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 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Political Science Chapter 1 Challenges Of Nation Building Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many princely states consisted at the time of independence of India? A) 575 princely states. B) 565 princely states. C) 560 princely states. D) 555 princely states. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 565 princely states. 2. The States Reorganisation Commission Act was passed in: A) 1953. B) 1960. C) 1956. D) 1959. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1956. 3. When did the Central Government appoint the States Reorganisation Commission? A) 1952. B) 1954. C) 1953. D) 1955. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1953. 4. Who played a key role in uniting the princely states of India? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. C) B. R. Ambedkar. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. 5. 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. 6. Who delivered the famous speech 'Tryst with Destiny'? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel. C) Indira Gandhi. D) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. 7. The Nawab of ..... was averse to joining the Constituent Assembly. A) Bhopal. B) Hyderabad. C) Manipur. D) Junagadh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhopal. 8. In which session of Congress, the linguistic principle was recognized as the basis of the reorganization of the Indian National Congress party itself? A) Surat. B) Kolkata. C) Nagpur. D) Karachi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nagpur. 9. MUSLIM LEAGUE WAS OF THE OPINION THAT PRINCELY STATES SHOULD A) JOIN PAKISTAN. B) BE INDEPENDENT AND DECIDE ON THEIR OWN. C) SHOULD BE UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE BRITISH. D) SHOULD JOIN THE INDIAN UNION. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BE INDEPENDENT AND DECIDE ON THEIR OWN. 10. 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. 11. Which two states were bifurcated to create Pakistan? A) Punjab and Bengal. B) Lahore and Kolkata. C) Hyderabad and Junagarh. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Punjab and Bengal. 12. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is also known as the: A) Iron Man of India. B) Steel Man of India. C) Father of India. D) Strong Man of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iron Man of India. 13. 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. 14. ANDHRA PRADESH CAME INTO EXISTENCE A) DECEMBER 1952. B) JUNE 1952. C) MAY 1956. D) NOVEMBER 1953. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DECEMBER 1952. 15. What was the main task of SRC? A) To advise the government. B) To draw the external boundary of India. C) To integrate the princely states. D) To draw the internal boundary of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To draw the internal boundary of India. 16. STATES REORGANISATION ACT WAS PASSEDIN A) 1958. B) 1952. C) 1956. D) 1953. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1956. 17. What does secularism in India ensure? A) Religious discrimination. B) Promotion of one religion. C) Equality of all religions. D) Official religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Equality of all religions. 18. Assertion(A):Writers, poets, and film makers in India and Pakistan have often used the phrase division of hearts to describe partition.Reason(R):Muslim league put forward the Two nation theory that British did not consist of one but two people. A) Both (A)and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). B) Both (A) and (R)are true and (R)is not the correct explanation of (A). C) (A) IS true but (R) is false. D) (A) is false but(R) is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both (A) and (R)are true and (R)is not the correct explanation of (A). 19. The "Two-Nation Theory' was given by: A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Muslim League. C) Mohammad Ali Jinnah. D) Congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muslim League. 20. When did Telegana become a separate state? A) 2014. B) 2016. C) 2015. D) 2013. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2014. 21. 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. 22. Which state entered into a "Standstill Agreement" in November, 1947? A) Travancore. B) Hyderabad. C) Manipur. D) Bihar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyderabad. 23. What did the Vishalandhra movement demand? A) Separate Tamil areas. B) Separate Telugu speaking areas. C) Separate Karnataka. D) Separate Muslim areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Separate Telugu speaking areas. 24. What was the base of Indian state reorganisation in 1956? A) Language. B) Caste. C) Geographical Area. D) Religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Language. 25. 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. 26. Which of the following is not a part of the challenge of establishing democracy? A) Incorporate Universal Adult Suffrage. B) Giving Fundamental rights to only the adult citizens of the country. C) Free and Fair elections. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Giving Fundamental rights to only the adult citizens of the country. 27. State Reorganisation Commission was established in the year: A) 1953. B) 1954. C) 1956. D) 1952. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1953. 28. Who was the undisputed leader of the North Western Frontier Province and known as 'Frontier Gandhi', was staunchly opposed to the two-nation theory? A) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan. B) Syed Amir Ali. C) Hakim Ajmal Khan. D) Jinnah. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan. 29. There was an experiment of ..... Bombay state, consisting of Gujarati-and Marathi-speaking people. After a popular agitation, the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat were created in 1960. A) No language. B) 'bilingual'. C) Multilingual. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 'bilingual'. 30. Which regions were most affected by the Partition? A) Kerala and Tamil Nadu. B) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. C) Gujarat and Maharashtra. D) Punjab and Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Punjab and Bengal. 31. Who was the leader of Muslim League during Partition? A) Salim Ahmad. B) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan. C) Jagdish lal. D) Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mohammad Ali Jinnah. 32. 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. 33. What was the main challenge of nation building in India? A) Establishing democracy. B) Economic development. C) Cultural integration. D) Uniting princely states. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uniting princely states. 34. After the ..... session of Congress in 1920 the principle was recognised as the basis of the reorganisation of the Indian National Congress party itself. A) Telangana. B) Nagpur. C) Chattishgarh. D) Punjab. