janata Pary (BJP).
He was born on August 6, 1968 in Siwani, Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana to a middle class family. He was the first of three children by parents Gobind Ram Kejriwal and Gita Devi. His father was an electrical engineer by trade who graduated from the Birla Institute of Technology in Mesra. Because of his father’s job, the family moved many times throughout Kejriwal’s childhood. Much of his childhood was spent in North India, specifically in the towns of Sonipat, Ghaziabad and Hisar. He was educated at Campus School, located in Hisar and then went to a Christian missionary school in Sonipat. He attended and graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. Afterwards, he was employed by Tata Steel in 1989 and worked in Jamshedpur. In 1992, he resigned from his position and took time to study for the Civil Services Examination. He then spent time in Kolkata studying at the Ramakrishna Mission as well as the Nehru Yuva Kendra.

  1. Bharatiya Janata Party

  2. Sheila Dikshit Party

  3. Aam Aadmi Party

  4. Ramon Magsaysay

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
  1. Incorrect – He did not represent this party, but represented Aam Aadmi Party.
    2. Incorrect – Sheila Dikshit was the incumbent Chief Minister who is a member of the Congress Party. Hence, this is incorrect.
    3. Correct – He represented Aam Aadmi Party.
    1. Incorrect – This is the name of the award he won in 2006.
Multiple choice
  1. the Indian National Congress

  2. BJP

  3. Communist Party of India

  4. Bahujan Samaj Party

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Explanation

Shivraj Patil is a long-time member of the Indian National Congress and served in various ministerial positions under Congress-led governments.

Multiple choice
  1. The President

  2. The Law Minister

  3. The Lok Sabha Speaker

  4. The Election Commission

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D Correct answer
Explanation

The Election Commission of India is the constitutional body responsible for the administration of elections and the recognition of political parties as national or state parties.

Multiple choice
  1. Akali Dal

  2. National Conference

  3. Indian National Congress

  4. D.M.K.

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C Correct answer
Explanation

The Indian National Congress is a national-level political party with a presence across India, whereas the others listed are regional parties.