This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Nation Building > Challenges > Challenges To Nation Building – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Challenges To Nation Building Quiz 1 (20 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) 11th August, 1947. B) 12th August, 1947. C) 15th August, 1947. D) 14th August, 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 11th August, 1947. 3. Which state was once the union territory A) Manipur. B) Goa. C) Bengal. D) Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goa. 4. How many princely states consisted at the time of independence of India? A) 575 princely states. B) 560 princely states. C) 565 princely states. D) 555 princely states. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan. B) Salim Ahmad. C) Jagdish lal. D) Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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) Clement Attlee. B) Lord Mountbatten. 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) 60 lakh. C) 70 lakh. D) 80 lakh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 80 lakh. 13. From which of the following states haryana was carved out A) Bihar. B) Delhi. C) East punjab. D) Himachal pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) East punjab. 14. 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. 15. At the time of independence, what was the no. of princely states? A) 564. B) 565. C) 567. D) 546. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 565. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. When did Punjab come into being? A) 1960. B) 1963. C) 1966. D) 1972. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1966. Next →Related QuizzesNation Building QuizzesIndian Polity QuizzesChallenges To Nation Building Quiz 2Challenges To Nation Building Quiz 3Challenges To Nation Building Quiz 4Challenges To Nation Building Quiz 5 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books