This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > Political Science > Class 12 Political Science Chapter 1 Challenges Of Nation Building – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Political Science Chapter 1 Challenges Of Nation Building Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... strongly opposed Two Nation Theory. A) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan. B) Faiz Ahmed Faiz. C) Muhammad AliJinnah. D) Abdul Kalam Azad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan. 2. How many people migrated across the borders? A) 60 lakh. B) 70 lakh. C) 80 lakh. D) 50 lakh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 80 lakh. 3. 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. 4. WHY DID MAHATMA GANDHI SAY THAT TOMORROW SHALL BE ADAY OF REJOICING AS WELL AS MOURNING? A) HE WAS REJOICING THE CREATION OF PAKISTAN. B) HE WAS MOURNING THE CREATION OF PAKISTAN. C) HE WAS TALIKING ABOUT PARTITION OF INDIA AS WELL AS FREEDOM OF INDIA. D) HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT COMMUNAL RIOTS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) HE WAS TALIKING ABOUT PARTITION OF INDIA AS WELL AS FREEDOM OF INDIA. 5. When did Mahatma Gandhi die? A) 30th January 1948. B) 30th October 1948. C) 30th January 1950. D) 30th October 1950. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 30th January 1948. 6. What year did the Constitution of India come into force? A) 1 January 1951. B) 15 August 1947. C) 26 January 1950. D) 2 October 1952. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 26 January 1950. 7. The main recommendation of SRC was A) To draw boundary on linguistic basis. B) To draw boundary on culture basis. C) To draw boundary on Caste basis. D) To draw boundary on religious basis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To draw boundary on linguistic basis. 8. What was the % of Muslim population in India in 1951? A) 12%. B) 5%. C) 15%. D) 10%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12%. 9. IN 1966 HARYANA AND HIMACHAL PRADESH WERE SEPARATED FROM A) JAMMU AND KASHMIR. B) PUNJAB. C) SIKKIM. D) ARUNACHAL PRADESH. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PUNJAB. 10. WHERE WAS THE TYRST WITH DESTINY SPEECH GIVEN? A) RED FORT. B) OLD FORT. C) CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY. D) DARBAR HALL. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY. 11. Mark whether True or False. Maharaja Bodhachandra of Manipur merged with India without consulting the Legislative Assembly of Manipur. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Which of the following state was carved out from Assam? A) Andhrapradesh. B) Meghalaya. C) Chattisgarh. D) Kashmir. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meghalaya. 13. What was a significant consequence of the Partition of India? A) Political stability. B) Cultural unity. C) Economic prosperity. D) Massive communal violence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Massive communal violence. 14. How many princely states were there in India at the time of independence? A) 565. B) 500. C) 564. D) 566. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 565. 15. Which of the following circumstances that led to the accession of Hyderabad to India? A) Peasants revolt against the oppressive rule of the Nizam, also supported bywomen. B) The Communists and Congress were in the forefront of the movement. C) Nizam responded by unleashing paramilitary forces. D) Indian government's military action in September 1948 and Hyderabad's accession to India. E) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of these. 16. Which princely state in South India entered into Standstill agreement with India in November 1947? A) Hyderabad. B) Travancore. C) Manipur. D) Jammu and Kashmir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyderabad. 17. The interim government formed under the Cabinet Mission Plan was headed by which of the following A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad. B) Jawaharlal Nehru. C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. D) Rajagopalachari. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jawaharlal Nehru. 18. "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. 19. VISHAL ANDHRA MOVEMENT WAS DEMANDING THAT A) TELEGU SPEAKING AREAS SHOULD BE SEPARATED FROM MADRAS. B) TELEGU SPEAKING AREAS SHOULD BE MERGED WITH TAMIL SPEAKING ARES. C) TELEGU SHOULD BE MADE THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TELEGU SPEAKING AREAS SHOULD BE SEPARATED FROM MADRAS. 20. Which princely ruler was one of the world's richest men? A) Maharaja of Manipur. B) Nawab of Bhopal. C) Nizam of Hyderabad. D) Maharaja of Kashmir. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nizam of Hyderabad. 21. Who drafted the Constitution of India? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. C) B. R. Ambedkar. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. R. Ambedkar. 22. PARAMILITARY FORCES OF THE NIZAM WERE CALLLED A) RAZAKARS. B) RYOTS. C) REGIN TERROR. D) RAIDERS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RAZAKARS. 23. What do you mean by the 'British paramountcy' or 'suzerainty'? A) Some form of control over their internal affairs was enjoyed by Princely states. B) The British province were directly under the control of British government. C) The dominance of the British government. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Some form of control over their internal affairs was enjoyed by Princely states. 24. Who advanced Two Nation Theory? A) Extremists. B) Muslim League. C) British Government. D) Congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muslim League. 25. THE NIZAM ENTERED INTO A STANDSTILL AGREEMENT WITH THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT IN A) NOVEMBER 1947. B) JANUARY 1945. C) SEPTEMBER 12. D) JUNE 1948. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NOVEMBER 1947. 26. Mark whether True or False. Nehruji's famous speech on the eve of independence is called as 'Tryst with the Future'. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 27. How many states and UTs were formed after the report of State Reorganization Committee, 1953? A) 28 states, 7 UTs. B) 14 States, 6 UTs. C) 16 states, 8 UTs. D) 21 states, 6 UTs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14 States, 6 UTs. 28. WHY WAS NEHRU OF THE OPINION THAT MINORITIES SHOULD BE GIVEN RIGHTS IN A DEMOCRACY A) IF MINORITIES ARE NOT TREATED PROPERLY OTHER MINORITIES WILL FEEL INSECURE. B) MUSLIM MINORITY WAS LARGE IN NUMBER AND COULD NOT GO ANYWHERE ELSE. C) BECAUSE PAKISTAN WAS MISTREATING ITS MINORITIES. D) BECAUSE IN A DEMOCRACY RIGHTS SHOULD BE GIVEN TO ALL. