Class 12 Chapter 1 Challenges Of Nation Building MCQ
1.
What was the famous speech delivered by Jawaharlal Nehru on the night of 14-15 August 1947?
(a) Midnight Address
(b) Tryst with Destiny
(c) Independence Proclamation
(d) Constituent Assembly Speech
Answer
Answer: (b) Tryst with Destiny
2.
What were the two goals agreed upon by almost everyone in the national movement after independence?
(a) Military Rule and Economic Prosperity
(b) Democratic Government and Social Justice
(c) Monarchy and Religious Freedom
(d) Autocracy and Wealth Accumulation
Answer
Answer: (b) Democratic Government and Social Justice
3.
In which year did India gain independence?
(a) 1945
(b) 1947
(c) 1950
(d) 1962
Answer
Answer: (b) 1947
4.
What accompanied India’s independence in 1947?
(a) Economic Prosperity
(b) Partition and Violence
(c) Peaceful Transition
(d) International Recognition
Answer
Answer: (b) Partition and Violence
5.
What was the primary focus of the government after independence, according to the passage?
(a) Economic Growth
(b) Military Strength
(c) Social Justice and Welfare
(d) Religious Freedom
Answer
Answer: (c) Social Justice and Welfare
6.
What term is used to describe the challenges faced by India at the time of its independence in 1947?
(a) Economic Crisis
(b) Political Turmoil
(c) Difficult Circumstances
(d) International Pressure
Answer
Answer: (c) Difficult Circumstances
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7.
What was the first and immediate challenge faced by independent India?
(a) Economic Development
(b) National Unity
(c) Religious Harmony
(d) Political Dominance
Answer
Answer: (b) National Unity
8.
What was widely believed about a country with India’s diversity in languages, cultures, and religions?
(a) It would remain united forever
(b) It could not remain together for long
(c) It would easily assimilate diversity
(d) Diversity would lead to economic growth
Answer
Answer: (b) It could not remain together for long
9.
What was the main question regarding the future of India after partition?
(a) How to achieve economic development?
(b) Would India survive as a unified country?
(c) What would be the dominant religion?
(d) How to establish a monarchy?
Answer
Answer: (b) Would India survive as a unified country?
10.
What form of government did India adopt to address the second challenge?
(a) Autocracy
(b) Parliamentary Democracy
(c) Monarchy
(d) Oligarchy
Answer
Answer: (b) Parliamentary Democracy
11.
What did the Constitution grant to every citizen to ensure political participation?
(a) Right to Property
(b) Right to Education
(c) Fundamental Rights
(d) Right to Assemble
Answer
Answer: (c) Fundamental Rights
12.
What did the Constitution emphasize regarding the development and well-being of society?
(a) Economic Dominance
(b) Religious Homogeneity
(c) Equality and Special Protection
(d) Military Strength
Answer
Answer: (c) Equality and Special Protection
13.
What did the Directive Principles of State Policy outline?
(a) Economic Policies
(b) Welfare Goals
(c) Religious Practices
(d) Military Strategies
Answer
Answer: (b) Welfare Goals
14.
What was the real challenge after laying down the welfare goals in the Constitution?
(a) Ensuring Military Superiority
(b) Evolution of Effective Economic Policies
(c) Eradication of Poverty
(d) Upholding Fundamental Rights
Answer
Answer: (b) Evolution of Effective Economic Policies
15.
Which form of democracy did India establish?
(a) Direct Democracy
(b) Representative Democracy
(c) Autocratic Democracy
(d) Oligarchic Democracy
Answer
Answer: (b) Representative Democracy
16.
What did the second challenge involve beyond having a democratic constitution?
(a) Economic Policies
(b) Developing Democratic Practices
(c) Religious Practices
(d) Military Strategies
Answer
Answer: (b) Developing Democratic Practices
1.
What is the primary focus of the book mentioned in the passage?
(a) Economic Development
(b) Political Events Since Independence
(c) Challenges of National Unity
(d) Historical Context of Independence
Answer
Answer: (b) Political Events Since Independence
2.
In the first three chapters of the book, what challenges are discussed in the early years after independence?
(a) Economic Challenges
(b) Nation-building, Democracy, and Economic Development
(c) Challenges of National Unity
(d) Challenges of Regional Disparities
Answer
Answer: (b) Nation-building, Democracy, and Economic Development
3.
What is the primary focus of the chapter discussed in the passage?
(a) Economic Development
(b) Challenges of National Unity
(c) Events Leading to Independence
(d) Nation-building after Independence
Answer
Answer: (d) Nation-building after Independence
4.
What does the passage state about the challenge of national unity?
(a) It was not a significant concern at the time of independence
(b) It was the primary challenge immediately after independence
(c) It only affected certain regions of India
(d) It was addressed through economic development
Answer
Answer: (b) It was the primary challenge immediately after independence
5.
What did India have to reflect in its unity, according to the passage?
(a) Military Strength
(b) Aspirations of People Across Regions
(c) Economic Prosperity
(d) Political Dominance
Answer
Answer: (b) Aspirations of People Across Regions
6.
What will be discussed in the next two chapters of the book mentioned in the passage?
(a) Historical Context of Independence
(b) Challenges of Economic Development
(c) Challenges of National Unity
(d) Democracy and Economic Development with Equality and Justice
Answer
Answer: (d) Democracy and Economic Development with Equality and Justice
1.
What significant event occurred on 14-15 August 1947?
(a) Formation of the United Nations
(b) Independence of India and Pakistan
(c) Signing of a Peace Treaty
(d) Establishment of a Federal Republic
Answer
Answer: (b) Independence of India and Pakistan
2.
What was the result of the ‘partition’ mentioned in the passage?
(a) Formation of a Union of States
(b) Division of British India into India and Pakistan
(c) Integration of Princely States
(d) Formation of a Confederation
Answer
Answer: (b) Division of British India into India and Pakistan
3.
What was the basis of the ‘two-nation theory’?
(a) Linguistic Differences
(b) Religious Differences
(c) Cultural Diversity
(d) Ethnic Variation
Answer
Answer: (b) Religious Differences
4.
According to the ‘two-nation theory,’ which two ‘people’ did India consist of?
(a) Hindus and Sikhs
(b) Hindus and Christians
(c) Hindus and Muslims
(d) Hindus and Buddhists
Answer
Answer: (c) Hindus and Muslims
5.
What did the Muslim League demand based on the ‘two-nation theory’?
(a) Autonomy for Muslim-majority regions
(b) Integration with Hindu-majority regions
(c) Independence for all religious communities
(d) A separate country for Muslims (Pakistan)
Answer
Answer: (d) A separate country for Muslims (Pakistan)
6.
