POLITICAL SCIENCE: 2014: CBSE[Outside Delhi] Set–III

Congress and Communist Party of India were part of ruling alliance after the 1971 Lok Sabha Elections.

Seven party alliance led the movement for democracy in Nepal in 2006.

Its main recommendation was that boundaries of different states should reflect boundaries of different languages.

Cooperative security espouses that both the purpose as well as weapons of wars can be restricted by dialogue and agreement among nations.

Names of the alliances that formed the central government in 1989 and 1996 are National Front and United Front.

What inspired the formation of communist groups in 1920s in different parts of India?

Bolshevik revolution of Russia in 1917 advocating socialism as solution to Indian problems inspired the formation of communist groups in 1920.

The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) demanded higher government floor prices for sugarcane and wheat, abolition of restrictions on the interstate movement of farm produce, guaranteed supply of electricity at reasonable rates, waiving of repayments due on loans to farmers and the provision of government pension for farmers.

Midterm elections took place in 1980 because Congress withdrew support from Charan Singh’s Government after it was in office for mere four months.

The UN’s objective is to prevent international conflict and to facilitate cooperation among states. It was founded with the hope that it would act to stop the conflicts between states escalating into war and, if war broke out, to limit the extent of hostilities.

US led the fight against Iraq called Operation Desert Storm in 1991 as Iraq invaded Kuwait.