This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > History > India After Independence > Class 8 History Chapter 12 India After Independence – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 12 India After Independence Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which event saw campaigns against tax and acts of defiance against the British? A) Tax riot. B) Salt march. C) Railway march. D) Pepper march. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salt march. 2. Mukti Vahini was formed by the Bengali Population under the leadership of A) Mira Behn. B) Muziburr Rehman. C) Short Srirams. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muziburr Rehman. 3. How many Indians formed the Constituent Assembly? A) Four hundred. B) Three hundred. C) Two hundred. D) One hundred. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Three hundred. 4. Who was the first and the only woman to hold the office of the president in India? A) Indira Gandhi. B) Sonia Gandhi. C) Talent patil. D) Not in the alley. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Talent patil. 5. Which language is compulsory for eligibility of Central Government services. A) Hindi and Sanskrit. B) Hindi and English. C) Hindi and Tamil. D) Hindi and Gujarati. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hindi and English. 6. Between these which is the feature of Constitution A) Special privileges to high and rich caste people. B) Universal adult franchise was given to each and every citizen and gender. C) Every citizen of India was an equal before the law. D) A and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Universal adult franchise was given to each and every citizen and gender. 7. What was name of protester who died in protest for Andhra A) Short Srirams. B) Illegon. C) Das. D) Thiruism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short Srirams. 8. In which year Indian army expelled the Portuguese from the state of Goa? A) 1962. B) 1961. C) 1963. D) 1960. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1961. 9. The bilingual state of Bombay was divided into separate states for A) Marathi and Telugu speakers. B) Marathi and Malayalam speakers. C) Marathi and Gujarati speakers. D) Bengali and Gujarati speakers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marathi and Gujarati speakers. 10. The Planning Commission designed and executed suitable policies for economic development based on a ..... model. A) Private economy. B) Mixed economy. C) Private enterprise. D) Market economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mixed economy. 11. One of the world's largest slums is ..... in Bombay(Mumbai). A) Goregaon. B) Juhu. C) Dharavi. D) Andheri. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dharavi. 12. ..... , argued, it was the upper castes who were responsible for the Harijans "being unfit today" . A) H.Khandekar. B) H.J.Khandekar. C) Khandekar. D) J Khandekar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) H.J.Khandekar. 13. Pakistan was divided into two parts because of A) Imposition of Persian on the Bengali speaking of the east. B) Imposition of Islamic language on the Bengali speaking of the east. C) Imposition of Urdu on Bengali speaking population of the east. D) NONE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imposition of Urdu on Bengali speaking population of the east. 14. Cabinet mission established in A) 1946. B) 1944. C) 1945. D) 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1946. 15. Which is NOT the features of our constitution? A) Adoption of Universal Adult Franchise. B) Preference to Hindu Religion. C) Equal rights to all citizens. D) Special privileges for the poorest and most disadvantageous Indians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preference to Hindu Religion. 16. The Bhilai steel plant was set up in the year A) 1950. B) 1959. C) 1955. D) 1952. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1959. 17. WHEN INDIA BECAME INDEPENDENT A) August 1957. B) SEPTEMBER 1947. C) August 1947. D) OCTOBER 1951. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) August 1947. 18. Untouchable people are also known as A) Chakmas. B) Veddas. C) Horizons. D) Nirus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horizons. 19. Full form of NAM is? A) Non-Agreement movement. B) Non-aligned movement. C) Non-accept movement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-aligned movement. 20. The leader who went on hunger strike for the Andhra Pradesh to protect the interest of Telugu speakers is A) Chitta Ranjan Das. B) Short Srirams. C) Krishna Menon. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Short Srirams. 21. Muhammad Ali Jinnah was the leader of which group? A) Congress Party. B) Muslim League. C) Hindus. D) Apartheid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Congress Party. 22. One of worlds largest slum in Bombay is A) Kota. B) Kohima. C) Ahmedabad. D) Dharavi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dharavi. 23. Initially, the princely states of Junagarh, Kashmir and Hyderabad decided to remain independent A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. The Iron Man of India A) Gandhiji. B) Nehru. C) Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel. D) Ambedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel. 25. The Congress Party was led by A) Mohandas dirty. B) Muhammad Ali Jinnah. C) Jawaharlal Nehru. D) Indira Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jawaharlal Nehru. 26. Which of the princely state wanted to merge with Pakistan? A) Kashmir. B) Junagadh. C) Hyderabad. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Junagadh. 27. One of the greatest success stories of India is its economic transformation. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. Drafting committee completed it's work on A) 26/1/1950. B) 15/8/1947. C) 19/5/1948. D) 26/11/1949. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 26/11/1949. 29. Dharavi, the largest slum of the world, is situated in A) Mumbai. B) Delhi. C) Chennai. D) Calcutta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mumbai. 30. What do you mean by linguistic. A) Relating to constitution. B) Relating to dance. C) Relating to culture. D) Relating to language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Relating to language. 