Question Bank Semester VI TYBA Political Science Paper 6- Determinants of Politics of

1. The relationship between business class and politics exist: A) Even before independence B) Only after independence C) Only after 1970s D) Only after 1990s 2. The link of the Indian chamber of commerce with the data back to: A) 1940 B) 1920 C) 1930 D) 1907

3. Which of the following business house had intimate relationship with congress in the pre-independence days? A) Birla B) Ambani C) Adani D) Pendharkar 4. One of the highly industrialized state of is : A) West Bengal B) Bihar C) Manipur D) Maharashtra 5. The commercial capital of India is: A) B) C) Bangalore D) Kokatta

6. Which of the following state is famous for sugar factories? A) Manipur B) Maharashtra C) Bihar D) Tamil Nadu 7. The business class is regarded as which of the following? A) Religious interest gr B) Social interest gr C) Institutional interest gr. D) Cultural interest gr. 8. The interface between politics and business began to develop with A) First 5 year plan B) Second 5 year plan C) Third 5 year plan D) Fourth 5 year plan 9. After independence this plan was heavily industry oriented A) First plan B) Second plan C) Third plan D) Fourth plan 10. The association of business class are called as A) Forum of commerce B) Platform of commerce C) Congress of commerce D) Chambers of commerce 11. The Bombay Chamber of Commerce was organised on as early as in A) 1836 B) 1818 C) 1840 D) 1850 12. The objective of Bombay Chamber of Commerce was to A) Organise British trading interest B) Organise Indian trading interest C) Organise Dutch trading interest D) Organise French trading interest 13 Bengal National Chamber of commerce was established in A) 1897 B) 1898 C) 1899 D) 1887 14. In which year was the Indian Merchants Chamber established? A) 1887 B) 1900 C) 1905 D) 1907 15. In the pre-independence days in working of Chambers of Commerce which of the following nationalist leader had his influence? A) DadabhaiNowroji B) Netaji Bose C) Sardar Patel D) LokmanyaTilak 16. The business chamber aligned with the national movement during A) Tilak era B) Gandhi era C) Netaji era D) Sardar Patel era 17. The Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce was organised in A) 1920 B) 1925 C) 1927 D) 1930 18. This act provided 4 seats to the Indian business community in the central legislature A) Act of 1905 B) Act of 1910 C) Act of 1919 D) Act of 1930 19. The act of 1935 provided how many seats for the commercial interest in the Bombay Legislature Assembly A) 10 B) 12 C) 15 D) 7 20. Maharashtra has these many industry association A) More than 500 B) More than 200 C) More than 250 D) More than 300 21. In which year the Co-operative Society’s Act was enacted? A) 1900 B) 1904 C) 1906 D) 1908 22. Largest no. of co-operative institutes are in A) Bihar B) Manipur C) Maharashtra D) Assam 23. The first co-operative sugar factory in Maharashtra was established by whom?

A) VithalraoVikhe B) RamraoAadik C) A.R. Antulay D) 24. The first co-operative sugar factory in Maharashtra was established in A) 1954 B) 1950 C) 1952 D) 1949 25. Co-operative sector as a significant component of economy developed: A) Post 1980 B) Post 1970 C) Post 1960 D) Post 1990