What was the Congress’s stance on the ‘two-nation theory’ and the demand for Pakistan?
(a) Supportive
(b) Neutral
(c) Opposed
(d) Indifferent
Answer
Answer: (c) Opposed
7.
What were the factors that led to the decision for the creation of Pakistan?
(a) Economic Cooperation
(b) Political Competition
(c) Social Harmony
(d) Environmental Concerns
Answer
Answer: (b) Political Competition
8.
What marked the culmination of the political developments mentioned in the history textbooks?
(a) Signing of a Peace Accord
(b) Declaration of Independence
(c) Drawing of the Border Demarcating India and Pakistan
(d) Formation of the United Nations
Answer
Answer: (c) Drawing of the Border Demarcating India and Pakistan
1.
What was the basis for the division of British India into India and Pakistan?
(a) Linguistic majorities
(b) Religious majorities
(c) Ethnic majorities
(d) Cultural majorities
Answer
Answer: (b) Religious majorities
2.
What was the principle followed for deciding the territory of Pakistan?
(a) Linguistic Distribution
(b) Cultural Diversity
(c) Religious Majorities
(d) Geographical Proximity
Answer
Answer: (c) Religious Majorities
3.
Why was the division of India and Pakistan painful and difficult to implement?
(a) Linguistic Differences
(b) Economic Disparities
(c) Religious Complexities
(d) Political Disagreements
Answer
Answer: (c) Religious Complexities
4.
Why was the idea of dividing based on religious majorities difficult to implement?
(a) There were no religious majorities in British India
(b) Muslim-majority areas were not concentrated in a single belt
(c) The concept of religious majorities was rejected
(d) Religious majorities were evenly distributed
Answer
Answer: (b) Muslim-majority areas were not concentrated in a single belt
5.
Why was Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan’s opposition to the two-nation theory ignored?
(a) Lack of Popular Support
(b) Regional Disunity
(c) Political Compromise
(d) Staunch Support from the Muslim League
Answer
Answer: (c) Political Compromise
6.
What was the fate of the North Western Frontier Province (NWFP) in the decision for the creation of Pakistan?
(a) Independence
(b) Merger with India
(c) Merged with Pakistan
(d) Division into East and West NWFP
Answer
Answer: (c) Merged with Pakistan
7.
What problem did the decision to bifurcate Punjab and Bengal create?
(a) Administrative Challenges
(b) Religious Tensions
(c) Linguistic Divisions
(d) Cultural Disparities
Answer
Answer: (b) Religious Tensions
8.
Why did a large number of people not know their national status on the day of Independence?
(a) Lack of Communication
(b) Bifurcation at District Level
(c) Administrative Delay
(d) Religious Confusion
Answer
Answer: (b) Bifurcation at District Level
9.
What caused the deepest trauma of Partition, according to the passage?
(a) Political Conflicts
(b) Administrative Challenges
(c) Bifurcation of Punjab and Bengal
(d) Division of India and Pakistan
Answer
Answer: (c) Bifurcation of Punjab and Bengal
10.
What guided the decision to form Pakistan based on religious majorities?
(a) Economic Prosperity
(b) Cultural Unity
(c) Linguistic Harmony
(d) Religious Majorities
Answer
Answer: (d) Religious Majorities
11.
Why was the division of India and Pakistan described as “very painful”?
(a) Economic Struggles
(b) Political Differences
(c) Religious Complexities
(d) Linguistic Divisions
Answer
Answer: (c) Religious Complexities
12.
How were Punjab and Bengal decided to be bifurcated?
(a) Administrative Divisions
(b) Cultural Affinities
(c) Religious Majorities at District Level
(d) Linguistic Diversity
Answer
Answer: (c) Religious Majorities at District Level
1.
What is the main focus of the passage?
(a) Economic challenges after Partition
(b) Problems of minorities during Partition
(c) Political complications of Partition
(d) Administrative difficulties post-Independence
Answer
Answer: (b) Problems of minorities during Partition
2.
What is described as the “fourth and most intractable” problem of Partition?
(a) Economic Disparities
(b) Minority Issues
(c) Administrative Challenges
(d) Political Complications
Answer
Answer: (b) Minority Issues
3.
What groups found themselves trapped on both sides of the border during Partition?
(a) Linguistic Minorities
(b) Religious Minorities
(c) Ethnic Minorities
(d) Cultural Minorities
Answer
Answer: (b) Religious Minorities
4.
What was the reaction of minorities on both sides as soon as it became clear that the country was going to be partitioned?
(a) Celebration
(b) Protest
(c) Violence
(d) Negotiation
Answer
Answer: (c) Violence
5.
What did minorities on both sides hope initially about the violence?
(a) Permanent solution
(b) Temporary and controllable
(c) Political intervention
(d) Peaceful resolution
Answer
Answer: (b) Temporary and controllable
6.
What happened to the violence targeting minorities on both sides?
(a) It intensified
(b) It ceased immediately
(c) It was politically resolved
(d) It was controlled successfully
Answer
Answer: (a) It intensified
7.
What option were minorities on both sides left with due to the escalating violence?
(a) Active resistance
(b) Legal action
(c) Leaving their homes
(d) Seeking government protection
Answer
Answer: (c) Leaving their homes
8.
What was the scale of the problem related to minorities on both sides of the border?
(a) Limited
(b) Unanticipated
(c) Easily manageable
(d) Predictable
Answer
Answer: (b) Unanticipated
1.
What significant event took place in 1947, according to the passage?
(a) World War II
(b) Independence of India
(c) Partition of India
(d) Formation of the United Nations
Answer
Answer: (c) Partition of India
2.
What is described as one of the largest, most abrupt, and tragic transfers of population in human history?
(a) Economic Migration
(b) Immigration for Employment
(c) Religious Conversion
(d) Population Transfer in 1947
Answer
Answer: (d) Population Transfer in 1947
3.
Which cities became divided into ‘communal zones’ during the tragic events of 1947?
(a) Delhi and Mumbai
(b) Lahore, Amritsar, and Kolkata
(c) Chennai and Hyderabad
(d) Jaipur and Ahmedabad
Answer
Answer: (b) Lahore, Amritsar, and Kolkata
4.
What term is used to describe the areas where Muslims, Hindus, or Sikhs predominantly lived and avoided each other?
(a) Communal Harmony
(b) Religious Unity
(c) Communal Zones
(d) Cultural Diversity
Answer
Answer: (c) Communal Zones
5.
