1] What two things were agreed upon at the time of independence?
A- Governance by a democratic government
B- Working for the good of all
C- Both A and B
D- None of these
Answer- C
2] By what name is the famous speech that Nehru gave on the midnight of 14-15 August 1947?
A- Declaration of Independence
B- Long awaited meeting with the bride
C- Tryst with Destiny
D- Both B and C
Answer- D
3] Under ___ in the constitution, those goals of public welfare were also made clear which politics must fulfill?
A- Fundamental Rights
B- Single Citizenship
C- Federalism
D- Directive Principles of State Policy
Answer- D
4] What were the main three challenges before independent India?
A- maintaining unity
B- maintaining democracy
C- development of the whole society
D- all of the above
Answer- D
5] Who was Faiz Ahmed Faiz?
A- Poet
B- Leader
C- Musician
D- Doctor
Answer- A
6] Map complainant, Dast e Saba, Zinda Nama is the poem written by whom?
A- Amrita Pritam
B- Faiz Ahmed Faiz
C- Mohammad Ali Jinnah
D- None of these
Answer- B
7] Two-nation theory was given by whom?
A- Muslim League
B- Congress
C- Bharatiya Jana Sangh
D-British
Answer- A
8] Which year was a year of unprecedented violence and tragedy of displacement?
A- 1947
B- 1948
C- 1949
D- 1950
Answer- A
9] Two nation theory was opposed by whom?
A- Congress
B- Muslim League
C- General public
D- All of the above
Answer- A
10] Amrita Pritam was the main poet of which language?
A- Bangla
B- Kannada
C- Malayalam
D- Punjabi
Answer- D
11] When was the Muslim League formed?
A- 1905
B- 1906
C- 1907
D- 1908
Answer- B
12] Who among the following was known as Frontier Gandhi?
A- Mohan
B- Mahatma Gandhi
C- Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
D- Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer- C
13] On what basis was the partition of India done?
A- Caste
B- Religion
C- Colour – Appearance
D- Language
Answer- B
14] What percentage of the total population of India were Muslims at the time of 1951?
A- 11
B- 12
C- 19
D- 21
Answer- B
15] In which cities communal violence was more?
A- Lahore, Amritsar, Punjab
B- Punjab, Bengal, Kashmir
C- Uttar Pradesh, Amritsar, Surat
D- Lahore, Kolkata, Amritsar
Answer- D
16] The Nawab of ___ did not want to join the Constituent Assembly?
A- Bhopal
B- Manipur
C- Hyderabad
D- Travancore
Answer- A
17] When and who killed Mahatma Gandhi?
A- 30 December 1948, Nathuram Godse
B- 30 January 1948, Nathuram Godse
C- 30 August 1947, Nathuram Godse
D- none of these
Answer- B
18] The division of _____ and ___ proved to be the biggest tragedy of partition?
A- Punjab, Gujarat
B- Bengal, Gujarat
C- Punjab, Bengal
D- Bihar, Punjab
Answer- C
19] Who was the Razakar?
A- Raja's ministers
B- Nizam's paramilitary forces
C- Government employees
D- Police personnel
Answer- B
20] Due to partition, about __ people had to leave their homes and go across the border?
A- Seventy Lakh
B- Eighty Lakh
C- Ninety Lakh
D- Sixty Lakh
Answer- B
21] First of all the king of __ had announced to keep his kingdom independent?
A- Hyderabad
B- Kashmir
C- Junagadh
D- Travancore
Answer- D
22] The merger of the princely states with the Indian Union was done by signing the ____________ Memorandum of Understanding?
A- Instrument of India
B- Instrument of action
C- Instrument of action
D- All of the above
Answer- C
23] In which session of Congress was the promise of reorganization of states on the basis of language made?
A- Lucknow session
B- Gujarat session
C- Bihar session
D- Nagpur session
Answer- D
24] What was the number of princely states in India?
A- 565
B- 575
C- 676
D- 550
Answer- A
25] Maharaja Bodhchandra Singh was related to which of the following princely states?
A- Hyderabad
B- Manipur
C- Kashmir
D- Junagadh
Answer- B
26] ___ is the first part of India where elections were held in 1948 by adopting the principle of universal adult suffrage?
A- Kerala
B- Karnataka
C- Manipur
D- Bihar
Answer- C
27] There was a demand to separate the Telugu speaking area of ____ province to form a new state of Andhra Pradesh?
A- Karnataka
B- Tamil Nadu
C- Madras
D- None of these
Answer- C
28] The ruler of ___ was called Nizam?
A- Hyderabad
B- Kashmir
C- Junagadh
D- Karnataka
Answer- A
29] When did the Prime Minister announce the creation of a separate state named Andhra Pradesh?
A- 1948
B- 1949
C- 1950
D- 1952
Answer- D
30] When was the State Reorganization Commission established?
A- 1952
B- 1953
C- 1956
D- 1950
Answer- B
31] When was the Nagpur session of Congress held?
A- 1919
B- 1920
C- 1925
D- 1926
Answer- B
32] When was the States Reorganization Act passed?
A- 1950
B- 1952
C- 1953
D- 1956
Answer- D
33] Which Gandhian leader died during the hunger strike?
A- Mahatma Gandhi
B- Jai Prakash Narayan
C- Potti Sriramlu
D- None of these
Answer- C
34] When did Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become states?
A- 1972
B- 1987
C- 1989
D- 1960
Answer- B
35] When was the state of Meghalaya created?
A- 1972
B- 1978
C- 1987
D- 1990
Answer- A
36] Who was the first Home Minister of independent India?
A- Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
B- Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar
C- C Rajagopalachari
D- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer- D
37] When were the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat created?
A- 1950
B- 1960
C- 1966
D- 1971
Answer- B
38] When was the Punjabi speaking area given the status of Punjab state?
A- 1950
B- 1960
C- 1966
D- 1963
Answer- C
39] When did the states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand become?
A- 1950
B- 1960
C- 1970
D- 2000
Answer- D
40] "If the provinces are formed linguistically, then the emphasis of regional languages will increase
. There will be no point in making Hindustani the medium of instruction in all the provinces and it is even more useless to use English for this purpose" Whose statement is this? ?
A- Mahatma Gandhi
B- Vallabhbhai Patel
C- Govind Vallabh Pant
D- Acharya Narendra Dev
Answer- A
