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2. What was once called by Sukumar Sen
as “curious senseless relic of the
past”?
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3. Many women in Northern India were reluctant
to register under their own names, wishing
instead to identify themselves as A’s mother
or B’s wife. Sukumar Sen was appalled by a
practice and called it a curious senseless relic
of the past.
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4. Sitter. Identify this movie, and why is this a question
in this quiz?
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5. With a famous courtroom scene that lasted five
minutes, Parashakti starring the legendary
Sivaji Ganesan, had its dialogues crafted by
future Tamil Nadu chief minister M.
Karunanidhi. The film was also considered a
DMK-vehicle as it dispersed the party's ideals
and made Ganesan a DMK icon.
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6. Among the innovative ideas implemented during the
1951 General Elections were the use of indelible ink,
the use of multiple ballot boxes, one for each party —
voters were supposed to drop their paper into the
ballot box of their choice. Something else was a real
stroke of genius — a trend that we continue even
today. What?
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7. Use of large pictorial symbols by which the
illiterate voters could identify their party of
choice. Drawn from daily life, these symbols
were easily recognisable: a pair of bullocks, a
hut, an elephant, an earthen lamp, and so on.
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8. This move by Sukumar Sen helped save Rs. 4.5
Crores during India’s second General Election
(1957)?
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9. Sukumar Sen had safely stored the 3.5 million
ballot boxes used during the first General
Elections. They were reused.
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10. Identify this man, and the party he lead in the 1951
General Elections. What was his party’s symbol?
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11. Ramachandra Sakharam Ruikar of All India
Forward Bloc (Ruikar)
Their symbol was ‘Hand’, now used by the
Congress.
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