This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > Political Science > Class 12 Political Science Chapter 4 India After Independence – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Political Science Chapter 4 India After Independence Quiz 2 (54 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Goa Joined Indian union through this method A) Police action. B) Public opinion. C) Military operations. D) Migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Military operations. 2. The chairman of the drafting committee of the Indian Constitution was Jawaharlal Nehru. A) T. B) F. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) F. 3. When was Bhilai steel plant set up? A) 1959. B) 1956. C) 1958. D) 1957. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1959. 4. ..... died fasting for demand for a separate state for Telugu people. A) Potti Sriramalu. B) T T Krishnamachari. C) A C Rao. D) Maulana Azad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Potti Sriramalu. 5. ..... is the older name of Karnataka. A) Hyderabad. B) Central Province. C) United province. D) Mysore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mysore. 6. ..... was formed on 1 October 1953. A) Uttar Pradesh. B) Gujarat. C) Maharashtra. D) Andhra Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Andhra Pradesh. 7. What political changes happened by the end of the Second World War? A) Imperialist countries became stronger. B) Britain became a first-rate power. C) The USSR and USA emerged as the two great powers in the world. D) Many countries adopted a capitalist attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The USSR and USA emerged as the two great powers in the world. 8. What year did the Indian government begin the process of economic planning? A) 1947. B) 1956. C) 1950. D) 1951. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1950. 9. Why did Lord Wavell call a conference of the prominent leaders of all the major political parties of India at Simla in 1946? A) To hold talks with the Indian leaders. B) To discuss the transfer of power to the Indians. C) To settle the terms of the transfer of power to the Indians. D) To break the Indian deadlock. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To break the Indian deadlock. 10. Bhilai Steel Plant is in ..... state. A) Bihar. B) Madhya Pradesh. C) Chhattisgarh. D) Odisha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chhattisgarh. 11. The Constitution came into effect on 26th January 1950. A) T. B) F. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T. 12. What did the failure of the Quit India Movement mark the end of? A) The end of India's freedom struggle. B) The end of the Congress' leadership. C) The end of the revolution. D) The end of the fight for freedom under the leadership of the Congress and the revolutionary leaders. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The end of the fight for freedom under the leadership of the Congress and the revolutionary leaders. 13. ..... was against Hindi being imposed on South India. A) S P Mukherjee. B) Sarojini Naidu. C) T T krishnamachari. D) C Rajaji. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) T T krishnamachari. 14. There are special provisions guaranteed to the shudras and tribes, therefore they are mentioned in a separate 'schedule' of the Indian Constitution. Hence they get the name, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. A) T. B) F. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T. 15. What happened to the INA by May 1945? A) It conquered Imphal and Kohima. B) It was re-conquered by the British. C) It retreated to Burma. D) It became victorious against Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was re-conquered by the British. 16. When India celebrating Independence Gandhi is active in meeting the victims of Communal violence and consoling in the place of A) Varda. B) Champaran. C) Surat. D) Naukali. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Naukali. 17. ..... MEANS UNIVERSAL ADULT FRANCHISE A) ALL ARE EQUAL BEFORE LAW. B) ALL INDIANS ABOBVE 18 YEARS CAN VOTE IN STATE AND NATIONAL ELECTIONS. C) EQUITABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. D) NONE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ALL INDIANS ABOBVE 18 YEARS CAN VOTE IN STATE AND NATIONAL ELECTIONS. 18. Immediately post partition, there was unity and harmony within India. A) T. B) F. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) F. 19. In what year was the state of Andhra created? A) 1960. B) 1950. C) 1953. D) 1956. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1953. 20. What was the base of Indian state organization in 1956 A) Caste. B) Colour. C) Language. D) Religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Language. 21. When did India became Independent??? A) August 1947. B) March 1945. C) November 1947. D) September 1948. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) August 1947. 22. In what year did the Indian government set up the Planning Commission? A) 1950. B) 1949. C) 1948. D) 1951. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1950. 23. When was the bilingual state of Bombay divided into separate states? A) 1960. B) 1956. C) 1970. D) 1965. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1960. 24. Dharavi is one of the largest slums of the world which is in ..... A) Dacca. B) Mumbai. C) Madras. D) Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mumbai. 25. Which state was not created in 2000? A) Jharkhand. B) Chhattisgarh. C) Uttaranchal. D) Bihar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bihar. 26. In what year did the Sinhala language Act get introduced in Sri Lanka? A) 1955. B) 1956. C) 1958. D) 1957. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1956. 