What challenges did minorities on both sides face when forced to abandon their homes?
(a) Economic Challenges
(b) Administrative Support
(c) Immense Sufferings
(d) Social Integration
Answer
Answer: (c) Immense Sufferings
6.
Where did minorities often secure temporary shelter during the upheavals of 1947?
(a) Religious Institutions
(b) Refugee Camps
(c) Government Buildings
(d) Private Residences
Answer
Answer: (b) Refugee Camps
7.
How did people often travel to the other side of the new border during the tragic events of 1947?
(a) Luxury Cars
(b) Public Transportation
(c) By Foot
(d) Air Travel
Answer
Answer: (c) By Foot
8.
What fate awaited many women who were abducted during the tragic events of 1947?
(a) Rescue by Authorities
(b) Forced into Marriage
(c) Return to Their Families
(d) Abduction by the Government
Answer
Answer: (b) Forced
into Marriage
What phrase have writers, poets, and film-makers often used to describe the trauma of Partition?
(a) Division of Assets
(b) Division of Hearts
(c) Partition of Properties
(d) Administrative Separation
Answer
Answer: (b) Division of Hearts
What is estimated to have forced about 80 lakh people to migrate across the new border?
(a) Administrative Concerns
(b) Partition-related Violence
(c) Financial Strains
(d) Political Division
Answer
Answer: (b) Partition-related Violence
What was violently separated during the Partition?
(a) Administrative Apparatus
(b) Financial Assets
(c) Communities
(d) Government Employees
Answer
Answer: (c) Communities
Apart from the political division of the country, what else got divided during the Partition?
(a) Religious Assets
(b) Tables, Chairs, and Typewriters
(c) Musical Instruments
(d) Administrative Liabilities
Answer
Answer: (b) Tables, Chairs, and Typewriters
How many people are estimated to have been killed in partition-related violence?
(a) 1 to 5 lakh
(b) 5 to 10 lakh
(c) 10 to 15 lakh
(d) 15 to 20 lakh
Answer
Answer: (b) 5 to 10 lakh
Despite not believing in the two-nation theory, what issue did the leaders of the Indian national struggle face after partition?
(a) Financial Strains
(b) Administrative Conflicts
(c) Treatment of Religious Minorities
(d) Political Divisions
Answer
Answer: (c) Treatment of Religious Minorities
What percentage of the total population did the Muslim population in India account for in 1951?
(a) 5%
(b) 8%
(c) 10%
(d) 12%
Answer
Answer: (d) 12%
1. What was the primary objective behind the formation of the Muslim League in colonial India?
(a) To establish a Hindu nation
(b) To promote equality among all religions
(c) To demand a separate Muslim nation
(d) To support the national movement
Answer
Answer: (c) To demand a separate Muslim nation
2. What was the stance of most leaders of the national movement regarding religious affiliation in India?
(a) Advocated superiority for one faith
(b) Favored Hindu dominance
(c) Believed in equality for all religions
(d) Supported the Muslim League’s agenda
Answer
Answer: (c) Believed in equality for all religions
3. In what document was the ideal of a secular nation enshrined?
(a) Muslim League Manifesto
(b) Indian Constitution
(c) Hindu Rashtra Proposal
(d) National Movement Charter
Answer
Answer: (b) Indian Constitution
4. What was the primary goal of organisations trying to organise Hindus in colonial India?
(a) Establishing a secular nation
(b) Promoting religious inequality
(c) Turning India into a Hindu nation
(d) Supporting the Muslim League
Answer
Answer: (c) Turning India into a Hindu nation
5. According to the national movement leaders, what would not be a test of citizenship in India?
(a) Religious affiliation
(b) Political beliefs
(c) Social status
(d) Educational qualifications
Answer
Answer: (a) Religious affiliation
6. Which concept did the leaders of the national movement cherish for India?
(a) Religious dominance
(b) Secular nation
(c) Caste-based society
(d) Exclusive Hindu nation
Answer
Answer: (b) Secular nation
1. What were the two main administrative divisions in British India?
(a) British Indian States and Princely States
(b) British Indian Provinces and Indian Territories
(c) British Provinces and Princely Territories
(d) British Indian Provinces and Princely States
Answer
Answer: (d) British Indian Provinces and Princely States
2. What characterized the governance of the British Indian Provinces?
(a) Direct control by princely rulers
(b) Democratic rule
(c) Paramountcy of the British crown
(d) Independence from British influence
Answer
Answer: (c) Paramountcy of the British crown
3. What percentage of the British Indian Empire’s land area did the Princely States cover?
(a) 25%
(b) 50%
(c) 75%
(d) 100%
Answer
Answer: (a) 25%
4. How many Princely States were there just before Independence?
(a) 100
(b) 365
(c) 500
(d) 565
Answer
Answer: (d) 565
5. What did the British government announce about the Princely States with the end of their rule over India?
(a) They would become British territories
(b) They would become legally independent
(c) They would remain under British control
(d) They would join the Indian Union
Answer
Answer: (b) They would become legally independent
6. Who had the authority to decide the future of the Princely States after Independence?
(a) British government
(b) Princely rulers
(c) Indian citizens
(d) British citizens
Answer
Answer: (b) Princely rulers
7. What problem did the Independence of Princely States pose for the unity of India?
(a) Threat of invasion
(b) Economic instability
(c) Possibility of further division
(d) Political corruption
Answer
Answer: (c) Possibility of further division
8. Which state first announced its decision for Independence among the Princely States?
(a) Travancore
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Bhopal
(d) Jodhpur
Answer
Answer: (a) Travancore
9. What was the response of rulers like the Nawab of Bhopal towards joining the Constituent Assembly?
(a) Enthusiastic support
(b) Strong opposition
(c) Neutrality
(d) Conditional acceptance
Answer
Answer: (b) Strong opposition
10. What did the rulers’ response to joining the Constituent Assembly indicate about democracy in Princely States?
(a) Strong democratic tradition
(b) Lack of interest in democracy
(c) Full commitment to democratic rights
(d) Inability to implement democracy
Answer
Answer: (b) Lack of interest in democracy
11. What three ideals was Indian Independence aimed at according to the passage?
(a) Unity, Democracy, and Paramountcy
(b) Unity, Self-determination, and Democracy
(c) Independence, Paramountcy, and Democracy
(d) Self-determination, Independence, and Unity
Answer
Answer: (b) Unity, Self-determination, and Democracy
1. Who played a historic role in negotiating with the rulers of princely states and bringing most of them into the Indian Union?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Sardar Patel
