Test: Election, Political Parties and National Terms- 2 - Class 8 MCQ

Gandhiji used to say that religion can never be separated from politics. What he meant by religion was not any particular religion like Hinduism or Islam but moral values that inform all religions. He believed that politics must be guided by ethics drawn from religion.

The Indian Councils Act 1909, commonly known as the Morley-Minto Reforms, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that brought about a limited increase in the involvement of lndians in the governance of British India. By this Act, Communal Electoral System was introduced in India. 

Jawaharlal Nehru was the Congress President when Congress declared complete independence as its goal. Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on January 26,1930 resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Puma Swaraj.

The council of ministers are only responsible to Lok Sabha and not Rajya Sabha . Prime minister is the representative of Council of Ministers and to communicate all decisions to the President on their behalf . The advice given by the Cabinet or a Minister is confidential and the courts can neither take cognizance thereof nor enquire as what to advice given to the president.

Gopal Krishna Gokhale was famously a mentor to Mahatma Gandhi in his formative years. In 1912, Gokhale visited South Africa at Gandhi's invitation. As a young barrister, Gandhi returned from his struggles against the Empire in South Africa and received personal guidance from Gokhale.

Politics is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status.

Responsible party government theory requires that voters hold parties electorally accountable for their performance in control of government. Existing literature suggests that voters do this only to a limited extent-holding the presidential party's candidates responsible for government performance on Election Day. While this method of voting may hold the executive accountable for his performance, it is not really an effective way to hold the party in control of Congress accountable for its performance.
The method falls short particularly when Congress is controlled by a different party than the president, but also whenever a Congress controlled by the same party pursues policies different from the president's. Using surveys of voters leaving the polls in the 1990, 1994, and 1998 midterm congressional elections, this study tests whether voters' evaluations of Congress's job performance also affect their support for majority party candidates in House and Senate elections, during both unified and divided government.

Communist Party of India Marxist has remained in power in West Bengal for 30 years and Jyoti Basu as the longest serving Chief Minister of any State of India. 
Hence, option B is the correct answer.

The Article 343 of the Constitution provides that Hindi in Devanagari script shall be the Official Language of the Union.
The Act also lays down that both Hindi and English shall compulsorily be used for certain specified purposes such as Resolutions, General Orders, Rules, Notifications, Administrative and other Reports, Administrative and other Reports and Official Papers to be laid before a House or the Houses of Parliament.

The Indian National Congress also commonly called the Congress is one of the two major contemporary political parties in India, the other being the Bhartiya Janta Party.