26 The first CM of Maharashtra was A) V.P. Naik B) C) A.R. Antulay D) Y.B. Chavan 27. Service co-operative at the village level were initiated by A) Y.B. Chavan B) A.R. Antulay C) Shalinitai Patil D) S.B. Chavan 28. Maharashtra in 1961 were A) 31,565 B) 42,603 C) 52,603 D) 63,603 29. The no. of co-operative institutions in Maharashtra in 2010 were A) 2,18,320 B) 1,58,016 C) 1,45,000 D) 1,70,000 30. The following Politician started his career thru co-operative sector : A) Ahmed Patel B) Vasantdada Patil C) A.R. Antulay D) MurliDeora 31. Vasantdada Patil was the CM of the state of Maharashtra in A) 1977 B) 1980 C) 1995 D) 2000 32. The sugar lobby in Maharashtra was founded in A) 1968-69 B) 1978-79 C) 1988-89 D) 1989-90 33. The leader of the sugar lobby was A) Vasantdada Patil B) V.P. Naik C) Kannamwar D) Morarji Desai 34. The sugar lobby developed clashes with this CM A) V.P. Naik B) Kannamwar C) Y.B. Charan D) A.R. Antulay 35. Maharashtra received the first co-operativist CM when the following leader became CM. A) Vasantdadapatil B) S.B. Charan C) A.R. Antulay D) VilasraoDeshmukh 36. What is the coastal length of Maharashtra ? A) 740km B) 725km C) 730km D) 720km 37. Maharashtra has total number of creeks A) 40 B) 50 C) 54 D) 60 38. Which is the oldest among political parties in Maharashtra? A) B) Republican Party C) PWP D) Congress 39. The term Congress System was coined by A) AmortyaSen B) Rajani Kothari C) Ashok Jain D) Usha Thakkar 40. The Congress party was transformed from movement to political party A) After 1947 B) After 1955 C) After 1960 D) After 1965 41. Who formed the first Non-Congress Government in Maharashtra ? A) B) Vasantdada Patil C) D) 42. The first non-congress government in Maharashtra was formed in A) 1968 B) 1970 C) 1978 D) 1980 43. The Indian National Congress was formed in A) 1875 B) 1885 C) 1890 D) 1895 44. The state wide organisational network after the independence was possessed by only A) Congress Party B) BJP C) PWP D) Shiv Sena 45. The word Congress system was used to describe Indian Party system A) Prior to 1947 B) Prior to 1977 C) Prior to 1967 D) Prior to 1987 46. The term One party dominant system was described as one dominant party system by A) Rajani Kothari B) Ashok Jain C) Usha Thakkar D) Norman Palmer 47. The consolidation of BahujanSamaj was brought by A) MurliDeora B) Y.B. Chavan C) Morarji Desai D) Ashok Chavan 48. Which of the following leader is regarded as father of modern Maharashtra? A) VilasraoDeshmukh B) PruthvirajChavan C) Ashok Chavan D) Y.B. Chavan 49. Panchayati raj in Maharashtra was introduced by A) Morarji Desai B) SharadPawar C) Y.B. Chavan D) AjitPawar 50 Co-operative sector in Maharashtra was inaugurated by A) Y.B. Chavan B) V.P. Naik C) S.B. Chavan D) SharadPawar 51. In 1952 elections it was revealed that Marathi speaking areas were traditional supporters of A) Congress B) PWP C) RPI D) SCF 52. Maharashtra Panchayati Raj Committee in 1959 was headed by A) V.P. Naik B) Y.B. Chavan C) S.B. Chavan D) Kannamwar 53. Maharashtra Zilla Parishad and Act was passed in - A) 1951 B) 1961 C) 1971 D) 1981 54. In Maharashtra elections to the Z.P and Panchayat Samiti were held in- A) 1961 B) 1962 C) 1965 D) 1970 55. In local elections in Maharashtra in 1960 only significant oppositions to congress came form A) Shiv Sena B) SCF C) BJP D) PWP 56. In 1978 Panchayati Raj elections this party posed serious challenge to Congress - A) PWP B) PDF C) Republican D) Jan Sangh 57. PDF was led by- A) Y.B. Chavan B) S.B. Chavan C) SharadPawar D) AjitPawar 58. The originator of idea of politics of summation was A) VilasraoDeshmukh B) Shivrajrao Patil C) Y.B. Chavan D) AjitPawar 59. The combination of - caste cluster was formed by A) Y.B. Chavan B) S.B. Chavan C) SharadPawar D) Ashok Chavan 60. The benefits of Maratha-Kunbi caste cluster went to A) Shiv Sena B) BJP C) PWP D) Congress 61. Nationalist Congress Party was formed by A) Y.B. Chavan B) Vasanatdada