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nagpur. 35. What is the age of universal adult franchise in India as per the current law? A) 30 years. B) 21 years. C) 18 years. D) 25 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 18 years. 36. Name the original state from which Chhattisgarh was carved out. A) Uttar Pradesh. B) Bihar. C) Jharkhand. D) Madhya Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Madhya Pradesh. 37. What was the main focus of the First Five-Year Plan? A) Infrastructure. B) Education. C) Agriculture and irrigation. D) Industrial development. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agriculture and irrigation. 38. ..... made to merge with Pakistan A) NEWP. B) NEFP. C) NWFP. D) NWEP. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NWFP. 39. The cities that were divided into communal zones during partition were: A) Lahore, Amritsar and Kolkata. B) Amritsar and Kolkata, Karachi. C) Amritsar and Kolkata, Hyderabad. D) Amritsar and Kolkata, Kerala. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lahore, Amritsar and Kolkata. 40. Assertion(A):The partition of the country proved everyone's worst fears. There were serious questions about the future of India.Reason(R):British government decided to give independence to India A) Both (A)and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). B) Both (A) and (R)are true and (R)is not the correct explanation of (A). C) (A) IS true but (R) is false. D) (A) is false but(R) is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both (A) and (R)are true and (R)is not the correct explanation of (A). 41. 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. 42. 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. 43. The States Reorganisation Commission was appointed in ..... A) 1955. B) 1953. C) 1956. D) 1960. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1953. 44. WHICH PART OF INDIA HELD ELECTIONS ON THE BASIS OF UNIVERSAL ADULT FRANCHISE FOR THE FIRST TIME A) NAGALAND. B) HYDERABAD. C) TRAVANCORE. D) MANIPUR. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) MANIPUR. 45. Which of the following is the CONSIDERATIONS IN GOVERNMENT'S APPROACH IN DEALING WITH PRINCELY STATES? A) The people of the Princely States wanted to merge into the Indian Union. B) (ii) The government was prepared to be flexible in giving autonomy to some regions. C) (iii) In the backdrop of partition, the integration and consolidation of territorial boundaries of the nation assumed supreme importance. D) (iv) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (iv) All of these. 46. Prime Minister announced the formation of a separate ..... in December 1952. A) Uttarakhand. B) Chhattisgarh. C) Jharkhand. D) Andhra state. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Andhra state. 47. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan, the undisputed leader of the North Western Frontier Province was known as: A) Father of Pakistan. B) Patriot of Pakistan. C) Frontier Gandhi. D) Staunch Muslim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frontier Gandhi. 48. Which commission suggested the reorganization of states on linguistic lines? A) Kothari Commission. B) States Reorganisation Commission. C) Mandal Commission. D) Sachar Committee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) States Reorganisation Commission. 49. Name the writer of the poem-Today I Call Waris Shah A) Harivansh Rai Bachchan. B) Manto. C) Amrita Pritam. D) Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amrita Pritam. 50. Which operation led to Hyderabad merging with India? A) Operation Meghdoot. B) Operation Vijay. C) Operation Blue Star. D) Operation Polo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Operation Polo. 51. The First Home Minister of independent Indiawas ..... A) Sardar Patel. B) Lal Bahadur Shastri. C) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. D) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sardar Patel. 52. Assertion(A):The ruler of Travancore decided to remain independent and Nizam of Hyderabad made a similar announcements the next day. Reason(R):With the end of British rule in India, paramountcy of the British crown over princely rulers also came to an end. A) Both (A)and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). B) Both (A) and (R)are true and (R)is not the correct explanation of (A). C) (A) IS true but (R) is false. D) (A) is false but(R) is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both (A)and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). 53. The formation of which state among the following spurred the struggle for making of other states on linguistic lines in other parts of the country? A) Meghalaya. B) Madhya Pradesh. C) Punjab. D) Andhra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Andhra. 54. Name the para-military force of the Nizam of Hyderabad A) Razakars. B) Panthers. C) National Security. D) Naxalite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Razakars. 55. Which of the following was a princely state? A) Jammu & Kashmir. B) Andhrapradesh. C) Meghalaya. D) Kashmir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jammu & Kashmir. 56. The famous 'tryst with destiny' speech was given by A) Lal Bahadur Shastri. B) Jawaharlal Nehru. C) C. Rajagopalachari. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jawaharlal Nehru. 57. Princely states ruled by princes enjoyed some form of control over their internal affairs as long as they enjoyed British supremacy is called ..... A) Accession. B) Merger. C) Agreement. D) Paramountacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paramountacy. 58. How many Princely states were there in India under the British Rule? A) 567. B) 560. C) 565. D) 562. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 565. 59. What was the focus of the Second Five-Year Plan? A) Health care. B) Agriculture. C) Education. D) Heavy manufacturing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heavy manufacturing. 60. ..... , a Congress leader and a veteran Gandhian, went on an indefinite fast that led to his death after 56 days A) Potti Sriramulu. B) Nizam. C) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel. D) Bodhachandra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Potti Sriramulu. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesArt Humanities QuizzesClass 12 QuizzesClass 12 Political Science Chapter 1 Challenges Of Nation Building Quiz 1Class 12 Political Science Chapter 1 Challenges Of Nation Building Quiz 3Class 12 Political Science Chapter 10 Challenges To Democracy QuizClass 12 Political Science Chapter 2 Planning And Development QuizClass 12 Political Science Chapter 3 India'S Foreign Policy QuizClass 12 Political Science Chapter 4 India After Independence QuizClass 12 Political Science Chapter 5 Democracy And Diversity QuizClass 12 Political Science Chapter 6 Gender, Religion And Caste Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books