INDIAN HISTORY OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS FOR PA/SA EXAM

1. The youngest Prime Minister of India:

Ans. Rajiv Gandhi

2. The first Indian Prime Minister to get Bharat Ratna:

Ans. Jawaharlal Nehru

3. The Indian prime minister who signed on Shimla Pact:

Ans. Indira Gandhi

4. The Prime Minister of India when India made its nuclear explosion:

Ans. Indira Gandhi

5. The first non-congress Prime Minister of India to complete tenure:

Ans. A.B Vajpayee

6. In which year Indira Gandhi nationalized banks?

Ans. 1969

7. Indira Gandhi abolished privy purses through the ……….th amendment of the constitution.

Ans. 26

8. Which slogan was given by Indira Gandhi?

Ans. Garibi Hatao

9. Which country was formed with the support of Indira Gandhi in 1971?

Ans. Bangladesh

10. Which of the following events as happened during the period of Indira Gandhi?

Ans. Bhopal Gas tragedy of 1984

11. Morarji Dasai started his official career as:

Ans. Deputy Collector

12. Morarji Dasai was the Prime Minister of India when ‘Right to Property’ was deleted from Fundamental Rights through the …………… amendment of the Constitution:

Ans. 44

13. Morarji Desai is the first Indian prime minister whose resting place is outside Delhi. His Samadhi is at:

Ans. Ahmadabad

14. The prime minister who re-established the tenure of LokSabha from six years to five years:

Ans. Morarji Desai

15. First non-congress prime minister sto get Bharat Ratna:

Ans. Morarji Desai

16. Which was introduced for the first time during the period of Rajiv Gandhi?

Ans. Navodaya Vidhyalaya

17. Rajiv Gandhi announced new education Policy in …………….

Ans. 1986

18. The first person to become PM of India without any previous experience of holding the post of minister in centre or state.

Ans. Rajiv Gandhi

19. The finance minister who resigned during the period of Rajiv Gandhi:

Ans. VP Singh

20. Anti Defection Law came into force in:

Ans. 1985

21. First Asian Games was held in 1951 in:

Ans. New Delhi

22. The venue of the first international Film Festival of Indiaheld in 1952:

Ans. Mumbai

23. STD was introduced for the first time in India between Kanpur and Lucknow in:

Ans. 1960

24. The first ISD line was established between Mumbai and ……………. In 1976.

Ans. London