Test: Recent Developments in Indian Politics- Assertion and Reason Type Questions - Humanities/Arts MCQ

Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:

Assertion: The BJP continued to consolidate its position in the elections of 1991 and 1996.

Reason: It emerged as the largest party in the 1996 election and was invited to form the government.

Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:

Assertion: The decision of the National Front Government to implement the recommendations of the Mandal Commission further helped in shaping the politics of ‘Other Backward Classes’.

Reason: This period saw the emergence of many parties that sought disastrous decisions and approach for OBCs.

Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:

Assertion: One of the developments was the rise of the ‘Mandal issue’ in national politics.

Reason: This followed the decision by the new National Front government in 1990, to implement the recommendation of the Mandal Commission that jobs in Central government should be reserved for the Other Backward Classes.

Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:

Assertion: Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a Sri Lankan Tamil linked to the LTTE when he was on an election campaign tour in Tamil Nadu.

Reason: In the elections of 1991, Congress shrunk to the smallest party in the assembly.

Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:

Assertion: The BJP continued to consolidate its position in the elections of 1991 and 1996.

Reason: It emerged as the largest party in the 1996 election and was invited to form the government.

Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:

Assertion: The Mandal Commission was set up to investigate the extent of educational and social backwardness among various sections of Indian society and recommend ways of identifying these ‘backward classes’.

Reason: The Commission gave its recommendations in 2000.

Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:

Assertion: With the elections of 1989, a long phase of coalition politics began in India. Since then, there have been eleven governments at the Centre.

Reason: The late 1960s, various sections had been leaving the Congress fold and forming separate political parties of their own.