NCERT Political Science Politics in India Since Independence Chapter 2 Question Answer | Era of one-party dominance

1. Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.

(a) The First General Elections in 1952 involved simultaneous

elections to the Lok Sabha and ………………….(The President of

India/ State Assemblies/ Rajya Sabha/ The Prime Minister)

(b)  The party that won the second largest number of Lok Sabha seats

in the first elections was the………………….(Praja Socialist Party/Bharatiya Jana Sangh/ Communist Party of India/Bharatiya Janata

Party)

(c) One of the guiding principles of the ideology of the Swatantra

Party was………………….(Working class interests/ protection of

Princely States / economy free from State control / Autonomy of

States within the Union)

2.  Match the following leaders listed in List A with the parties in List B.

 List A List B

 (a)  S. A. Dange          i.    Bharatiya Jana Sangh

 (b) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee ii. Swatantra Party

 (c) Minoo Masani iii. Praja Socialist Party

 (d)  Asoka Mehta          iv.    Communist Party of India

3.  Four statements regarding one- party dominance are given below. Mark

each of them as true or false.

(a) One-party dominance is rooted in the absence of strong alternative

political parties.

(b) One-party dominance occurs because of weak public opinion.

(c) One-party dominance is linked to the nation’s colonial past.

(d) One-party dominance reflects the absence of democratic ideals in

a country