Question

When the First General Elections in India were held?
A. 1948
B. 1950
C. 1949
D. 1952

Answer 1

Hint:A general election is defined as the voting system of the political parties which is held at regular intervals in which the most suitable party is selected by the public in any nation.
The election was won by Dr. Rajendra Prasad by 5,07,400 votes against rival K.T. Shah with 92,827 votes.
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru was the first democratic elected Prime Minister of the country.

Complete answer:
Option D, 1952 is the year in which the first general election of India took place and was also a victory of the Congress Party which marked a history in the new era of independence. After the independence of India in the year 1947 the Indian National Congress was formed in the year 1885 which emerged as the first nationalist movement for the independence of India. This congress was more focused on the principles of Gandhiji and followed the same on the upliftment of all the sections of the society. At that time it was the only dominating political party which covered almost 70 percent of the seats in the election during the year 1951 to 1967. The first prime minister of congress was Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru from 1947 to 1964. The first session of the Indian National Congress held in the year 1885 in Mumbai was presided by W.C. Banerjee and the second session held in Kolkata in the year 1886 was presided by Dadabhai Naoroji. Thus, it is the correct answer.
Therefore, the correct answer is Option D, i.e. 1952.

Hence the correct answer is Option ‘D’.

Note: The first voter of India was Shyam Saran Negi who voted on 25th October in 1951 in Himachal Pradesh.
Sukumar Sen was the first Election Commissioner of independent India.
Ramachandra Guha has defined Sen as ‘the unsung hero of Indian democracy who made the election possible.’