This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Nation Building > Challenges > Challenges To Nation Building – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Challenges To Nation Building Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many princely states we had 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. 2. Which government has been referred to as the interim government? A) The government of free India working before the General elections i.e The Indian National Congress has been termed as the Interim Government. B) The government of free India working before the General elections i.e The Jan Sangh 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 Viceroy (Lord Mountbatten) has been termed as the Interim Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The government of free India working before the General elections i.e The Indian National Congress has been termed as the Interim Government. 3. 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. 4. On which date State Reorganisation Act was put into practice? A) January 1, 1956. B) January 1, 1952. C) November 1, 1956. D) November 1, 1953. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) November 1, 1956. 5. The ''communal zones" exclude A) Lahore. B) Kolkata. C) Jammu & Kashmir. D) Amritsar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jammu & Kashmir. 6. Which neighbouring country of India is earlier known as east Pakistan A) Nepal. B) Bhutan. C) Bangladesh. D) Sri lanka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bangladesh. 7. What was the main task of SRC? A) To integrate the princely states. B) To advise the government. C) To draw the external boundary of India. D) To draw the internal boundary of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To draw the internal boundary of India. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. The partition of India was caused by ..... A) RSS. B) Nizams. C) Policy of Paramountcy. D) Two Nation Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two Nation Theory. 11. 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. 12. Muhammad Ali Jinnah belonged to A) Indian National Congress. B) Jan-Sangh. C) Muslim Leauge. D) Communist Party of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muslim Leauge. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. The States reorganisation Commission was appointed in ..... to look into the question of redrawing of the boundaries of states. A) 1951. B) 1952. C) 1953. D) 1954. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1953. 16. First Indian state to hold elections based on 'Universal Adult Franchise' in 1948. A) Junagadh. B) Bhopal. C) Hyderabad. D) Manipur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manipur. 17. The Nawab of ..... was averse to joining the Constituent Assembly. A) Bhopal. B) Manipur. C) Hyderabad. D) Junagadh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhopal. 18. 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. 19. ..... strongly opposed Two Nation Theory. A) Muhammad AliJinnah. B) Faiz Ahmed Faiz. C) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan. D) Abdul Kalam Azad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan. 20. 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. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesNation Building QuizzesIndian Polity QuizzesChallenges To Nation Building Quiz 1Challenges To Nation Building Quiz 2Challenges To Nation Building Quiz 4Challenges To Nation Building Quiz 5 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books