This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Nation Building > Challenges > Challenges To Nation Building – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Challenges To Nation Building Quiz 2 (31 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Select a communal zone A) Lahore. B) Amritsar. C) Both. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 2. ..... made to merge with Pakistan A) NEWP. B) NWEP. C) NEFP. D) NWFP. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NWFP. 3. Who delivered Tryst with Destiny. A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Narendra modi. C) Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel. D) Maulana Azad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jawaharlal Nehru. 4. Challenges that India faced after independence were: A) Shape a United Nation. B) Establish Democracy. C) Welfare of the Masses. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 5. From which of the following states Gujarat was carved out? A) Bombay. B) Rajasthan. C) Maharashtra. D) Kerela. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bombay. 6. Which was the largest princely state? A) Hyderabad. B) Bombay. C) Chattisgarh. D) Orrisa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyderabad. 7. Name the leader who demanded temples to be opened for dalits in Madras A) B.R. Ambedkar. B) Potti Sriramulu. C) A.K. Gopalan. D) Ramachandra Guha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Potti Sriramulu. 8. During colonial rule, the state boundaries were drawn either on ..... convenience or simply coincided with the territories annexed by the British government or the territories ruled by the princely powers. A) Administrative. B) Religious. C) Regional. D) Linguistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Administrative. 9. What was the basis of the report of States Reorganisation Commission? A) Distribution of boundaries of states on Cultural basis. B) Distribution of boundaries of states on Religion basis. C) Distribution of boundaries of states on Language basis. D) Distribution of boundaries of states on Reservation of Minorities basis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Distribution of boundaries of states on Language basis. 10. Which two languages were spoken in Bombay state before it was divided in 1960? A) Hindi and Marathi. B) Hindi, Gujarati and Marathi. C) Gujarati and Marathi. D) Only Marathi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gujarati and Marathi. 11. Name the para-military force of the Nizam of Hyderabad A) Naxalite. B) Razakars. C) National Security. D) Panthers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Razakars. 12. Goa and Daman Diu was ruled by ..... before 1961 A) Purtuguese. B) France. C) British. D) Denmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Purtuguese. 13. Who was the First PM of independent India? A) Pandit Nehru. B) Sardar Patel. C) Shastriji. D) Morarji Desai. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pandit Nehru. 14. Which theory was behind the Partition of India? A) Two land Theory. B) Two Nation Theory. C) Two Identity Theory. D) Two Separate Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two Nation Theory. 15. Name the states which were bifurcated during Partition? A) Punjab and Haryana. B) Punjab and UP. C) Bengal and Orissa. D) Punjab and Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Punjab and Bengal. 16. Name the writer of the poem-Today I Call Waris Shah A) Manto. B) Amrita Pritam. C) Faiz Ahmed Faiz. D) Harivansh Rai Bachchan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amrita Pritam. 17. Which of the following was a princely state? A) Jammu & Kashmir. B) Andhrapradesh. C) Meghalaya. D) Kashmir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jammu & Kashmir. 18. ..... was the first state in India to hold an election based on Universal Adult Franchise. A) Hyderabad. B) Jammu and Kashmir. C) Bengal. D) Manipur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manipur. 19. The main recommendation of SRC was A) To draw boundary on culture basis. B) To draw boundary on religious basis. C) To draw boundary on linguistic basis. D) To draw boundary on Caste basis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To draw boundary on linguistic basis. 20. The issue of Junagadh was resolved after a ..... confirmed people's desire to join India. A) Instrument of Accession. B) Plebiscite. C) Standstill Agreement. D) Razakars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plebiscite. 21. The Madras province under British India did not create one of the following linguistic states: A) Andhra Pradesh (Telugu). B) Madras (Tamil). C) Kerala (Malayalam). D) Karnataka (Kannad). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Madras (Tamil). 22. States which were union territories before becoming full-fledged states. A) Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura and Mizoram. B) Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura and Mizoram. C) Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram. D) Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur, Goa and Mizoram. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura and Mizoram. 23. Name the leader of the freedom movement of India who was popularly known as Frontier Gandhi A) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan. B) Khan Amir Gaffar Khan. C) Kapoor Abdul Gaffar Khan. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan. 24. Princely states ruled by princes enjoyed some form of control over their internal affairs as long as they enjoyed British supremacy is called ..... A) Merger. B) Paramountacy. C) Accession. D) Agreement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paramountacy. 25. The rulers of ..... and ..... decided on independence. A) Junagadh and Jammu and Kashmir. B) Junagadh and Hyderabad. C) Jammu and Kashmir and Hyderabad. D) Travancore and Hyderabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Travancore and Hyderabad. 26. When did Telegana become a separate state? A) 2016. B) 2015. C) 2013. D) 2014. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2014. 27. The state Re-organisation Act was passed in 1956 which created A) 14 states and 7 Union territories. B) 14 states and 6 Union territories. C) 15 states and 6 Union territories. D) 15 states and 7 Union territories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14 states and 6 Union territories. 28. Which of the following state was carved out from Assam? A) Andhrapradesh. B) Meghalaya. C) Chattisgarh. D) Kashmir. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meghalaya. 29. Identify the princely state where Article 370 is revoked . A) Manipur. B) Meghalaya. C) Jammu & Kashmir. D) Kashmir. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jammu & Kashmir. 30. Where was the 'tryst with Destiny' speech delievered? A) Nagpur. B) Parliament. C) Lucknow. D) Red Fort. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red Fort. 31. Select an appropriate percentage of Muslims A) 177. B) 12. C) 13. D) 80 lakhs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesNation Building QuizzesIndian Polity QuizzesChallenges To Nation Building Quiz 1 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books