Chapter-18, Recent Developments in Indian Politics

1. After the death of Rajiv Gandhi who became the Prime Minister of India?

2. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in the year-

3. The reason for the 2002 Gujarat riots is-

4. Who was the head of the coalition government of 1989?

5. Choose the correct term for coming together of two or more political parties to form a
government-

6. In which year was Janata Dal formed?

7. Which alliance formed the government at the center in 1989?

8. Who headed the coalition government of 1989?

9. Unscramble a bunch of disarranged press clipping file of Unni-Munni and arrange the file chronologically.
(a) Mandai Recommendations and Anti-Reservation stir.
(b) Formation of the Janata Dal
(c) The demolition of Babri Masjid.
(d) Assassination of Smt. Indira Gandhi.
(e) The formation of the NDA government
(f) Godhra incident and its fall out.
(g) Formation of the UPA government.

10. Which party pursued the politics of ‘Hindutva’ and adopted the strategy of mobilising the Hindus?