Patil C) SharadPavar D) V.P. Naik 62. The formation of PWP was an expression of discontent among A) Marathas B) Brahmins C) Dalits D) Non-Brahmins 63. When was the Peasants and Workers Party formed? A) 1938 B) 1948 C) 1958 D) 1968 64. The hostile attitude of CHC made following group formed PWP A) Non-Brahmins B) Dalits C) Marathas D) OBCs 65. The urban business class associations are known as A) Congress of Commerce B) Forum of Commerce C) Platform of Commerce D) Chamber of Commerce 66. The co-operative sector is dominant in A) Rural area B) Urban area C) Semi Urban area D) Cities 67. “ State politics, co-operative politics and panchayati politics are three areas of state politics which greatly influence each other” This quotation is by: A) Rajani Kothari B) Dr N.R. Inamdar C) Usha Thakkar D) Mangesh Kulkarni 68. The power structure in Maharashtra at the grass root level up to 1990 was always controlled by A) RPI B) PWP C) Congress D) BJP 69. The chamber of commerce are business association in A) Rural areas B) Semi urban areas C) Urban areas D) Villages 70. This is regarded as unique feature of Maharashtra politics A) Co-operative sectors B) Panchayati raj C) Zillaparishad D) Gram panchayat 71. The development of co-operative sector as significant component of political economy is A) Post 1960 development B) Post 1970 development C) Post 1980 development D) Post 1985 development 72. Development of which region in Maharashtra can be called as post 1960 development A) Mumbai B) Western Maharashtra C) Konkan D) Vidarbha 73. The firm grass root level support structure for congress in Maharashtra was achieved by - A) V.P. Naik B) Y.B. Chavan C) Ashok Chavan D) A.R. Antulay 74. The Bhartiya Jana Sangh was reincarnated as BJP in A) 1992 B) 1986 C) 1990 D) 1980 75. BJP is recognized as: A) Dalit party B) Brahminical party C) Maratha party D) OBC party 76. RSS as a non-political voluntary organization of Hindus was founded in A) 1925 B) 1935 C) 1930 D) 1950 77. The name of the RSS founder is- A) Balasaheb Deoras B) Mohan Bhagwat C) A.B. Vajpayee D) Dr Hedgewar 78. The headquarters of RSS is located at A) Mumbai B) C) D) 79. The advantage of RSS cadre is possessed by A) Congress party B) BJP party C) Communist party D) Shiv Sena 80. The ABVP is the offshoot of - A) Congress B) BJP C) RSS D) Republican Party 81. Dr. Ambedkar developed these many political parties in his life time- A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5 82. This region of Maharashtra developed because of co-operative sector A) Mumbai B) Konkan C) Western Maharashtra D) Vidarbha 83. This chief minister of Maharashtra also served as defense minister of India A) Y.B. Chavan B) Kannamwar C) D) BabasahebBhosle 84. Dr. Ambedkar established Independent Labour Party in- A) 1936 B) 1946 C) 1947 D) 1950 85 Dr.Ambedkar established Scheduled Caste Federation in- A) 1940 B) 1944 C) 1950 D) 1956 86. Dr. Ambedkar established RPI in A) 1950 B) 1952 C) 1954 D) 1956 87. The RPI represents A) Brahmins B) Dalits C) Marathas D) OBCs 88. Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi is led by which of the following leaders? A) Prakash Ambedkar B) R.S. Gawai C) Ramdas Athavale D) R.S. Gaikwad 89. Ramdas Athavale faction of RPI has alliance with A) Congress B) Shiv Sena C) D) BJP 90. The Shiv Sena was formed in- A) 1966 B) 1970 C) 1975 D) 1980 91. The Shiv Sena was formed in Mumbai by- A) Acharya Atre B) S.M. C) N.G. Gore D) BalasahebThackrey 92. The first regional party of Maharashtra is- A) Shiv Sena B) MNS C) Republican party D) Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi 93. Which of the following party advocates the Sons of the Soil theory? A) Republican B) PWP C) NCP D) MNS 94. Sena-BJP alliance was formed in - A) 1980 B) 1985 C) 1989 D) 1995 95. Who was the architect of Sena-BJP alliance? A) Pramod Mahajan B) KritiSomaiya C) Parag Alvani D) Aashish Shelar 96. Shiv Sena chief BalasahebThackrey was-