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer
Answer: (c) Sardar Patel
2. What stance did the Muslim League take regarding the division of princely states?
(a) Advocated for Indian Union
(b) Opposed Indian National Congress
(c) Supported division into small principalities
(d) Favored flexible autonomy
Answer
Answer: (c) Supported division into small principalities
3. What document did the rulers of most states sign to agree to become a part of the Union of India?
(a) Treaty of Unity
(b) Agreement of Integration
(c) Instrument of Accession
(d) Pact of Union
Answer
Answer: (c) Instrument of Accession
4. What was the primary consideration guiding the government’s approach in dealing with princely states?
(a) Autonomy for all regions
(b) Flexibility in negotiations
(c) People’s desire to join Indian Union
(d) Territorial integration and consolidation
Answer
Answer: (d) Territorial integration and consolidation
5. What role did Sardar Patel play during the crucial period immediately following Independence?
(a) Prime Minister of India
(b) Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister
(c) Chief Negotiator for the British government
(d) Leader of the Indian National Congress
Answer
Answer: (b) Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister
6. How did the government approach negotiations with princely states regarding autonomy?
(a) Rigid and non-negotiable
(b) Dependent on British guidance
(c) Flexible to accommodate plurality
(d) Dictated by Indian National Congress
Answer
Answer: (c) Flexible to accommodate plurality
7. What did the rulers of the Princely States sign to agree to become a part of the Union of India?
(a) Treaty of Unity
(b) Agreement of Integration
(c) Instrument of Accession
(d) Pact of Union
Answer
Answer: (c) Instrument of Accession
8. Which region had 14 big states, 119 small states, and numerous different administrations during the negotiations?
(a) Punjab
(b) Saurashtra (Gujarat)
(c) Orissa
(d) Rajasthan
Answer
Answer: (b) Saurashtra (Gujarat)
9. What proved more difficult among the Princely States than the rest during the integration process?
(a) Junagadh
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Kashmir
(d) Manipur
Answer
Answer: (b) Hyderabad
10. Which princely state’s issue was resolved after a plebiscite confirmed people’s desire to join India?
(a) Junagadh
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Kashmir
(d) Manipur
Answer
Answer: (a) Junagadh
1. Which was the largest Princely State surrounded entirely by Indian territory?
(a) Junagadh
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Kashmir
(d) Manipur
Answer
Answer: (b) Hyderabad
2. What title did the ruler of Hyderabad carry?
(a) Raja
(b) Maharaja
(c) Nizam
(d) Nawab
Answer
Answer: (c) Nizam
3. Which regions of the old Hyderabad state are mentioned as parts of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh today?
(a) Telangana and Rayalaseema
(b) Marathwada and Vidarbha
(c) Saurashtra and Kutch
(d) Malnad and Coastal
Answer
Answer: (a) Telangana and Rayalaseema
4. What agreement did the Nizam enter into with India in November 1947 for a year?
(a) Unity Accord
(b) Standstill Agreement
(c) Independence Pact
(d) Sovereignty Treaty
Answer
Answer: (b) Standstill Agreement
5. Against whose rule did the people of the Telangana region rise in the movement?
(a) Indian Government
(b) Hyderabad Congress
(c) Nizam
(d) Razakars
Answer
Answer: (c) Nizam
6. Which force, unleashed by the Nizam, committed atrocities against the people?
(a) Indian Army
(b) Razakars
(c) Communists
(d) Hyderabad Congress
Answer
Answer: (b) Razakars
7. What was the central government forced to do due to the atrocities of the Razakars?
(a) Negotiate with the Nizam
(b) Order the army to intervene
(c) Support the Razakars
(d) Withdraw from the situation
Answer
Answer: (b) Order the army to intervene
8. When did the Indian army move in to control the Nizam’s forces?
(a) August 1947
(b) November 1947
(c) September 1948
(d) December 1948
Answer
Answer: (c) September 1948
9. What did the Nizam’s surrender lead to?
(a) Hyderabad’s independence
(b) Hyderabad’s accession to India
(c) A new Standstill Agreement
(d) Formation of a new princely state
Answer
Answer: (b) Hyderabad’s accession to India
10. What was the title carried by the ruler of Hyderabad?
(a) Maharaja
(b) Sultan
(c) Nizam
(d) Raja
Answer
Answer: (c) Nizam
11. What role did the Communists and the Hyderabad Congress play in the movement against the Nizam’s rule?
(a) Supported the Nizam
(b) Opposed the movement
(c) Were neutral
(d) Were in the forefront of the movement
Answer
Answer: (d) Were in the forefront of the movement
1. What agreement did the Maharaja of Manipur sign a few days before Independence?
(a) Independence Treaty
(b) Autonomy Accord
(c) Instrument of Accession
(d) Merger Pact
Answer
Answer: (c) Instrument of Accession
2. What assurance did the Maharaja of Manipur receive in exchange for signing the Instrument of Accession?
(a) Financial assistance
(b) Military support
(c) Maintenance of internal autonomy
(d) Territorial expansion
Answer
Answer: (c) Maintenance of internal autonomy
3. When did Manipur hold its first election based on universal adult franchise?
(a) August 1947
(b) June 1948
(c) September 1949
(d) October 1950
Answer
Answer: (b) June 1948
4. What type of monarchy did Manipur become after the elections in June 1948?
(a) Absolute monarchy
(b) Constitutional monarchy
(c) Democratic monarchy
(d) Federal monarchy
Answer
Answer: (b) Constitutional monarchy
5. What was Manipur’s Legislative Assembly divided over in terms of its relationship with India?
(a) Autonomy
(b) Independence
(c) Merger
(d) Annexation
Answer
Answer: (c) Merger
6. Which political party in Manipur favored the merger with India?
(a) Communist Party
(b) Manipur Nationalist Party
(c) State Congress
(d) Democratic Front
Answer
Answer: (c) State Congress
7. What agreement did the Maharaja of Manipur sign in September 1949 without consulting the popularly elected Legislative Assembly?
(a) Independence Pact
(b) Autonomy Accord
(c) Merger Agreement
(d) Constitutional Pact
Answer
Answer: (c) Merger Agreement
8. What did the signing of the Merger Agreement without consulting the Legislative Assembly cause in Manipur?
(a) Celebration and joy
(b) Peace and stability
(c) Anger and resentment
(d) Unity and cooperation
Answer
Answer: (c) Anger and resentment
1. What was the challenge after the partition and integration of Princely States in the process of nation-building?
(a) Economic development
(b) Drawing internal boundaries
(c) Social integration
(d) Establishing diplomatic ties
Answer
Answer: (b) Drawing internal boundaries
2. What principle was rejected by the national movement as the basis for state formation during colonial rule?
(a) Religious principle
(b) Administrative convenience
(c) Linguistic principle
(d) British annexation
Answer
Answer: (b) Administrative convenience
3. When was the linguistic principle recognized as the basis for the reorganization of the Indian National Congress party?