27. IN 1954 INDIA AND ..... ENTERED IN AGREEMENT UNDER WHICH FRENCH RULE IN ALL TERRITORIES CAME TO AN END A) BRITAIN. B) FRANCE. C) PARIS. D) NONE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FRANCE. 28. Sardar Vallabhai Patel was one of the members of the Indian Constituent Aseembly. A) T. B) F. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T. 29. Bhilai Steel Plant was set up with the help of ..... in 1959. A) Burma. B) Britain. C) Soviet Union. D) United States of America. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soviet Union. 30. Two states which were union territories A) Assam and Tamil Nadu. B) Goa and Uttarakhand. C) Goa and Himachal Pradesh. D) Himachal Pradesh and Assam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Goa and Himachal Pradesh. 31. Jammu and Kashmir issue even today brings big tension between A) Pakistan and China. B) China and India. C) India and Pakistan. D) India and Sri Lanka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) India and Pakistan. 32. The British had left behind an India that was pushed ahead to a Modern age A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 33. Tribes were forced to come in contact with modernity post colonisation. A) T. B) F. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T. 34. The Vaishyas were the caste having the lowest status in the Indian society. A) T. B) F. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) F. 35. What was the result of the election to the Constituent Assembly in July 1946? A) Victory for the Muslim League. B) Victory for the Congress. C) Victory for the Socialist Party. D) Victory for the Communist Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Victory for the Congress. 36. What was the main reason that India faced food shortage at the time of independence A) Most of the wheat and rice producing areas went to Pakistan. B) No labour to work in the fields. C) All of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Most of the wheat and rice producing areas went to Pakistan. 37. ..... were depended on the monsoon for their survival A) Nawabs and Maharaja's. B) Farmers and peasants. C) Farmers and nawabs. D) Maharaja's and Peasants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Farmers and peasants. 38. What were the consequences of the Partition of India in 1947? A) Transfer of Population. B) Refugees Problem. C) Problem of Minorities. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 39. The president of reorganisation of State Commission 1953 was A) K. M. Panikar. B) Munshi. C) Fazal Ali. D) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fazal Ali. 40. Mahanadi river flows in ..... A) Odisha. B) Punjab. C) Maharashta. D) Rajasthan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Odisha. 41. The Indian Constitution is static, meaning it does not change over time. A) T. B) F. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) F. 42. When did the first session of the Constituent Assembly take place? A) December 1946. B) August 1947. C) November 1949. D) January 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) December 1946. 43. Under the Concurrent list, ..... was covered. A) Defence. B) Constitution. C) Taxes. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agriculture. 44. In which year was the State Reorganisation Committee set up to recommend the redrawing of district and provincial boundaries of many provinces? A) 1962. B) 1965. C) 1959. D) 1956. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1956. 45. The 42nd Amendment of 1976 to Indian constitution added these words to preamble A) Republic and Social. B) Sovereign and Republic. C) Secular and Socialist. D) Secular and Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secular and Socialist. 46. When did the States Reorganisation Commission submit its report? A) 1955. B) 1956. C) 1954. D) 1957. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1956. 47. Every Princely state of India was ruled by a Nawab or a Maharaja A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 48. Who is Potti Sriramulu? A) Congress leader. B) African leader. C) Gandhian Leader. D) British Leader. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gandhian Leader. 49. What political party came to power in Britain in 1946? A) Labour Party. B) Socialist Party. C) Conservative Party. D) Communist Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Labour Party. 50. Indian constitution came into existence on A) 15th August 1947. B) 26 November 1947. C) 26th January 1950. D) 26 April 1950. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 26th January 1950. 51. The "Communal Zones" exclude A) Srinagar. B) Jammu & Kashmir. C) Kashmir. D) Jammu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jammu & Kashmir. 52. Identify the French Colony A) Kolkata. B) Pondicherry. C) Hyderabad. D) Madras. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pondicherry. 53. Who led the Indian National Army (INA)? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Jawaharlal Nehru. C) Subhas Chandra Bose. D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subhas Chandra Bose. 54. Untouchability could not be banned after independence. A) T. B) F. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) F. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesArt Humanities QuizzesClass 12 QuizzesClass 12 Political Science Chapter 4 India After Independence Quiz 1Class 12 Political Science Chapter 1 Challenges Of Nation Building QuizClass 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 5 Democracy And Diversity QuizClass 12 Political Science Chapter 6 Gender, Religion And Caste QuizClass 12 Political Science Chapter 7 Popular Struggles And Movements Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books