A) A member of Legislative Assembly B) A member of Legislative Council C) A member of LokSabha D) Never contested election 97. This Shiv Sena leader was the speaker of the LokSabha A) B) Narayan Joshi C) DiwakarRaote D) Sudhir Joshi 98. The 1st Shiv Sena Mayor of Mumbai was- A) B) Manohar Joshi C) Kishor Pednekar D) Shubha Rawool 99. The Sena-BJP alliance emerged as a viable alternative to the Congress in Maharashtra in - A) 1989 B) 1992 C) 1994 D) 1995 100. The MNS was formed in - A) 2004 B) 2006 C) 2008 D) 2010 101. The serial bomb blasts in Mumbai consolidated Hindu votes in favour of- A) Congress B) BJP C) Shiv Sena D) Republican party 102. In this decade OPDS gave way to two party system in Maharashtra A) 1970 B) 1980 C) 1990 D) 2000 103. Which combine became the ruling alliance in 1995- A) Sena-BJP B) BJP-Republican C) Sena-Congress D) BJP-Congress

104. The turning point in the state politics was the demolition of the Babri Masjid in - A) 1990 B) 1991 C) 1992 D) 1994

105. The Congress hegemony in Maharashtra for the first time was destroyed in these elections. A) 1980 B) 1985 C) 1990 D) 1995 106. Post 1962 these institutes emerged as power centres in Maharashtra - A) Cotton industries B) Sugar industries C) Textile mills D) Poultry farms 107. The control of cooperatives in rural Maharashtra was with this party- A) Congress B) BJP C) Shiv Sena D) Republican 108. This party in the beginning was Bombay based militant party- A) Congress B) Republican C) BJP D) Shiv Sena 109. This party is called as umbrella party- A) Congress B) Republican C) BJP D) Shiv Sena 110. The Panchayati raj leadership was more closely associated with A) Congress B) Republican C) BJP D) Shiv Sena 111. This party was a nationalist movement in India A) BJP B) Republican C) Congress D) MNS 112. The negative voting against this party enabled Sena-BJP combine to come to power in 1995- A) Republican B) MNS C) Congress D) Shiv Sena 113. Maharashtra state was a traditional supporter of this party- A) Shiv Sena B) PWP C) MNS D) Congress 114. The leadership of this person was the single most factor led to Congress dominance in Maharashtra- A) Y.B. Chavan B) S.B. Chavan C) V.P. Naik D) 115. After Samyukta Maharashtra Congress regained the goodwill of the masses under his leadership- A) V.P. Naik B) A.R. Antulay C) Y.B. Chavan D) S.B. Chavan

116. This caste is regarded as dominant caste in Maharashtra A) Brahmin B) OBC C) Maratha D) Dalit 117. The era of co-elation began in Maharashtra for the first time in A) 1969 B) 1970 C) 1975 D) 1978 118. The Progress Democratic Front (PDF) government was formed in Maharashtra in year: A) 1967 B) 1975 C) 1978 D) 1987 119. The Chief Minister of PDF government was A) S.B. Chavan B) A.R. Antulay C) Sharad Pawar D)

120. The Shiv Sena leader was the speaker of the : A) Manohar Joshi B) Sudhir Joshi C) WamanMahadik D) DiwakarRaote 121. When did the Bhumi Sena launched land grab movement ? A) 1960’s B) 1970’s C) 1980’s D) 1990’s 122. Shetkari Sanghatana was established in- A) 1960 B) 1966 C) 1970 D) 1978 123. Who was the founder of Shetkari Sanghatana? A) Sharad Joshi B) SharadPawar C) Navnit Shah D) VivekPandit

124. “All farmers are one since their interests are identical” – This slogan was given by A) SharadPawar B) AjitPawar C) ParthPawar D) Sharad Joshi 125. “Interests of Bharat and India are conflicting”. Who said this? A) Sharad Joshi B) MedhaPatekar C) Vivek Pandit D) 126. The Shetkari Sanghatana of Sharad Joshi carried out onion agitation in- A) 1998 B) 1985 C) 1990 D) 1992

127. The ShetkariSanghatana of Sharad Joshi carried out Tobacco agitation in: A) 1975 B) 1981 C) 1985 D) 1990 128. In which year the Shetkar Sanghatana organised a huge women’s rally at Chandwad village in Nasik? A) 1978 B) 1980 C) 1984 D) 1986 129. Who was the founder of Swabhimani Shetkar Sanghatana ? A) Raju Shetty B) Raju Patil C) Prakash Ambedkar D) Vivek Pandit 130. Bhomi Sena is a movement of which of the following group ? A) Women B) Tribals C) Farmers D) Dalits 131. The name of Navnit Shah is associated with A) Shetkari Sanghatana B) Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana C) Bhomi Sena D) Narmada Andolan 132. MharashtraNavnirmansena was formed on- A) 9th Jan 2006 B) 9th Feb 2006 C) 9th Mar. 2006 D) 9th Apr, 2006

