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Era of one-party dominance

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1(a)The First General Elections in 1952 involved simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and ...(The President of India/ State Assemblies/ Rajya Sabha/ The Prime Minister)Show solution
The first general election involved simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and the State Assemblies.

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1(b)The party that won the second largest number of Lok Sabha seats in the first elections was the...(Praja Socialist Party/ Bharatiya Jana Sangh/ Communist Party of India/Bharatiya Janata Party)Show solution
In the first general election, the Congress won 364 seats and the Communist Party of India (CPI) came next with 16 seats, which was the second largest number of Lok Sabha seats.

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1(c)One of the guiding principles of the ideology of the Swatantra Party was...(Working class interests/ protection of Princely States / economy free from State control / Autonomy of States within the Union)Show solution
The chapter states that one of the guiding principles of the Swatantra Party was an economy free from State control.

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2Match the following leaders listed in List A with the parties in List B.Show solution
Matching the leaders with their parties:
- S. A. Dange → Communist Party of India
- Shyama Prasad Mukherjee → Bharatiya Jana Sangh
- Minoo Masani → Swatantra Party
- Asoka Mehta → Praja Socialist Party

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3(a)One-party dominance is rooted in the absence of strong alternative political parties.Show solution
The chapter says one-party dominance in India was not due to the absence of strong alternatives: there were opposition parties, but they could not defeat Congress because of other reasons such as Congress's broad base and the first-past-the-post system.

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3(b)One-party dominance occurs because of weak public opinion.Show solution
The chapter does not link one-party dominance to weak public opinion. Instead, it explains Congress dominance through its legacy of the freedom struggle, organisation, social coalition, and the electoral system.

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3(c)One-party dominance is linked to the nation's colonial past.Show solution
The chapter says Indian one-party dominance was different from other countries because it happened under democratic conditions, not because of colonial past alone. So this statement is false as written.

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3(d)One-party dominance reflects the absence of democratic ideals in a country.Show solution
The chapter explicitly says Congress dominance in India happened under democratic conditions with free and fair elections. So it did not reflect the absence of democratic ideals.

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4(a)two states where Congress was not in power at some point during 1952-67.
4(b)two states where the Congress remained in power through this period.
5Read the following passage and answer the questions below:
5(a)Why does the author think that Congress should not have been a cohesive and disciplined party?
5(b)Give some examples of the eclectic role of the Congress party in the early years.
5(c)Why does the author say that Gandhi's view about Congress' future was romantic?

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1Make a chart of elections and governments in your State since 1952. The chart could have the following columns: year of election, name of the winning party, name of ruling party or parties, name of the Chief Minister(s).

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