Indian Polity Quiz

Important Dates and Events

• Paris Climate Agreement ratification by India: October 2, 2016
• Operation Polo: Launched to merge/annex princely states into India

Human Security

• Definition: Focuses on protecting people over states, and encompassing threats beyond war, like hunger, disease, and natural disasters.
• Traditional Notion of security: Concerned with protection of the state only.

Garibi Hatao Slogan

• Political Strategy: Associated with the Congress party's political strategy.

Governor General of India

• First Indian: C. Rajagopalachari

State of Emergency

• Article: 352 of the Indian Constitution
• Date: June 25, 1975

States Reorganisation Act of 1956

• Result: Created 14 states and 6 union territories

Warsaw Pact

• Purpose: Part of Eastern Alliance's efforts to counter NATO's influence in Europe.

Tashkent Agreement

• Signatories: India and Pakistan

SAARC Headquarters

• Location: Kathmandu

Dalit Panthers Movement

• State: Maharashtra

Nuclear Testing

• India's First Test: 1974

Fall of Berlin Wall

• Year: 1962

NIEO (New International Economic Order)

• Year: 1979

SAFTA (South Asian Free Trade Area)

• Implementation Date: January 1, 2006

Agenda-21

• Focus: Climate change, biodiversity and forestry.

ASEAN Members

• Number: 10

Perestroika

• Definition: Economic and political reform policies of the former USSR.

Sustainable Development

• Emerged During: The Rio Summit, 1992

Global South

• Definition: Group of developing countries.

Emergency Censorship

• Article: 19(1) (a) of Indian Constitution deals with freedom of speech and expression.

First UN Secretary-General

• Name: Trygve Lie

Bombay Plan

• Focus: Industrial economic development of India.

Test your knowledge on important dates and events in Indian history, such as the Paris Climate Agreement ratification and the States Reorganisation Act of 1956. This quiz covers significant historical milestones and political strategies that have shaped modern India.