This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Nation Building > Challenges > Challenges To Nation Building – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Challenges To Nation Building Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the base of Indian state reorganisation in 1956? A) Language. B) Geographical Area. C) Caste. D) Religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Language. 2. When did Punjab get statehood? A) 1960. B) 1963. C) 1966. D) 1972. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1966. 3. What was the biggest obstacle in nation building at the time of India's independence? A) Partition. B) Unity in Diversity. C) India's Poverty. D) No Security Establishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unity in Diversity. 4. Which Princely State never wanted to join the Constituent Assembly? A) Travancore. B) Bhopal. C) Hyderabad. D) Junagadh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bhopal. 5. When did the Central Government appoint the States Reorganisation Commission? A) 1952. B) 1953. C) 1954. D) 1955. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1953. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. Nation building is A) One-dimensional approach. B) Two-dimensional approach. C) Three-dimensional approach. D) Multi-dimensional approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Multi-dimensional approach. 9. 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) Jaipur Congress Session of 1948. D) Amritsar Congress Session of 1919. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nagpur Congress Session of 1920. 10. What is WSF? A) World Society Federation. B) World Social Federation. C) World Society Forum. D) World Social Forum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) World Social Forum. 11. Who advanced Two Nation Theory? A) Muslim League. B) Congress. C) British Government. D) Extremists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muslim League. 12. What did the Vishalandhra movement demand? A) Separate Karnataka. B) Separate Tamil areas. C) Separate Muslim areas. D) Separate Telugu speaking areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Separate Telugu speaking areas. 13. 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. 14. Expand NEFA A) North-East Frontier Agency. B) North-East Frontier Administration. C) North-East Front Agents. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) North-East Frontier Agency. 15. Name the leader associated with Hyderabad A) Potti sriramulu. B) Nizam. C) Bodhachandra Singh. D) Ramnath Kovind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nizam. 16. 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. 17. Which princely ruler was one of the world's richest men? A) Nawab of Bhopal. B) Maharaja of Manipur. C) Maharaja of Kashmir. D) Nizam of Hyderabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nizam of Hyderabad. 18. 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. 19. Which state experimented bilingual? A) Bombay. B) Assam. C) Punjab. D) Madras. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bombay. 20. 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. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesNation Building QuizzesIndian Polity QuizzesChallenges To Nation Building Quiz 1Challenges To Nation Building Quiz 3Challenges To Nation Building Quiz 4Challenges To Nation Building Quiz 5 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books