Miscellaneous (Indian Polity) (Part-3)

Total Questions: 50

11. Indian National Congress is a part of which political group? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 21.01.2017 (Shift-I)]

(a) United Progressive Alliance
(b) National Democratic Alliance
(c) Janata Parivar
(d) Rashtra Parivar

Correct Answer: (a) United Progressive Alliance

Solution:Indian National Congress was part of United Progressive Alliance. It was a centreeft alliance of parties, most of them being left leaning. It was a post-poll alliance formed soon after the general elections of 2004.

12. United Progressive Alliance was founded in__________. [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 25.01.2017 (Shift-II)]

(a) 1951
(b) 1998
(c) 2004
(d) 1980

Solution:United Progressive Alliance was formed soon after the 2004 general elections in which no single party had won a majority to enable to form government. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won 181 seats out of 544, as against the UPA's tally of 218 seats.

13. Bharatiya Janata Party is a part of which political group? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 20.01.2017 (Shift-II)]

(a) United Progressive Alliance
(b) National Democratic Alliance
(c) Janata Parivar
(d) Rashtra Parivar

Correct Answer: (b) National Democratic Alliance

Solution:Bharatiya Janata Party is a part of the National Democratic Alliance.

14. The Preventive Detention Act curtailed- [S.S.C. Online C.G.L. (T-I) 10.09.2016 (Shift-III)]

(a) Right to Freedom
(b) Right to Equality
(c) Right to Property
(d) Right to Education

Correct Answer: (a) Right to Freedom

Solution:The Preventive Detention Act was brought in 1950 to provide for preventive detention in certain cases and matters connected therewith.

It empowered the government to imprison a person or put him in custody either for committing a crime or for the apprehension of committing a crime in future.

It curtailed the Right to freedom contained in Articles 19, 20, 21, 21 A and 22. Clauses (4) to (7) of Article 22 contain safeguards relating to preventive detention matters.

15. The origins of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh founded by__________. [SSC Online Constable GD 12.02.2019 (Shift-III)]

(a) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
(b) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(c) Lal Krishna Advani
(d) Murli Manohar Joshi

Correct Answer: (a) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

Solution:The origins of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lie in the political party Bharatiya Janata Sangh founded by Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee in 1951.

16. Who amongst the following founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) in 1951? [S.S.C. Online Constable GD 18.02.2019 (Shift-III)]

(a) Vinayak Savarkar
(b) Shyama Prasad Mookerjee
(c) Ashutosh Mukherjee
(d) Deen Dayal Upadhyay

Correct Answer: (b) Shyama Prasad Mookerjee

Solution:Shyama Prasad Mukherjee founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) in 1951. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee left Hindu Mahasabha and Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh to form a political party to challenge and compete with Congress. BJS won 3 seats in the 1952 General elections. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee passed away in 1953.

17. All India Trinamool Congress was founded in the year_____. [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 21.01.2017 (Shift-I)]

(a) 1925
(b) 1955
(c) 1984
(d) 1998

Correct Answer: (d) 1998

Solution:All India Trinamool Congress was founded in 1998. Mamata Banerjee was its founder.

The All India Trinamool Congress colloquially called the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is a regional political party active in West Bengal where it has formed govt. since 2011 for three consecutive terms.

18. Which of the following is not a national political party? [S.S.C. Online Stenographer 13.09.2017 (Shift-I)]

(a) Indian National Lok Dal
(b) BahujanSamaj Party
(c) Bharatiya Janata Party
(d) Nationalist Congress Party

Correct Answer: (a) Indian National Lok Dal

Solution:Indian National Lok Dal is not a national political party.

A registered party is recognized as a national party only if it satisfies any of the three conditions listed below:

1. The party wins 2% of seats in the Lok Sabha from at least three different states.

2. In a general election to the Lok Sabha or Legislative Assembly, the party receives 6% of the vote in any of four or more states and also wins four Lok Sabha seats.

3. The party is recognized as a state party in four states.

National Parties in India (as of 2024)

S.No	Party Name	Abbreviation

Bharatiya Janata Party

BJP

Indian National Congress

INC

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

CPI(M)

Bahujan Samaj Party

BSP

Aam Aadmi Party

AAP

National People's Party

NPP

19. What is the full form of the Indian Political Party, "AITC"? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 18.01.2017 (Shift-I)]

(a) All India Trinamool Congress
(b) All India Telugu Congress
(c) All India Telugu Communist
(d) All India Trinamool Communist

Correct Answer: (a) All India Trinamool Congress

Solution:The full form of AITC is All India Trinamool Congress.

20. Which of the following is a State party as of February 2021? [S.S.C. Online CGL (T-I) 20.08.2021 (Shift-II)]

(a) Communist Party of India
(b) Aam Aadmi Party
(c) Bahujan Samaj Party
(d) Trinamool Congress

Correct Answer: (b) Aam Aadmi Party

Solution:In April 2011, a civil society movement was born in the backdrop of big ticket corruption scandals that came to light during the Congressled UPA regime. The birth of the AAP on 2nd October 2012 was a watershed moment in India's political history.

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