133. The Sthaniya Lokadhikar Samitee which advocates jobs for local people is attached to: A) Congress B) MNS C) NCP D) Shiv Sena 134. Who was the first Shiv Sena Chief Minister: A) Manohar Joshi B) Sharad Pawar C) Chagan Bhujbal D) 135. How many seats Shiv Sena won in 2019 Loksabha elections? A) 23 B) 19 C) 18 D) 16 136. How many seats Shiv Sena won in Maharashtra legislative assembly elections in 2019 A) 54 B) 60 C) 56 D) 57

137. How many seats are there in the Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad? A) 72 B) 76 C) 78 D) 82

138. Who became the CM in 2014? A) Udhav Thackrey B) Ajit Pawar C) Devendra Phadnavis D) Sharad Pawar 139. Who is the current of Maharashtra: A) P.C. Alexander B) BhagatsinghKoshiyari C) Justice Fazalali D) S.M khursheed 140. The political coalition of MahaVikas Aghadi consist of: A) BJP-Shiv Sena-MNS B) BJP-RPI-NCP C) BJP-RPI-Congress D) Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress

141. Who is the current speaker in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly- A) B) Ajit Pawar C) D) Haribhau Bagade 142. Who is the current leader of opposition in Assembly- A) B) AjitPawar C) DevendraPhadnavis D) Sanjay Raut 142. The current Home Minister of Maharashtra is A) B) Aditya Thavkrey C) D) Rajesh Tope 143. Aditya Thackrey holds this portfolio: A) Home B) Environment C) Finance D) Transport 144. Who is the current education minister of Maharashtra A) VinodTawade B) Aditya Thackrey C) ParthPawar D) UdaySamant

145. How many seats NCP won is 2019 Assembly elections A) 54 B) 60 C) 74 D) 51 146. The Samyukta Maharashtra was formed on A) May 1, 1961 B) May 1, 1960 C) May 1, 1962 D) May 1, 1963 145. Sharad Pawar left this party to form NCP: A) Congress B) BJP C) RPI D) Shiv sena

146. The dominant caste groups on Maharashtra politics is A) Maratha-Brahmin B) Maratha-Kunbi C) Dalit-Maratha D) Brahmin-Dalit

147. Nationalist Congress Party was founded by:- A) Ajit Pawar B) Raj Tackrey C) Ramdas Athavale D) Sharad Pawar 148. Nationalist Congress Party was founded in the year A) 1990 B) 1991 C) 1996 D) 1999 149. The Maharashtra has total number of these many Loksabha seats A) 48 B) 40 C) 52 D) 35 150. Ralegan Siddhi experiment is associated with whom? A) Medha Patkar B) Baba Amte C) Anna Hazare D) Vivek Pandit 151. The village Ralegan Siddhi is located in A) Ahmendnagar B) C) Raigad D) Nasik 152. Manavlok is a voluntary organization located in:- A) Pune B) Marathwada C) Kokan D) Vidarbha 153. This is a women development wing of Manavlok NGO: A) Tejaswini B) Ashwini C) Manaswini D) Ragini 154. Yusuf Meherali centre is a voluntary organization working in- A) Rural Areas B) Urban area C) Semi-urban D) Cities

155. This leader was the pillar of anti-corruption movement: A) Vivek Pandit B) Medha Patkar C) Baba Amte D) Anna Hazare 156. RTI Act 2005 came into force on A) 12 October 2005 B) 15 August 2005 C) 15 June 2005 D) 1 November 2005

157. What is the time limit to get the information under RTI Act 2005? (a) 15 days (b) 45 days (c) 60 days (d) 30 days 158. What is the time limit to get the information concerning the life and liberty of a person? (a) 48 hours (b) 24 hours (c) 5 days (d) 10 days 159. The RTI Act gives right to seek information from the following: (a) private companies (b) MNCs (c) public authorities (d) associations

160. The first Indian state that introduce the a law on RTI was (a) Tamilnadu (b) U.P (c) Maharastra (d) Gujarat 161. The world as World Environmental day is celebrated on A) December 1 B) June 5 C) November 14 D) August 15 162. Bombay Natural History Society was established in A) 1995 B) 1996 C) 1997 D) 1998 163. Which of the following is not tribal movement? A) Tebhaga movement B) Chuars movement C) Bhils movement D) Kolis movement 164. Ralegaon-Siddi Experiment project was initiated by ______A) Anna Hazare B) VivekPandit C) Raju Shetty D) d. KiranBedi 165. Manavlok is a voluntary organization located at ______in . A) Ambajogain B) Parner C) SakharGaon D) Thane