Since Attaining Independence, India Has

question 20

Multiple Choice

Since attaining independence, India has

• A) been a military dictatorship.
• B) maintained a large degree of democracy.
• C) been steadily at war with one or another of its neighbors.
• D) become a single-party, quasi-fascist society.
• E) established itself as one of the most autocratic nations in the world.

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