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) IF MINORITIES ARE NOT TREATED PROPERLY OTHER MINORITIES WILL FEEL INSECURE. 29. BESIDES THE BRITISH RULE WHICH OTHER FACTOR WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PARTITION OF INDIA A) THE ROLE OF CONGRESS PARTY. B) TWO NATION THEORY ADVOCATED BY THE MUSLIM LEAGUE. C) SIZEABLE MINORITIES. D) SIZEABLE MAJORITY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TWO NATION THEORY ADVOCATED BY THE MUSLIM LEAGUE. 30. The states created in 1960 were ..... A) Maharashtra and Gujarat. B) Orissa and West Bengal. C) Rajasthan and Gujarat. D) Punjab and Haryana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maharashtra and Gujarat. 31. State whether true or false:Mahatma Gandhi whole heartedly participated in the Independence Day Celebrations at the Red Fort A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 32. 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. 33. 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. 34. 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. 35. 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. 36. Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India? A) N. Gopalaswami. B) T. N. Seshan. C) Sukumar Sen. D) Rajiv Kumar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sukumar Sen. 37. Consider the following statement:I. The Muslim population in India accounted for nearly 21% in 1951II. The ruler of Travancore announced that the state had decided on Independence.III. The Nawab of Bhopal were averse to joining the Constituent Assembly.Which of the following are INCORRECT? A) I only. B) I and II only. C) I, II and III only. D) II and III only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I only. 38. 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) C. Bettelheim. C) Clement Attlee. D) John Nicholson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. Bettelheim. 39. Where was the 'tryst with Destiny' speech delievered? A) Red Fort. B) Parliament. C) Lucknow. D) Nagpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parliament. 40. Mohammed Ali Jinnah addressed the constituent assembly of Pakistan in Karachi on: A) 12th August, 1947. B) 15th August, 1947. C) 11th August, 1947. D) 14th August, 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 11th August, 1947. 41. 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) Linguistic. C) Religious. D) Regional. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Administrative. 42. Merger Agreement was signed between Indian Government and Manipur in ..... A) September 1948. B) November 1947. C) September 1949. D) June 1948. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) September 1949. 43. The state reorganization committee was appointed in the year ..... and submitted its report in the year ..... A) 1956, 1957. B) 1950, 1953. C) 1953, 1956. D) 1965, 1969. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1953, 1956. 44. On what basis the states were reorganised in India? A) Religion. B) Language. C) Caste. D) Culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Language. 45. Which state experimented bilingual? A) Punjab. B) Bombay. C) Madras. D) Assam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bombay. 46. WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING WAS ALSO KNOWN AS FRONTIER GANDHI A) KHAN ABDUL GHAFFAR KHAN. B) CF ANDREWS. C) GOPAL KRISHNA GOKHALE. D) VINOBHA BHAVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) KHAN ABDUL GHAFFAR KHAN. 47. Arrange the following states in the chronological order of their creation:I. Haryana II. Gujarat III. Meghalaya IV. Nagaland A) I, III, II, IV. B) IV, II, I, III. C) III, II, IV, I. D) II, IV, I, III. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) II, IV, I, III. 48. On which date State Reorganisation Act was put into practice? A) January 1, 1952. B) November 1, 1953. C) January 1, 1956. D) November 1, 1956. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) November 1, 1956. 49. Which theory formed the basis of the partition of India into India and Pakistan? A) Divide and Rule. B) Religious Majorities. C) Two nation theory. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two nation theory. 50. Nation building is A) Two-dimensional approach. B) Three-dimensional approach. C) Multi-dimensional approach. D) One-dimensional approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multi-dimensional approach. 51. 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. 52. 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). 53. The process of partition was executed on the principle of ..... A) Linguistic majorities. B) Religious majorities. C) Caste majorities. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Religious majorities. 54. Which Princely State never wanted to join the Constituent Assembly? A) Junagadh. B) Bhopal. C) Travancore. D) Hyderabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bhopal. 55. The States reorganisation Commission was appointed in ..... to look into the question of redrawing of the boundaries of states. A) 1953. B) 1954. C) 1951. D) 1952. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1953. 56. MEGHALAYA WAS CARVED OUT OF A) NAGALAND. B) ASSAM. C) TRIPURA. D) SIKKIM. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ASSAM. 57. Which state was the first linguistic state created in India? A) Karnataka. B) Andhra Pradesh. C) Maharashtra. D) Tamil Nadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Andhra Pradesh. 58. Which was the first state of India to hold election based on universal adult franchise? A) Manipur. B) Travancore. C) Hyderabad. D) Junagarh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manipur. 59. Which was the first Indian state to hold an election based on universal adult franchise in June 1948? A) Telangana. B) Hyderabad. C) Manipur. D) Meghalaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manipur. 60. When did Punjab come into being? A) 1960. B) 1963. C) 1966. D) 1972. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1966. 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