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Identify the wrong pair.

1. Indira Gandhi – Emergency


2. Rajiv Gandhi – Development in science and technology


3. P. V. Narasimha Rao – Economic improvements


4. Chandrashekhar – Mandal Commission.

Option-4

Reason: The Mandal Commission which is also called as Socially Backward Classes Commission was established in India under the then Prime Minister Morarji Desai. The Mandal Commission was established on 1 January 1979.


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1

Choose the right option and rewrite the sentence.

1. The Prime Minister of India who took an initiative in resolving the question of the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka was _______


A. Rajiv Gandhi


B. Indira Gandhi


C. H. D. Devegowda


D. P. V. Narasimha Rao


2. ________ is the father of the Green Revolution in India.


A. D. R. Verghese Kurien


B. Homi Bhabha


C. M. S. Swaminathan


D. Dr. Norman Borlaug.

 2

Based on the information in the chapter, prepare a chronological chart of Prime Ministers and their tenure.

 2

Identify the wrong pair and rewrite the corrected one.

1. Globalisation


2. White Revolution

 3

Give reasons.

1. The Morarji Desai government lasted for short while.


2. The army had to be sent into the Golden Temple in Amritsar.


3. The National Planning Commission was set up in India.