The correct answer is 1964.

Key Points

• Split in the Communist Party of India:
  • In 1964 a major split occurred in the Communist Party of India.
  • The split was the culmination of decades of tensions and factional infighting.
  • When India became independent in 1947, differences arose in how to adapt to the new situation.
  • As relations between the Nehru government and the Soviet Union improved, a faction that sought cooperation with the dominant Indian National Congress emerged within CPI.
  • This tendency was led by S.A. Dange, whose role in the party hierarchy became increasingly controversial.

Additional Information

• When the Sino-Indian War broke out in 1962 Dange's opponents within CPI were jailed, but when they were released they sought to challenge his leadership.
• In 1964 the party was finally divided into two, with the left faction forming the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
• The split had a lot of regional variations.
• It also impacted other organizations, such as trade unions and peasant movements.
• The split has been studied extensively by scholars, who have sought to analyze the various domestic and international factors involved.
• Many scholarly and journalistic works have been dedicated to the split.

The correct answer is Option 2.

Key Points

• The Mizo National Front (MNF) is a regional political party in Mizoram.
• MNF emerged from the Mizo National Famine Front, which was formed by Pu Laldenga in opposition to the inaction of the Indian government towards the famine-induced situation in the Mizo areas of the Assam state in 1959.
• It staged a major uprising in 1966 which later culminated into years of underground activities.
• In 1986, it signed the Mizoram Accord with the Government of India, renouncing secession and violence.
• The MNF then began contesting elections and formed the state government in Mizoram three times. It is currently the state's ruling party, with its president, Zoramthanga, as the Chief Minister of Mizoram.
• Zoramthanga had been a militant prior to the accord but since the accord has governed the state and has also acted as a mediator for conflicts in northeast.

The correct answer is Nagaland.

In News

• At the centre of the violence which followed the killing of six civilians in Oting village of Mon district in Nagaland, and which led to the killing of eight more civilians, are the Konyaks – among the largest tribes in the state.

Key Points

• With a population of roughly 3 lakh, the area inhabited by the Konyaks extends into Arunachal Pradesh, with a sizeable population in Myanmar as well.
• Known to be one of the fiercest warrior tribes in Nagaland, the Konyaks were the last to give up the practice of head-hunting – severing heads of enemies after attacking rival tribes – as late as the 1980s.
• Mon is the only district in Nagaland where separatist group NSCN (IM) has not been able to set up base camps, largely due to resistance from the Konyaks.
• Due to their numbers and the tribe’s anti-NSCN (IM) position, the Konyaks forms the backbone of the NNPG – 7 Naga insurgent groups indigenous to Nagaland – unlike the IM, which is dominated by the Manipur-origin Tangkhul tribe.
• The Konyaks therefore, is imperative for a smooth resolution of the peace talks, as well as the post-talk peace process in the state.

The correct answer is Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Party.

Key Points

• Mr. Farooq Abdullah is the current chairman of Jammu & Kashmir National Conference JKNCP. He was born on 21 October 1937.
• He has served as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir since 1982 on several occasions and as the union minister for New and Renewable Energy between the years 2009 and 2014.
• He is the father of Omar Abdullah former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.

Additional Information

• The Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Party (JKNCP) is a regional political party of the Jammu and Kashmir and the Ladakh region. 
• It was founded on 15th October 1932  by Sheikh Abdullah and Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas, as the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference.
• The JKNCP renamed itself to "National Conference" in the year 1939 in order to represent all the people of the union territory. It supported the accession of the princely state to India in 1947.
• In the year 1941, a group led by Ghulam Abbas broke off from the National Conference Party and revived the old Muslim Conference.

• C.N. Annadurai in the year 1949 founded the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party.
• It’s a state political party active in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
• The formation of the DMK party took place due to the breakdown of the Dravidar Kazhagam.
• It was the first party other than Indian National Congress to form government independently in a state.

The correct answer is ​flushing out armed militants from Golden Temple.

Key Points

• Operation Blue Star was a military operation that was carried out in June 1984 to flush out armed militants who were holed up in the buildings of the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) complex in Amritsar, Punjab.
• General Arunkumar Shridhar Vaidya, who was the brain behind Operation Blue Star involving a military attack against the militants of the Khalistan movement.
• Bhindranwale was the leader of Damdami Taksal and was one of the main reasons behind Operation Blue Star.
  • As a leader, Bhindranwale influenced Sikh youth.
• Several people were killed in retaliation to Operation Blue Star.
• PM Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her two Sikh bodyguards.

The correct answer is Sikkim.

• Sikkim was a Protectorate of India in the past.

Key Points

• Sikkim:
  • Sikkim was an Indian princely state ruled by Chogyal till 1947.
  • In 1947, after the lapse of British paramountcy, Sikkim became a ‘protectorate’ of India, whereby the Indian Government assumed responsibility for the defence, external affairs, and communications of Sikkim.
  • In 1974, Sikkim expressed its desire to join the association with India.
  • Accordingly, the 35^th Constitutional Amendment Act of 1974 was enacted by the parliament which introduced a new class of statehood under the constitution by conferring on Sikkim the status of an ‘associate state’ of the Indian Union.
  • The 36^th Constitutional Amendment Act of 1975 was enacted to make Sikkim a full-fledged state of the Indian Union.
  • It then became the 22^nd state of India.

Additional Information

• Sikkim:
  • Capital: Gangtok.
  • Governor: Ganga Prasad
  • Chief Minister is Prem Singh Tamang.

The correct answer is option 1 i.e Liberation of Goa from Portuguese

Indian Airforce:

• It was established in October 1932.
• It is one of the parts of Indian Armed forces, Others are Indian Army and Indian Navy.
• The President of India is the Supreme Commander of IAF.
• The Indian Airforce is the Fourth largest Airforce in the world in terms of both personnel and aircraft.
• Arjan Singh was the first five-star rank holding officer in IAF.
• Subroto Mukherjee was the first Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Airforce.
• Subroto Mukherjee is also known ais Father of Indian Air Force.

Air Force Motto: Nabhah Sprsham Diptam means Glory that touches the sky.
Air Force Day: 8th October.
 

The correct answer is Assam.

• Bodo Language is an Indo Tibetan language mainly spoken by Bodo People in North east India, Nepal and Bengal.
• Assam being a part of North east part of India, Bodo language is being spoken by the local Habitant.

Key Points

• The Special Powers Act of the Armed Forces (AFSPA), 1958, is an act of the Parliament of India granting the Indian Armed Forces special powers to maintain public order in "disturbed areas".
• The region must preserve the status quo for a minimum of 3 months, according to the Disturbed Areas (Special Courts) Act, 1976, until deemed 'disturbed'.
• The Naga Hills, then part of Assam, were subject to one such act enacted on 11 September 1958.
• The Acts also attracted criticism from many parts for alleged questions about human rights abuses alleged to have occurred in the regions of its implementation.

Important Points

• The 1942 Armed Forces Special Powers Ordinance was enacted to curb the Leave India Movement by the British on 15 August 1942.
• Four ordinances are modeled on these lines: the Bengal Disturbed Areas (Special Powers of Armed Forces) Ordinance; the Assam Disturbed Areas (Special Powers of Armed Forces) Ordinance; the East Bengal Disturbed Areas (Special Powers of Armed Forces) Ordinance; the Central Government was invoked by the United Provinces Disturbed Areas (Special Powers of Armed Forces) Ordinance to deal with the internal armed forces.