Quiz in Politics.

[poornima]

Hi girls, here is a chance to win some points. Lets test your knowledge on Politics. I know politics is a boring topic for some people. But in today's world its also necessary. Lets learn something.

1. What kind of government does India have?










(http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_kind_of_government_does_India_have)

[bhawnashah11]

Democratic

[sabmeh]

Poornima, I missed it.I will wait for another one.

[poornima]

2NS points for Bhawna


2. Who is the First woman president of Indian National Congress?

[bhawnashah11]

Annie Besant

[tulsi34]

Bhawana, you rock yar. I am here at the wrong time.

[poornima]

Bhawna gets 2NS points.



3. The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by whom?

[bhawnashah11]

The President of India

[poornima]

No Bhawna. President nominates 12 of them. What about the remaining members?

[bhawnashah11]

Rajya Sabha has 250 members, out of these 12 members are nominated by President and rest of the members by the legislative assemblies of various states.

[poornima]

Bhawna you get 2NS points.

[poornima]

4. India's first democratically elected Communist Government was formed in which Indian state?

[bhawnashah11]

Ans is Kerela

[tulsi34]

Bhawana, kya bat hai?
I am waiting for next question.

[poornima]

right Bhawna, you get 2NS points

[poornima]

5. Who was the first woman cabinet minister of independent India?

[bhawnashah11]

main bataun main bataun

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

[poornima]

Bhawnaji aap hi tho batha rahiin ho saare answers.
Right answer 2NS points.

[nidhik55]

Bhawana, Congrates yar.
Where is Sakshi? LOL
We should have limits of how many questions can be answered by one sakhi when there are points alloted to the quiz.

[poornima]

6. Which of the following prime ministers of India did not die in office?
a. Jawaharlal Nehru
b. Indira Gandhi
c.Rajiv Gandhi
d. Lal Bahadur Shastri

[jalpa]

Rajiv Ganndhi died while greeting voters.

[bhawnashah11]

Now I won't answer any of this question.

[poornima]

right Jalpa, you win 2NS points.

7. What is the full form of the "APJ" in Dr. Kalam's name?

[jampatil]

Poornima, never thought about this.
Abul Pakir Janualabdin Abdul Kalam
Google davata ki Jai ho.

[poornima]

The correct answer is Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen. There is a small spelling mistake Jampatil, but i'll give it to you. 2NS points to you.

[poornima]

8. The Vajpayee government was defeated in a historic vote on the floor of the Lok Sabha in 1998 by a margin of just one vote! Who was the one MP who violated his party whip and voted against the government thus probably being the one member who caused the fall of the government?

[mukti]

Poornima, Saifuddin Soz violated the whip and voted against the government bringing it down.

[poornima]

right Mukti, you get 2NS points.
The National Conference party of Farooq Abdullah had issued a whip to its members to vote in favour of the Vajpayee government, but Saifuddin Soz violated the whip and voted against the government bringing it down. This probably turned to be a blessing in disguise as Vajpayee came back to power with a more stable majority.

[poornima]

9. Jawarhal Nehru was famous (or notorious) for his affair with a married woman; a love story with an ironical twist! Who was this lady?

[pranati]

Edwina Mountbatten

Is this correct? hehehehe Nehru's affair na so think this lady.

[neelasri]

Nehru had an affair??? this is new to me. he looks to be very sober.

[poornima]

Right Pranati, you get 2NS points.

[meera]

poornima, I like your intelligent quiz but I am here at the wrong time. Learnt lot from your quiz. I feel smart.

[poornima]

10. Which former President had the unique distinction of getting two consecutive terms in office?

[jbhise]

Dr. Rajendra Prasad is the only former President who had the unique distinction of getting two consecutive terms in office

[poornima]

Right Jalpa, you get 2NS points.

11. From which Constitution was the Concept of a Five Year Plan borrowed into the Indian Constitution?

[jbhise]

It was borrowed from USSR.

[poornima]

right jbhise, you get 2NS points.

12. Who was the president of India who had actually threatened to dismiss the prime minister and had (for some time) created a crisis?

[sunkan]

there were two crisis and one was zail singh threatened rajiv gandhi and the other was dr radhakrishnan threatened nehru

[poornima]

right Sunkan you get 3NS points.
In the late 1980s, the relation between Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and President Zail Singh had grown so bad, that he had actually threatened to use his constitutional powers and dismiss the government. The crisis was finally resolved after the Information & Broadcasting minister KK Tewary (who initiated the crisis) was sacked. Even in the 1960s, there was tension between President Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Nehru, but it was resolved amicably and there was no crisis in the government.

[poornima]

Qs 1 Bhawna- 2NS points
Qs 2 Bhawna- 2NS points
Qs 3 Bhawna- 2NS points
Qs 4 Bhawna- 2NS points
Qs 5 Bhawna- 2NS points
Qs 6 Jalpa - 2NS points
Qs 7 Jampatil -2NS points
Qs 8 Mukti -2NS points
Qs 9 Pranati - 2NS points
Qs 10 Jbhise - 2NS points
Qs 11 Jbhise - 2NS points
Qs 12 Sunkan- 3NS points

Congrats to all the winners.

[jalpa]

congrates to all winners. Poornima, wonderful quiz.