MCQ on Revival of Congress and Punjab Crisis

Q. Who led the revival of the Congress Party after the Janata Party government collapsed? / जनता पार्टी सरकार के पतन के बाद कांग्रेस के पुनरुत्थान का नेतृत्व किसने किया?
A) Rajiv Gandhi
B) Indira Gandhi
C) P.V. Narasimha Rao
D) Morarji Desai
Answer: B) Indira Gandhi

Q. In which year did Indira Gandhi return to power, marking the revival of Congress? / कांग्रेस के पुनरुत्थान के साथ इंदिरा गांधी किस वर्ष सत्ता में लौटीं?
A) 1977
B) 1978
C) 1980
D) 1982
Answer: C) 1980

Q. Which party defeated the Janata Party in the 1980 General Elections? / 1980 के आम चुनाव में जनता पार्टी को किस दल ने हराया?
A) BJP
B) Congress (I)
C) CPI(M)
D) Lok Dal
Answer: B) Congress (I)

Q. What was the main reason for the revival of Congress in 1980? / 1980 में कांग्रेस के पुनरुत्थान का मुख्य कारण क्या था?
A) Strong Janata Party leadership
B) Internal conflicts within Janata Party
C) Foreign support
D) Military intervention
Answer: B) Internal conflicts within Janata Party

Q. Which leader became the Chief Minister of Punjab in 1977 after the Emergency? / आपातकाल के बाद 1977 में पंजाब के मुख्यमंत्री कौन बने?
A) Parkash Singh Badal
B) Beant Singh
C) Amarinder Singh
D) Surjit Singh Barnala
Answer: A) Parkash Singh Badal

Q. Which political party mainly represented Sikh interests in Punjab? / पंजाब में मुख्य रूप से सिख हितों का प्रतिनिधित्व करने वाली पार्टी कौन-सी थी?
A) Congress
B) BJP
C) Shiromani Akali Dal
D) Janata Party
Answer: C) Shiromani Akali Dal

Q. What was the Anandpur Sahib Resolution primarily related to? / आनंदपुर साहिब प्रस्ताव मुख्य रूप से किससे संबंधित था?
A) Land reforms
B) Greater autonomy for Punjab
C) Industrial development
D) Foreign policy
Answer: B) Greater autonomy for Punjab

Q. In which year was the Anandpur Sahib Resolution adopted? / आनंदपुर साहिब प्रस्ताव किस वर्ष अपनाया गया था?
A) 1973
B) 1975
C) 1978
D) 1980
Answer: A) 1973

Q. Who emerged as a prominent militant leader during the Punjab Crisis? / पंजाब संकट के दौरान प्रमुख उग्रवादी नेता के रूप में कौन उभरे?
A) Harchand Singh Longowal
B) Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale
C) Parkash Singh Badal
D) Gurcharan Singh Tohra
Answer: B) Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale

Q. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale was associated with which religious organization? / जरनैल सिंह भिंडरांवाले किस धार्मिक संगठन से जुड़े थे?
A) SGPC
B) Damdami Taksal
C) Akali Dal
D) Khalsa Panth Sabha
Answer: B) Damdami Taksal

Q. Which city became the center of the Punjab militancy movement? / पंजाब उग्रवाद आंदोलन का केंद्र कौन-सा शहर बना?
A) Ludhiana
B) Patiala
C) Amritsar
D) Jalandhar
Answer: C) Amritsar

Q. Which holy Sikh shrine became the focal point of the Punjab Crisis? / पंजाब संकट के दौरान कौन-सा सिख तीर्थस्थल केंद्र बिंदु बना?
A) Takht Sri Patna Sahib
B) Golden Temple
C) Anandpur Sahib
D) Hemkund Sahib
Answer: B) Golden Temple

Q. What was Operation Blue Star? / ऑपरेशन ब्लू स्टार क्या था?
A) A development project in Punjab
B) A military operation in the Golden Temple
C) An agricultural reform program
D) A peace agreement
Answer: B) A military operation in the Golden Temple

Q. In which month and year was Operation Blue Star conducted? / ऑपरेशन ब्लू स्टार किस माह और वर्ष में चलाया गया था?
A) June 1984
B) January 1984
C) August 1983
D) October 1984
Answer: A) June 1984

Q. Who ordered Operation Blue Star? / ऑपरेशन ब्लू स्टार का आदेश किसने दिया था?
A) Rajiv Gandhi
B) Zail Singh
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Beant Singh
Answer: C) Indira Gandhi