(a) 1947
(b) 1920
(c) 1935
(d) 1950
Answer
Answer: (b) 1920
4. Why did the central leadership decide to postpone the reorganization of states based on language after Independence?
(a) Fear of linguistic conflicts
(b) Focus on economic challenges
(c) Disruption and disintegration concerns
(d) Administrative convenience
Answer
Answer: (c) Disruption and disintegration concerns
5. What movement began in the Telugu-speaking areas of the old Madras province demanding a separate Andhra province?
(a) Vishalandhra movement
(b) Tamil Nadu movement
(c) Kerala movement
(d) Karnataka movement
Answer
Answer: (a) Vishalandhra movement
6. What did the Vishalandhra movement demand?
(a) Independence for Andhra
(b) Integration with Madras province
(c) Separate Andhra province
(d) Administrative convenience
Answer
Answer: (c) Separate Andhra province
7. What did the central leadership feel might draw attention away from other challenges?
(a) Linguistic reorganization
(b) Economic development
(c) Administrative divisions
(d) Social integration
Answer
Answer: (a) Linguistic reorganization
8. What was the response of the local leaders and people to the decision of the national leadership to postpone the reorganization?
(a) Acceptance and agreement
(b) Protest and challenge
(c) Celebration and joy
(d) Neutrality and indifference
Answer
Answer: (b) Protest and challenge
9. What principle did the national movement promise as the basis for the formation of states?
(a) Religious principle
(b) Administrative convenience
(c) Linguistic principle
(d) British annexation
Answer
Answer: (c) Linguistic principle
10. What changed after Independence and partition regarding the reorganization of states?
(a) Focus on economic challenges
(b) Linguistic principle rejected
(c) Administrative divisions continued
(d) Linguistic reorganization postponed
Answer
Answer: (d) Linguistic reorganization postponed
11. What did the Vishalandhra movement demand for the Telugu-speaking areas?
(a) Independence
(b) Integration with Madras province
(c) Separate Andhra province
(d) Autonomy within Madras province
Answer
Answer: (c) Separate Andhra province
12. Why did the central leadership decide to postpone the reorganization based on language?
(a) Fear of linguistic conflicts
(b) Focus on economic challenges
(c) Disruption and disintegration concerns
(d) Administrative convenience
Answer
Answer: (c) Disruption and disintegration concerns
13. What did the Vishalandhra movement demand for the Telugu-speaking areas?
(a) Independence
(b) Integration with Madras province
(c) Separate Andhra province
(d) Autonomy within Madras province
Answer
Answer: (c) Separate Andhra province
14. What did the local leaders and people do in response to the decision to postpone reorganization?
(a) Acceptance and agreement
(b) Protest and challenge
(c) Celebration and joy
(d) Neutrality and indifference
Answer
Answer: (b) Protest and challenge
15. What principle did the national movement promise as the basis for the formation of states?
(a) Religious principle
(b) Administrative convenience
(c) Linguistic principle
(d) British annexation
Answer
Answer: (c) Linguistic principle
1. What Congress leader and Gandhian went on an indefinite fast, resulting in his death after 56 days?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Sardar Patel
