Situating Independent India Set 2

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This set of Situating Independent India Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Situating Independent India Set 2

Q1 | It was only in 1938 at its ..............Session that the Congressincluded the independence of the princely states as well in its goal of Poorna Swaraj.
  • haripura
  • travancore
  • mysore
  • hyderabad
Answer: haripura
Q2 | The Tripura Session ................ decided that the organisationshould involve itself closely with the movements in the princely states.
  • 1919
  • 1925
  • 1939
  • 1937
Answer: 1939
Q3 | ................became the president of the AISPC in 1939.
  • jawaharlal nehru
  • lord mountbatten
  • sardar patel
  • v.p.menon
Answer: jawaharlal nehru
Q4 | ................. presided over the Udaipur and Gwalior Sessions of theAISPC (1945 & 47) and declared at Gwalior that the states refusing to join the constituent Assembly would be treated as hostile.
  • jawaharlal nehru
  • mahatma gandhi
  • w.c.banerji
  • gokhale
Answer: jawaharlal nehru
Q5 | ............... had decided in June 1947 to become an independentstate, and it was followed by Hyderabad.
  • travancore
  • malabar
  • cochi
  • manglore
Answer: travancore
Q6 | ...................is called as Iron man of India.
  • mahatma gandhi
  • lord mountbatten
  • jawaharlal nehru
  • sardar patel
Answer: sardar patel
Q7 | By August 15, ................all states geographically contiguous toIndia, except Jammu and Kashmir, Hyderabad and Junagadh, had acceded to India by signing the Instrument of Accession.
  • 1937
  • 1947
  • 1949
  • 1957
Answer: 1947
Q8 | Junagadh in ...................whose population was overwhelminglyHindu (80%), was ruled by a Muslim ruler.
  • kathiwar
  • hyderabad
  • mysore
  • kashmir
Answer: kathiwar
Q9 | In the case of Jammu and Kashmir, the conditions were thereverse, with the ruler being a ................. and the population, } overwhelmingly Muslim (75%).
  • muslim
  • parsi
  • sikhs
  • hindu
Answer: hindu
Q10 | The Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November 1949 and came into force on26th January ......................
  • 1940
  • 1947
  • 1948
  • 1950
Answer: 1950
Q11 | The constitutional head of the Executive of the Union is the ..........
  • president
  • prime minister
  • finance minister
  • chief minister
Answer: president
Q12 | As per Article .............. of the Constitution of India, the council ofthe Parliament of the Union consists of the President and two Houses to be known as the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and the House of the People (Lok Sabha).
  • 39
  • 49
  • 59
  • 79
Answer: 79
Q13 | Article ...............of the Constitution provides that there shall be aCouncil of Ministers with a Prime Minister as its head to aid and advice the President, who shall exercise his functions in accordance to the advice.
  • 54(1)
  • 64(i)
  • 71 (i)
  • 74 (i)
Answer: 74 (i)
Q14 | On October 19, 1952, .............., a devout follower of MahatmaGandhi, began a fast-unto-death in demanding that a separate state be carved out of the province of Madras for its Telugu- speaking population.
  • potti sriramulu
  • jawaharlal nehru
  • v.k. krishna menon
  • john mathai
Answer: potti sriramulu
Q15 | The formation of a States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) in................. which was charged with ‘preservation….of unity and security of India’.
  • 1903
  • 1913
  • 1923
  • 1953
Answer: 1953
Q16 | The first major reorganization of Indian states based on linguisticcharacteristics occurred in...............
  • 1906
  • 1916
  • 1936
  • 1956
Answer: 1956
Q17 | The States Reorganization Commission appointed by the PrimeMinister in December .............. discarded the demand for the formation of a separate Punjabi-speaking state.
  • 1903
  • 1913
  • 1943
  • 1953
Answer: 1953
Q18 | The Akali Dal representing the Sikhs of ............. launched anagitation for reorganisation of the province on the basis of linguistic homogeneity.
  • punjab
  • nepal
  • haryana
  • gujarat
Answer: punjab
Q19 | When a war between India and Pakistan seemed imminent in1965, .................., the President of the Akali Dal, refusing to suspend the agitation affirmed that “the country is dear but Punjabi Suba [state] is dearer.”
  • sant fateh singh
  • v.k. krishna menon
  • w.c.banerji
  • tilak
Answer: sant fateh singh
Q20 | ..............., was a leader of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS)
  • k chandrasekhara rao
  • jawaharlal nehru
  • sant fateh singh
  • sardar patel
Answer: k chandrasekhara rao
Q21 | India’s Union Minister of Home Affairs Mr. P. Chidambaramannounced on December 9, 2009, that the government intended to start the process of forming a separate .............state.
  • telangana
  • kashmir
  • satara
  • nagapur
Answer: telangana
Q22 | ..............ended his 11-day fast on the hospital bed, expressing hisdelight that it was a “true victory of the people of Telangana”.
  • k. chandrasekhara rao
  • jawaharlal nehru
  • gokhale
  • tilak
Answer: k. chandrasekhara rao
Q23 | .............is considered to be the architect of modern India.
  • jawaharlal nehru
  • v.k. krishna menon
  • sardar patel
  • mahatma gandhi
Answer: jawaharlal nehru
Q24 | ................ can be said to be one of the greatest internationalinfluences on Nehru, but Gandhi's ideals of Satyagraha also influenced him to a great degree.
  • capitalism
  • socialism
  • mercantilism
  • communism
Answer: socialism
Q25 | The Panchasheel agreement of 1954 was between New Delhiand...............
  • dhaka
  • belgrade
  • karachi
  • peking
Answer: peking
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