Solution of Chapter 5. Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System (Politics In India Since Independence-Important Questions Book)

What is meant by ‘Congress Syndicate’?

What is meant by ‘Privy Purse’?

What is ‘defection’?

What is meant by ‘Grand Alliance’?

Describe the organisation of the Congress Party as a social and ideological coalition.

Analyse the issue ‘Indira vs the Syndicate’. What type of challenges did the issue pose before Indira Gandhi?

What factors were responsible for the revival of the Congress Party in India in 1971?

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of coalition government in India.

Examine the major changes that the country witnessed at the time of fourth general election in 1967.