(c) Potti Sriramulu
(d) Rajendra Prasad
Answer
Answer: (c) Potti Sriramulu
2. What event caused great unrest and resulted in violent outbursts in the Andhra region?
(a) Formation of a separate Andhra state
(b) Death of a Congress leader
(c) States Reorganisation Commission
(d) Police firing
Answer
Answer: (b) Death of a Congress leader
3. In which region did people in large numbers take to the streets during the movement?
(a) Madras
(b) Andhra
(c) Karnataka
(d) Kerala
Answer
Answer: (b) Andhra
4. What did several legislators in Madras do in protest?
(a) Resigned their seats
(b) Launched a hunger strike
(c) Protested in the streets
(d) Formed a new political party
Answer
Answer: (a) Resigned their seats
5. When did the Prime Minister announce the formation of a separate Andhra state?
(a) 1950
(b) 1952
(c) 1954
(d) 1956
Answer
Answer: (b) 1952
6. What did the formation of Andhra state spur in other parts of the country?
(a) Economic development
(b) Linguistic struggles
(c) Social integration
(d) Administrative convenience
Answer
Answer: (b) Linguistic struggles
7. What did the Central Government appoint in 1953 in response to the linguistic struggles?
(a) Linguistic Commission
(b) Boundary Reorganization Committee
(c) States Reorganisation Commission
(d) Linguistic Redrawing Board
Answer
Answer: (c) States Reorganisation Commission
8. What did the States Reorganisation Act lead to in 1956?
(a) Formation of 10 states
(b) Creation of 20 states
(c) Establishment of linguistic boundaries
(d) Merger of Andhra and Madras
Answer
Answer: (c) Establishment of linguistic boundaries
1. What was one of the early concerns regarding demands for separate states in the post-independence period?
(a) Economic instability
(b) Threat to national unity
(c) Lack of resources
(d) Military intervention
Answer
Answer: (b) Threat to national unity
2. What was the initial fear associated with the creation of linguistic states?
(a) Economic instability
(b) Linguistic conflicts
(c) Cultural stagnation
(d) Political corruption
Answer
Answer: (b) Linguistic conflicts
3. What influenced the leadership’s choice in favor of linguistic states?
(a) Economic considerations
(b) Cultural homogeneity
(c) Popular pressure
(d) Military intervention
Answer
Answer: (c) Popular pressure
4. How was the formation of linguistic states seen in relation to democracy?
(a) Democratic decline
(b) Democratic consolidation
(c) Democratic dictatorship
(d) Democratic exclusion
Answer
Answer: (b) Democratic consolidation
5. What did linguistic reorganization provide a uniform basis for?
(a) Economic development
(b) Educational reforms
(c) Drawing of state boundaries
(d) Cultural integration
Answer
Answer: (c) Drawing of state boundaries
6. How did linguistic reorganization impact the nature of democratic politics?
(a) Exclusionary
(b) Homogeneous
(c) Inclusive
(d) Authoritarian
Answer
Answer: (c) Inclusive
7. What did the acceptance of the principle of diversity through linguistic states underline?
(a) Cultural assimilation
(b) Economic uniformity
(c) Homogeneous society
(d) Diversity and plurality
Answer
Answer: (d) Diversity and plurality
8. What was associated with the path to politics and power in the post-linguistic reorganization period?
(a) Linguistic conflicts
(b) Small English-speaking elite
(c) Economic instability
(d) Cultural stagnation
Answer
Answer: (b) Small English-speaking elite
1. What marked the end of communal violence between Hindus and Muslims in Kolkata in 1947?
(a) Joint prayer meetings
(b) Flag hoisting by political leaders
(c) Flying flags of India and Pakistan together
(d) A peace conference
Answer
Answer: (c) Flying flags of India and Pakistan together
2. What were the three main challenges faced by independent India in the first decade after 1947?
(a) Economic development, education, and healthcare
(b) National unity, territorial integrity, and linguistic diversity
(c) Military strength, diplomatic relations, and foreign trade
(d) Cultural revival, social reforms, and technological advancement
Answer
Answer: (b) National unity, territorial integrity, and linguistic diversity
3. What did partition result in, challenging the idea of a secular India?
(a) Economic disparities
(b) Large-scale violence and displacement
(c) Political instability
(d) Religious conversions
Answer
Answer: (b) Large-scale violence and displacement
4. What needed urgent resolution in the integration of the princely states into the Indian union?
(a) Economic policies
(b) Social reforms
(c) Territorial integrity
(d) Political alliances
Answer
Answer: (c) Territorial integrity
5. What needed to be drawn afresh to meet the aspirations of people who spoke different languages?
(a) Administrative boundaries
(b) Economic policies
(c) Internal boundaries of the country
(d) Cultural heritage
Answer
Answer: (c) Internal boundaries of the country
6. What will be discussed in the next two chapters regarding the challenges faced by the country in the early phase?
(a) Economic reforms
(b) Social movements
(c) Political transitions
(d) Other kinds of challenges
Answer
Answer: (d) Other kinds of challenges
1. What do the three stamps issued in 1950 to mark the first Republic Day on 26 January 1950 signify?
(a) Economic achievements
(b) Challenges to the new republic
(c) Cultural diversity
(d) Historical events
Answer
Answer: (b) Challenges to the new republic
2. If you were asked to design these stamps in 1950, what would be the most suitable theme?
(a) Technological advancements
(b) Political leaders
(c) Cultural heritage
(d) Economic progress
Answer
Answer: (b) Political leaders
1. Who is the author of the poem “Subh-e-azadi” mentioned in the passage?
(a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(b) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
(c) Zindan-Nama
(d) Naksh-e-Fariyadi
Answer
Answer: (b) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
2. In which city was Mohammad Ali Jinnah delivering the Presidential Address mentioned in the passage?
(a) Sialkot
(b) Karachi
(c) Lahore
(d) Islamabad
Answer
Answer: (b) Karachi
3. What is the theme of Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s poem “Subh-e-azadi” as mentioned in the passage?
(a) Political movements
(b) Languid waves of the night
(c) The dawn of freedom
(d) Pakistani regime
Answer
Answer: (c) The dawn of freedom
4. Where was Faiz Ahmed Faiz born?
(a) Karachi
(b) Lahore
(c) Sialkot
(d) Islamabad
Answer
Answer: (c) Sialkot
5. Which collections of poetry by Faiz Ahmed Faiz are mentioned in the passage?
(a) Naksh-e-Fariyadi, Dast-e-Saba, and Zindan-Nama
(b) Subh-e-azadi, Naksh-e-Fariyadi, and Zindan-Nama
(c) Zindan-Nama, Dast-e-Saba, and Subh-e-azadi
(d) Subh-e-azadi, Dast-e-Saba, and Naksh-e-Fariyadi
Answer
Answer: (a) Naksh-e-Fariyadi, Dast-e-Saba, and Zindan-Nama
6. In what political regime did Faiz Ahmed Faiz oppose and get imprisoned?
(a) Indian regime
(b) Pakistani regime
(c) British regime
(d) Soviet regime
Answer
Answer: (b) Pakistani regime
7. According to Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s address, what has nothing to do with the business of the State in Pakistan?
(a) Religious beliefs
(b) Caste or creed
(c) Hindu community
(d) Political affiliations
Answer
Answer: (b) Caste or creed
8. What did Mohammad Ali Jinnah emphasize regarding the freedom of the people in Pakistan?
(a) Freedom to choose their leaders
(b) Freedom to go to temples only
(c) Freedom to go to any place of worship
(d) Freedom to choose their professions
Answer
Answer: (c) Freedom to go to any place of worship
9. What was Mohammad Ali Jinnah addressing in his Presidential Address mentioned in the passage?
(a) United Nations Assembly
(b) Indian Parliament
(c) Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
(d) United Nations Security Council
Answer
Answer: (c) Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
10. What aspect of the dawn is Faiz Ahmed Faiz describing in his poem “Subh-e-azadi”?
(a) Brightness
(b) Darkness
(c) Languid waves
(d) Stars in the wilderness
Answer
Answer: (a) Brightness
1. Who is the author of the Punjabi poem “Aaj Akhan Waris Shah Nun” mentioned in the passage?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Amrita Pritam
