This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Nation Building > Challenges > Challenges To Nation Building – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Challenges To Nation Building Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. During andhra movement, which of the leader died from hunger strike? A) Potty shri ramalu. B) Anti ramarav. C) Shri ram shri. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Potty shri ramalu. 2. Mohammed Ali Jinnah addressed the constituent assembly of Pakistan in Karachi on: A) 14th August, 1947. B) 12th August, 1947. C) 15th August, 1947. D) 11th August, 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 11th August, 1947. 3. Which state was once the union territory A) Goa. B) Manipur. C) Delhi. D) Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goa. 4. How many princely states consisted at the time of independence of India? A) 575 princely states. B) 565 princely states. C) 555 princely states. D) 560 princely states. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 565 princely states. 5. Name the state from which Haryana was carved out A) Punjab. B) Gujarat. C) Delhi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Punjab. 6. Which island was earlier known as laccadive Island A) Andaman Island. B) Maldives. C) Nicobar Island. D) Lakshwdeep Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lakshwdeep Island. 7. Who was the leader of Muslim League during Partition? A) Jagdish lal. B) Mohammad Ali Jinnah. C) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan. D) Salim Ahmad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mohammad Ali Jinnah. 8. Which two provinces were divided on the basis of religion A) Punjab and Bengal. B) Gujarat and Rajasthan. C) Punjab and haryana. D) Kerela and tamil Nadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Punjab and Bengal. 9. Who said that the administrative system in independent India was renewed without being remodelled, thus retaining many of the colonial systems' imperfections? A) Lord Mountbatten. B) Clement Attlee. C) John Nicholson. D) C. Bettelheim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. Bettelheim. 10. The interim government formed under the cabinet mission plan was headed by A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad. B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. C) Rajagopalachari. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jawaharlal Nehru. 11. Name the leader who was popularly known as Frontier Gandhi? A) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khar. B) Gaffar Abdul. C) Khan Abdul. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khar. 12. How many people migrated across the borders? A) 50 lakh. B) 80 lakh. C) 60 lakh. D) 70 lakh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 80 lakh. 13. The Cities that were divided into 'communal zones' during the partition violence were A) Kashmir, Lucknow and Allahabad. B) Delhi, Mumbai and Gwalior. C) Lahore, Amritsar and Calcutta. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lahore, Amritsar and Calcutta. 14. At the time of independence, what was the no. of princely states? A) 567. B) 546. C) 565. D) 564. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 565. 15. Which states boundaries were demarcated within a country on the basis of administrative and political grounds? A) Bihar and Uttar pradesh. B) Gujarat and Rajasthan. C) Punjab and delhi. D) Jharakhand and chattisgarh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jharakhand and chattisgarh. 16. The states of ..... and ..... were created in 1960. A) Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. B) Assam and Nagaland. C) Maharashtra and Gujarat. D) Punjab and Haryana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maharashtra and Gujarat. 17. Which states were affected by partition of county A) Assam and sikkim. B) Punjab and West Bengal. C) Delhi and goa. D) Harayana and punjab. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Punjab and West Bengal. 18. Who played a historic role in integrating Princely States of India? A) Lal Bahadur Shastri. B) Sardar Patel. C) Nehru. D) Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sardar Patel. 19. When did Punjab come into being? A) 1960. B) 1963. C) 1972. D) 1966. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1966. 20. What was the base of Indian state reorganisation in 1956? A) Caste. B) Geographical Area. C) Religion. D) Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Language. 21. When did Punjab get statehood? A) 1966. B) 1963. C) 1960. D) 1972. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1966. 22. What was the biggest obstacle in nation building at the time of India's independence? A) India's Poverty. B) Partition. C) Unity in Diversity. D) No Security Establishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unity in Diversity. 23. Which Princely State never wanted to join the Constituent Assembly? A) Hyderabad. B) Bhopal. C) Travancore. D) Junagadh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bhopal. 24. When did the Central Government appoint the States Reorganisation Commission? A) 1952. B) 1954. C) 1953. D) 1955. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1953. 25. Which of the following princely states resisted their merger with the Indian Union? A) Manipur, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Bengal. B) Junagadh, Hyderabad and Madras. C) Hyderabad, Jammu and Kashmir & Maharashtra. D) Junagadh, Hyderabad, Jammu and Kashmir and Manipur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Junagadh, Hyderabad, Jammu and Kashmir and Manipur. 26. Who went for an indefinite fast for separate state? A) Govind Ballabh Pant. B) Potti Sriramulu. C) Kamraj Nadar. D) Rafi Ahmed Kidwai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Potti Sriramulu. 27. Nation building is A) Three-dimensional approach. B) Multi-dimensional approach. C) Two-dimensional approach. D) One-dimensional approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multi-dimensional approach. 28. In which Congress Session proposal for linguistic principles of reorganisation was accepted? A) Lahore Congress Session of 1929. B) Nagpur Congress Session of 1920. C) Amritsar Congress Session of 1919. D) Jaipur Congress Session of 1948. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nagpur Congress Session of 1920. 29. Who advanced Two Nation Theory? A) Extremists. B) British Government. C) Congress. D) Muslim League. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muslim League. 30. What did the Vishalandhra movement demand? A) Separate Muslim areas. B) Separate Karnataka. C) Separate Telugu speaking areas. D) Separate Tamil areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Separate Telugu speaking areas. 31. Who gave the famous speech 'Tryst with Destiny'? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Sardar Patel. C) Jawaharlal Nehru. D) Frontier Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jawaharlal Nehru. 32. Name the leader associated with Hyderabad A) Potti sriramulu. B) Nizam. C) Bodhachandra Singh. D) Ramnath Kovind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nizam. 