Q. What was the primary objective of Operation Blue Star? / ऑपरेशन ब्लू स्टार का मुख्य उद्देश्य क्या था?
A) Conduct elections
B) Remove militants from the Golden Temple complex
C) Promote tourism
D) Establish a new state
Answer: B) Remove militants from the Golden Temple complex

Q. Who was the President of India during Operation Blue Star? / ऑपरेशन ब्लू स्टार के समय भारत के राष्ट्रपति कौन थे?
A) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
B) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
C) Giani Zail Singh
D) R. Venkataraman
Answer: C) Giani Zail Singh

Q. Which militant leader was killed during Operation Blue Star? / ऑपरेशन ब्लू स्टार के दौरान कौन-सा उग्रवादी नेता मारा गया था?
A) Harchand Singh Longowal
B) Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale
C) Parkash Singh Badal
D) Surjit Singh Barnala
Answer: B) Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale

Q. Indira Gandhi was assassinated on which date? / इंदिरा गांधी की हत्या किस तिथि को हुई थी?
A) 15 August 1984
B) 31 October 1984
C) 26 January 1984
D) 2 November 1984
Answer: B) 31 October 1984

Q. Who assassinated Indira Gandhi? / इंदिरा गांधी की हत्या किसने की थी?
A) Foreign agents
B) Her Sikh bodyguards
C) Political opponents
D) Militants from Pakistan
Answer: B) Her Sikh bodyguards

Q. Who became Prime Minister after the assassination of Indira Gandhi? / इंदिरा गांधी की हत्या के बाद प्रधानमंत्री कौन बने?
A) P.V. Narasimha Rao
B) Rajiv Gandhi
C) Pranab Mukherjee
D) Zail Singh
Answer: B) Rajiv Gandhi

Q. Which event followed immediately after Indira Gandhi’s assassination? / इंदिरा गांधी की हत्या के तुरंत बाद कौन-सी घटना हुई?
A) Punjab Elections
B) Anti-Sikh Riots
C) Emergency Declaration
D) Indo-Pak War
Answer: B) Anti-Sikh Riots

Q. In which year did the Anti-Sikh Riots take place? / सिख विरोधी दंगे किस वर्ष हुए थे?
A) 1982
B) 1983
C) 1984
D) 1985
Answer: C) 1984

Q. Which agreement was signed in 1985 to address the Punjab Crisis? / पंजाब संकट के समाधान के लिए 1985 में कौन-सा समझौता हुआ था?
A) Shimla Agreement
B) Rajiv-Longowal Accord
C) Tashkent Agreement
D) Delhi Accord
Answer: B) Rajiv-Longowal Accord

Q. The Rajiv-Longowal Accord was signed between Rajiv Gandhi and whom? / राजीव-लोंगोवाल समझौता राजीव गांधी और किसके बीच हुआ था?
A) Parkash Singh Badal
B) Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale
C) Harchand Singh Longowal
D) Gurcharan Singh Tohra
Answer: C) Harchand Singh Longowal

Q. What was one major demand of the Akali Dal during the Punjab Crisis? / पंजाब संकट के दौरान अकाली दल की एक प्रमुख मांग क्या थी?
A) Creation of Khalistan
B) Greater state autonomy
C) End of elections
D) Separate currency
Answer: B) Greater state autonomy

Q. Which city was declared the capital of Punjab after its reorganization in 1966? / 1966 में पंजाब के पुनर्गठन के बाद किस शहर को पंजाब की राजधानी बनाया गया?
A) Amritsar
B) Ludhiana
C) Chandigarh
D) Patiala
Answer: C) Chandigarh

Q. The demand for Khalistan was associated with the creation of what? / खालिस्तान की मांग किससे संबंधित थी?
A) An autonomous district
B) A separate Sikh state
C) A tribal region
D) A union territory
Answer: B) A separate Sikh state

Q. Which Prime Minister’s tenure is most closely associated with the Punjab Crisis? / पंजाब संकट किस प्रधानमंत्री के कार्यकाल से सबसे अधिक जुड़ा हुआ है?
A) Lal Bahadur Shastri
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Morarji Desai
D) V.P. Singh
Answer: B) Indira Gandhi

Q. The revival of Congress in 1980 strengthened whose leadership? / 1980 में कांग्रेस के पुनरुत्थान ने किसके नेतृत्व को मजबूत किया?
A) Rajiv Gandhi
B) Indira Gandhi
C) P.V. Narasimha Rao
D) Charan Singh
Answer: B) Indira Gandhi