(c) Waris Shah
(d) Sahitya Akademi
Answer
Answer: (b) Amrita Pritam
2. What does the poem “Aaj Akhan Waris Shah Nun” by Amrita Pritam address?
(a) Love and affection
(b) Wailing saga
(c) The plight of Punjab
(d) Grieving narrator
Answer
Answer: (c) The plight of Punjab
3. Which rivers are mentioned in the Punjabi poem, and what has happened to their flow?
(a) Ganges, poisoned by Pakistan
(b) Yamuna, filled with blood
(c) Chenab, poisoned by Pakistan
(d) Indus, filled with corpses
Answer
Answer: (c) Chenab, poisoned by Pakistan
4. Where did Amrita Pritam make Delhi her second home after partition?
(a) Punjab
(b) Pakistan
(c) Sialkot
(d) Nagmani
Answer
Answer: (a) Punjab
5. Which awards were received by Amrita Pritam, as mentioned in the passage?
(a) Sahitya Akademi Award, Padma Shree, and Jnanapeeth Award
(b) Jnanapeeth Award, Sahitya Akademi Award, and Padma Shree
(c) Padma Shree, Jnanapeeth Award, and Sahitya Akademi Award
(d) Sahitya Akademi Award, Jnanapeeth Award, and Nagmani
Answer
Answer: (a) Sahitya Akademi Award, Padma Shree, and Jnanapeeth Award
6. What is the subject of Jawaharlal Nehru’s letter to Chief Ministers mentioned in the passage?
(a) Economic policies
(b) Minority rights and security
(c) Territorial integrity
(d) Partition horrors
Answer
Answer: (b) Minority rights and security
7. According to Jawaharlal Nehru, what might happen if the Muslim minority is not treated in a civilized manner?
(a) Economic collapse
(b) Territorial disintegration
(c) Destruction of the body politic
(d) Political unrest
Answer
Answer: (c) Destruction of the body politic
8. Which river is mentioned in the context of its deadly water irrigating lands?
(a) Ganges
(b) Yamuna
(c) Chenab
(d) Indus
Answer
Answer: (c) Chenab
1. What is the central theme of Saadat Hasan Manto’s short story “Hospitality Delayed”?
(a) Celebratory feast
(b) Train journey
(c) Riot and violence
(d) Delayed news
Answer
Answer: (c) Riot and violence
2. What happened to the passengers belonging to the other community in the story?
(a) They were treated to halwa, fruits, and milk.
(b) They were entertained lavishly.
(c) They were pulled out and slaughtered.
(d) They were delayed in their journey.
Answer
Answer: (c) They were pulled out and slaughtered.
3. What did the chief organiser mention as the reason for not entertaining the remaining passengers lavishly?
(a) Delayed news
(b) Lack of resources
(c) Rioters’ intervention
(d) Train malfunction
Answer
Answer: (a) Delayed news
4. Which term best describes the atmosphere created by the rioters in the story?
(a) Hostile
(b) Celebratory
(c) Chaotic
(d) Hospitable
Answer
Answer: (c) Chaotic
1. What is the central theme of the film described in the passage?
(a) Business struggles after partition
(b) Impact of partition on individuals
(c) Student protests for government treatment
(d) Migration to Pakistan
Answer
Answer: (b) Impact of partition on individuals
2. What occupation does Salim Mirza have in the story?
(a) Farmer
(b) Shoe manufacturer
(c) Government official
(d) Teacher
Answer
Answer: (b) Shoe manufacturer
3. What significant loss does Salim Mirza experience?
(a) Business decline
(b) Ancestral home occupation
(c) Tragic end of his daughter
(d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (d) All of the above
4. What dilemma does Salim Mirza face?
(a) Choosing between career and family
(b) Torn between moving to Pakistan and staying back
(c) Deciding on his daughter’s future
(d) Joining a student procession or not
Answer
Answer: (b) Torn between moving to Pakistan and staying back
5. What event prompts a decisive moment for Salim Mirza?
(a) Business revival
(b) Daughter’s wedding
(c) Student procession demanding fair treatment
(d) Government’s policy change
Answer
Answer: (c) Student procession demanding fair treatment
6. What year was the film released?
(a) 1963
(b) 1973
(c) 1983
(d) 1993
Answer
Answer: (b) 1973
1. Why didn’t Mahatma Gandhi participate in the independence day celebrations on 15th August 1947?
(a) He was in Kolkata
(b) He was unwell
(c) He was unhappy with the government
(d) He was fasting
Answer
Answer: (a) He was in Kolkata
2. What was Mahatma Gandhi’s response to the communal violence in Kolkata?
(a) He organized independence day celebrations
(b) He encouraged violence
(c) He persuaded Hindus and Muslims to give up violence
(d) He remained silent
Answer
Answer: (c) He persuaded Hindus and Muslims to give up violence
3. What was the impact of Mahatma Gandhi’s presence in Kolkata?
(a) Increased violence
(b) Communal harmony
(c) More riots
(d) Political unrest
Answer
Answer: (b) Communal harmony
4. Where did Mahatma Gandhi move to after Kolkata?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Delhi
(c) Karachi
(d) Lahore
Answer
Answer: (b) Delhi
5. What were Mahatma Gandhi’s concerns in Delhi?
(a) Economic reforms
(b) Religious conversion
(c) Rights of Muslims in India
(d) Expanding the Indian territory
Answer
Answer: (c) Rights of Muslims in India
6. Why did Mahatma Gandhi undertake his last fast in January 1948?
(a) To protest against government policies
(b) To seek financial support for Pakistan
(c) To reduce communal tension and violence
(d) To gain political power
Answer
Answer: (c) To reduce communal tension and violence
7. What was the effect of Mahatma Gandhi’s fast in Delhi?
(a) Increased violence
(b) Communal harmony
(c) Disagreements with the government
(d) Political unrest
Answer
Answer: (b) Communal harmony
8. How did Mahatma Gandhi’s actions during his fast in Delhi impact the Muslims in the area?
(a) Forced them to leave Delhi
(b) Allowed them to return to their homes safely
(c) Increased violence against them
(d) Ignored their concerns
Answer
Answer: (b) Allowed them to return to their homes safely
9. How did extremists in both communities react to Mahatma Gandhi’s actions?
(a) They praised him
(b) They blamed him
(c) They supported his initiatives
(d) They ignored him
Answer
Answer: (b) They blamed him
10. Who was the person responsible for Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Nathuram Vinayak Godse
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) Sardar Patel
Answer
Answer: (b) Nathuram Vinayak Godse
11. On what date did Mahatma Gandhi pass away?
(a) 15th August 1947
(b) 26th January 1950
(c) 2nd October 1948
(d) 30th January 1948
Answer
Answer: (d) 30th January 1948
12. What were the principles that Mahatma Gandhi lived and worked for?
(a) Socialism and communism
(b) Capitalism and industrialization
(c) Ahimsa and satyagraha
(d) Authoritarianism and militarism
Answer
Answer: (c) Ahimsa and satyagraha
1. What was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s role in the freedom movement?
(a) Military General
(b) Congress leader
(c) Foreign diplomat
(d) Religious leader
Answer
Answer: (b) Congress leader
2. What position did Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel hold in independent India?
(a) Prime Minister
(b) President
(c) Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister
(d) Defense Minister
Answer
Answer: (c) Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister
3. What role did Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel play in the integration of Princely States with India?
