NCERT solutions for Political Science Politics in India Since Independence [English] Class 12 chapter 5 - challenges to and restoration of the congress system [null edition]

When France or Canada have similar problems, no one talks about failure or disintegration. Why are we under this constant suspicion?

It must have been difficult for Indira Gandhi - one woman in a world dominated by men. Why don’t we have more women in positions like that?

Is non-Congressism relevant today? Can it be applied against Left Front in today’s West Bengal?

What's so unusual in hung assemblies and coalition governments? We see them all the time.

Almost four decades after giving the slogan of Garibi Hatao, we still have much poverty around! Was the slogan only an election gimmick?

That is like changing the top and legs of a table and still calling it the old table! What was common between the Old and the New Congress?

 Which of these statements about the 1967 elections is/are correct?

1. Congress won the Lok Sabha elections but lost the Assembly elections in many states.
2. Congress lost both Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.
3. Congress lost majority in the Lok Sabha but formed a coalition government with the support of some other parties.
4. Congress retained power at the Centre with an increased majority.

 Match the following:

Whom would you identify with the following slogan/phrase?
Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan

Whom would you identify with the following slogan/phrase?

Indira Hatao!

Whom would you identify with the following slogan/phrase?

Garibi Hatao!

Which of the following statements about the Grand Alliance of 1971 is correct? The Grand Alliance ______ 

 How should a political party resolve its internal differences? Here are some suggestions. Think of each and list out their advantages and shortcomings?

1. Follow the footsteps of the party president
2. Listen to the majority group
3. Secret ballot voting on every issue
4. Consult the senior and experienced leaders of the party

State which of these were reasons for the defeat of the Congress in 1967. Give reasons for your answer?
(a) The absence of a charismatic leader in the Congress party.
(b) Split within the Congress party.
(c) Increased mobilisation of regional, ethnic and communal groups.
(d) Increasing unity among non-Congress parties.
(e) Internal differences within the Congress party.

What were the factors which led to the popularity of Indira Gandhi’s Government in the early 1970s?

What does the term ‘syndicate’ mean in the context of the Congress party of the sixties? What role did the Syndicate play in the Congress party?

Discuss the major issue which led to the formal split of the Congress Party in 1969.

Read the passage and answer the questions below:

1. What according to the author, is the difference between the strategies of Nehru and Indira Gandhi?
2. Why does the author say that the Congress party ‘died’ in the seventies?
3. In what way did the change in the Congress party affect other political parties also?

Make a list of slogans coined by political parties.

Do you see any similarities between advertisements and manifestoes, slogans and advertisements of political parties?

Have a discussion on how price rise affects the political fortunes of the political parties.