33. Name the original state from which Meghalaya was carved out? A) Assam. B) Nagaland. C) Arunachal Pradesh. D) Manipur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assam. 34. Which princely ruler was one of the world's richest men? A) Nizam of Hyderabad. B) Nawab of Bhopal. C) Maharaja of Manipur. D) Maharaja of Kashmir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nizam of Hyderabad. 35. Identify the speaker of the following lines.Tomorrow we shall be free from the slavery of the British Domination.But at midnight India will be partitioned. A) Nehruji. B) Gandhiji. C) Sardar Patel. D) Abdul Ghaffar Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gandhiji. 36. Which state experimented bilingual? A) Madras. B) Punjab. C) Bombay. D) Assam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bombay. 37. The main reason for India's partition is: A) (a) Adamant attitude of Jinnah. B) B) Communal riots and disorder. C) C) Failure of the Interim Government. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 38. Which government has been referred to as the interim government? A) The government of free India working before the General elections i.e The Jan Sangh has been termed as the Interim Government. B) The government of free India working before the General elections i.e The Viceroy (Lord Mountbatten) has been termed as the Interim Government. C) The government of free India working before the General elections i.e The Muslim League has been termed as the Interim Government. D) The government of free India working before the General elections i.e The Indian National Congress has been termed as the Interim Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The government of free India working before the General elections i.e The Indian National Congress has been termed as the Interim Government. 39. Name the original state from which Chattisgarh was carved out. A) Uttar Pradesh. B) Madhya Pradesh. C) Jharkhand. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Madhya Pradesh. 40. On which date State Reorganisation Act was put into practice? A) January 1, 1956. B) November 1, 1956. C) November 1, 1953. D) January 1, 1952. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) November 1, 1956. 41. The ''communal zones" exclude A) Kolkata. B) Lahore. C) Jammu & Kashmir. D) Amritsar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jammu & Kashmir. 42. Which neighbouring country of India is earlier known as east Pakistan A) Nepal. B) Bhutan. C) Sri lanka. D) Bangladesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bangladesh. 43. What was the main task of SRC? A) To advise the government. B) To draw the external boundary of India. C) To integrate the princely states. D) To draw the internal boundary of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To draw the internal boundary of India. 44. The States Reorganisation Commission was appointed in which year A) 1950. B) 1951. C) 1953. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1953. 45. Which states boundaries were demarcated within a country on the basis of religion A) Punjab and haryana. B) Delhi and punjab. C) Himachal pradesh and uttarakhand. D) Mahrashtra and kerela. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Himachal pradesh and uttarakhand. 46. The partition of India was caused by ..... A) RSS. B) Two Nation Theory. C) Nizams. D) Policy of Paramountcy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two Nation Theory. 47. Which among the following statements about the partition is incorrect? A) Partition of India was the outcome of the "two-nation theory" . B) Punjab and Bengal were the two provinces divided on the basis of religion. C) East Pakistan and West Pakistan were not contiguous. D) The scheme of Partition included a plan for transfer of population across the border. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The scheme of Partition included a plan for transfer of population across the border. 48. Muhammad Ali Jinnah belonged to A) Communist Party of India. B) Indian National Congress. C) Jan-Sangh. D) Muslim Leauge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muslim Leauge. 49. Which of the following is not a consequence of Partition? A) Cities like Lahore, Amritsar and Kolkata became divided into communal zones. B) In many cases women were killed by their own family members to 'preserve the family honour'. C) The two Muslim majority provinces of British India had very large areas where non Muslims were in majority at the district or even the lower level. D) In India it was decided that all citizens would be equal irrespective of their religious affiliation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The two Muslim majority provinces of British India had very large areas where non Muslims were in majority at the district or even the lower level. 50. The states created in 1960 were A) Maharashtra and gujarat. B) Rajasthan and Gujarat. C) Orissa and west bengal. D) Punjab and haryana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maharashtra and gujarat. 51. The States reorganisation Commission was appointed in ..... to look into the question of redrawing of the boundaries of states. A) 1951. B) 1954. C) 1952. D) 1953. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1953. 52. First Indian state to hold elections based on 'Universal Adult Franchise' in 1948. A) Manipur. B) Junagadh. C) Bhopal. D) Hyderabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manipur. 53. The Nawab of ..... was averse to joining the Constituent Assembly. A) Bhopal. B) Hyderabad. C) Junagadh. D) Manipur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhopal. 54. Name the leader who played a historic role in negotiating with the rulers of princely states to join the Indian Union. A) Mahatama Gandhi. B) Subash Chander Bose. C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. 55. ..... strongly opposed Two Nation Theory. A) Faiz Ahmed Faiz. B) Muhammad AliJinnah. C) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan. D) Abdul Kalam Azad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan. 56. Give the name of two provinces which were also divided during the partition of India? A) Bihar and pune. B) Bihar and oddisha. C) Punjab and Bengal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punjab and Bengal. 57. The First Home Minister of independent Indiawas ..... A) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Lal Bahadur Shastri. C) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. D) Sardar Patel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sardar Patel. 58. Which one of the following leaders played a vital role in the integration of princely states with India? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar. C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. 59. "Tomorrow will be a day of rejoicing as well as mourning" . Who said this? A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) Sardar Patel. D) B.R.Ambedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahatma Gandhi. 60. The famous 'Tryst with Destiny' speech was made by ..... A) Sardar Vallabhai Patel. B) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. C) Mohd. Ali Jinnah. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. 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