(a) Negotiated with the rulers and brought them into the Indian Union
(b) Led military campaigns to conquer the princely states
(c) Ignored the princely states
(d) Opposed the integration of princely states
Answer
Answer: (a) Negotiated with the rulers and brought them into the Indian Union
4. What committees was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel a member of in the Constituent Assembly?
(a) Committee on Education and Culture
(b) Committee on Economic Planning
(c) Committees on Fundamental Rights, Minorities, Provincial Constitution, etc
(d) Committee on International Relations
Answer
Answer: (c) Committees on Fundamental Rights, Minorities, Provincial Constitution, etc
1. What was Potti Sriramulu’s role during the Salt Satyagraha?
(a) He led the movement
(b) He opposed the movement
(c) He remained neutral
(d) He left his government job to participate
Answer
Answer: (d) He left his government job to participate
2. What significant demand did Potti Sriramulu make in 1946?
(a) Demand for separate state
(b) Demand for educational reforms
(c) Demand for agricultural policies
(d) Demand for opening temples to dalits
Answer
Answer: (d) Demand for opening temples to dalits
3. What did Potti Sriramulu demand through his fast unto death in 1952?
(a) Independence for his region
(b) Separate state of Andhra
(c) Religious freedom
(d) Economic reforms
Answer
Answer: (b) Separate state of Andhra
4. When did Potti Sriramulu undertake his fast unto death?
(a) 1946
(b) 1952
(c) 1942
(d) 1950
Answer
Answer: (b) 1952
5. When did Potti Sriramulu pass away during his fast?
(a) 19 October 1952
(b) 15 December 1952
(c) 26 January 1947
(d) 2 March 1955
Answer
Answer: (b) 15 December 1952
1. What was the initial experiment in linguistic states in Bombay?
(a) Gujarati state
(b) Marathi state
(c) Bilingual Bombay state
(d) Hindi state
Answer
Answer: (c) Bilingual Bombay state
2. What led to the creation of Maharashtra and Gujarat states in 1960?
(a) Linguistic demands
(b) Cultural demands
(c) Economic demands
(d) Political demands
Answer
Answer: (a) Linguistic demands
3. When did Punjab get statehood, and what territories were separated from it?
(a) 1956, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh
(b) 1966, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh
(c) 1956, Haryana and Jharkhand
(d) 1966, Haryana and Jharkhand
Answer
Answer: (b) 1966, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh
4. When did Meghalaya become a separate state?
(a) 1956
(b) 1972
(c) 1963
(d) 1987
Answer
Answer: (b) 1972
5. Which states emerged in the north-east in 1972?
(a) Punjab and Haryana
(b) Manipur and Tripura
(c) Meghalaya, Manipur, and Tripura
(d) Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh
Answer
Answer: (c) Meghalaya, Manipur, and Tripura
6. When did Nagaland become a state?
(a) 1956
(b) 1963
(c) 1972
(d) 1987
Answer
Answer: (b) 1963
7. What were the three states created in 2000?
(a) Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Haryana
(b) Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, and Jharkhand
(c) Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh
(d) Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka
Answer
Answer: (b) Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, and Jharkhand
8. When did Telangana emerge as a new state?
(a) 2000
(b) 2014
(c) 1972
(d) 1987
Answer
Answer: (b) 2014
9. What regions in the country currently have movements demanding separate and smaller states?
(a) Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh
(b) Vidarbha, Harit Pradesh, and West Bengal
(c) Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Haryana
(d) Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka
Answer
Answer: (b) Vidarbha, Harit Pradesh, and West Bengal
10. What was the basis for the creation of Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, and Jharkhand in 2000?
(a) Linguistic demands
(b) Cultural demands
(c) Economic demands
(d) Regional demands
Answer
Answer: (d) Regional demands
11. What led to the emergence of Telangana as a new state in 2014?
(a) Linguistic demands
(b) Cultural demands
(c) Economic demands
(d) Regional demands
Answer
Answer: (a) Linguistic demands
12. What is the current status of the story of reorganisation of states in India?
(a) Completed
(b) Ongoing
(c) Yet to begin
(d) Suspended
Answer
Answer: (b) Ongoing
1. According to Mahatma Gandhi, what would the formation of linguistic provinces give a fillip to?
(a) National language
(b) English language
(c) Regional languages
(d) Foreign languages
Answer
Answer: (c) Regional languages
2. According to Mahatma Gandhi, why would it be absurd to make Hindustani the medium of instruction in all regions?
(a) Hindustani is not a widely spoken language
(b) Hindustani is difficult to learn
(c) It would undermine regional languages
(d) Hindustani lacks cultural significance
Answer
Answer: (c) It would undermine regional languages
1. What is the significance of the moment in the history of India mentioned in the passage?
(a) Independence from British rule
(b) The announcement of partition
(c) Cooperation among Indian States
(d) Anarchy and chaos
Answer: (a) Independence from British rule
2. According to Sardar Patel, what will happen if Indian States do not cooperate and work together?
(a) Unexpected calamities
(b) Total ruin
(c) Anarchy and chaos
(d) Both (b) and (c)
Answer: (d) Both (b) and (c)
3. What does Mahatma Gandhi express about the day of August 14, 1947?
(a) A day of mourning
(b) A day of rejoicing
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) A regular day
Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b)
4. In Sardar Patel’s letter, what does he fear will overwhelm India?
(a) Lack of unity
(b) Unexpected calamities
(c) Anarchy and chaos
(d) British domination
Answer: (c) Anarchy and chaos
5. What is the dual nature of the day mentioned by Mahatma Gandhi?
(a) Independence and partition
(b) Rejoicing and mourning
(c) Celebration and tragedy
(d) Sorrow and joy
Answer: (b) Rejoicing and mourning
6. According to Sardar Patel, what can raise the country to new greatness?
(a) Independence from British rule
(b) Cooperation and unity
(c) Lack of unity
(d) Anarchy and chaos
Answer: (b) Cooperation and unity
1. According to Mahatma Gandhi, what significant event is happening on August 14, 1947?
(a) Independence from British rule
(b) Partition of India
(c) Kolkata’s day of rejoicing
(d) Day of mourning
Answer: (b) Partition of India
2. What does Mahatma Gandhi emphasize about the day of August 14, 1947?
(a) Kolkata’s day of rejoicing
(b) A regular day
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Day of mourning and rejoicing
Answer: (d) Day of mourning and rejoicing
3. What is the mood conveyed by Mahatma Gandhi regarding the events on August 14, 1947?
(a) Celebration
(b) Joyous dancing in the streets
(c) A mixture of joy and sorrow
(d) Solemn mourning
Answer: (c) A mixture of joy and sorrow
4. In what city did Mahatma Gandhi make the statement on August 14, 1947?
(a) Delhi
(b) Kolkata
(c) Mumbai
(d) Chennai
Answer: (b) Kolkata
5. What does the phrase “slavery of the British domination” refer to in the context of Mahatma Gandhi’s statement?
(a) Economic exploitation
(b) Colonial rule
(c) Political subjugation
(d) Both (b) and (c)
Answer: (d) Both (b) and (c)