31. On Witch Day Short Sreeramu Die? A) 17 October 1953. B) 15 December 1951. C) 15 December 1952. D) 15 August 1952. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 15 December 1952. 32. When was India and Pakistan partitioned? A) 1945. B) 1948. C) 1947. D) 1946. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1947. 33. Who is Ice Shorty? A) Congress leader. B) African leader. C) Gandhian Leader. D) British Leader. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gandhian Leader. 34. India's population in 1947 was large, almost ..... million. A) 245. B) 350. C) 345. D) 340. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 345. 35. In ..... , the Second Five Year Plan was formulated. A) 1957. B) 1956. C) 1955. D) 1958. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1957. 36. Bhilai steel plant was set by India with the help of A) Indonesia. B) USSR. C) USA. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) USSR. 37. In which year Maharashtra and Gujarat state form? A) 1960. B) 1961. C) 1966. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1960. 38. What year did Britain grant India self-rule? A) 1991. B) 1935. C) 1943. D) 1967. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1935. 39. What was the meeting named where 300 people met for political future A) Parliament. B) National assembly. C) Constituent assembly. D) Political assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constituent assembly. 40. Civil disobedience means A) Not obeying unjust laws. B) Having control of government. C) Working hard for the raj. D) Pride in your country. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not obeying unjust laws. 41. What does the 'State List' include? A) Education and health-principal responsibilities of the states. B) Education and health-sole responsibilities of the Centre. C) Forests and agriculture-joint responsibilities of the Centre and the states. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Education and health-principal responsibilities of the states. 42. In ..... , the bilingual state of Bombay was divided into separate states for Marathi and Gujarati speakers. In ..... , the state of Punjab was also divided into Punjab and Haryana, the former for the Punjabi speakers (who were also mostly Sikhs), the latter for the rest (who spoke not Punjabi but versions of Haryanvi or Hindi). A) 1966, 1960. B) 1950, 1956. C) 1956, 1950. D) 1960, 1966. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1960, 1966. 43. The Hindu Ruler of Kashmir Was Maharaja Hari Singh. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 44. Which of these is an eastern block country A) India. B) United nations. C) Bandurg. D) Poland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poland. 45. Five principal which from the basis of India Foreign policy is known as? A) Panchsheel. B) NAM. C) SARRC. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Panchsheel. 46. Who was chairman of drafting committee? A) Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel. B) Dr B R Ambedkar. C) Jawaharlal nehru. D) Gandhiji. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dr B R Ambedkar. 47. WHAT DOES THE CONSTITUTION GUARANTEE? A) Liberty. B) Equality. C) Justice. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 48. Why did the government set up a planning commission in 1950? A) To make suitable policies for political development. B) To make suitable policies for cultural development. C) To make suitable policies for economic development. D) To make suitable policies for social development. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make suitable policies for economic development. 49. New state of Andhra Pradesh came into being ..... A) 1st Dec, 1953. B) 1st Sep, 1953. C) 1st Oct, 1953. D) 1st Nov, 1953. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1st Oct, 1953. 50. State true or false-By the end of 1954, Portugese colonial rule in Puducherry, Chandannagar, Mahe, Karaikal and Yanam came to an end. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 51. Who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Nathuram Godse. C) Short Srirams. D) Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nathuram Godse. 52. Nehru clearly said that he had to check "disruptionist tendencies" caused due to partition, and make the nation strong and united. Both Prime Minister Nehru and Deputy Prime Minister ..... were against the creation of linguistic states. A) Dr B.R. Ambedkar. B) Lala Lajpat Rai. C) Vallabhabhai Patel. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vallabhabhai Patel. 53. What is one of Gandhi's main aims? A) For lower taxes. B) Religious equality. C) Boosting the British economy. D) Freedom from the British. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Freedom from the British. 54. The second Five Year Plan was formulated in 1952. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 55. Rice and Wheat producing areas went into which country after partition ..... A) Nepal. B) Pakistan. C) India. D) Bangladesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pakistan. 56. When planning commission was set up? A) 1950. B) 1949. C) 1954. D) 1948. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1950. 57. Who was the free India's first governor General? A) Winston Churchill. B) Jawaharlal Nehru. C) S.Rajagopalachari. D) Badshah Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) S.Rajagopalachari. 58. Who had given the slogan of' Do or Die' during all India Congress committee in Bombay and ratified the' Quit India' resolution? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Jawaharlal Nehru. C) Scent. D) Jayaprakash narayan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahatma Gandhi. 59. Which is the largest slum in the world and where is it located? A) Dharavi, Calcutta. B) Dharavi, Chennai. C) Dharavi, Mumbai. D) Dharavi, Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dharavi, Mumbai. 60. Which one of the following words/terms refer to The Right to Vote A) Agreement. B) Authorisation. C) Permission. D) Franchise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Franchise. Next →Related QuizzesHistory QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 History Chapter 12 India After Independence Quiz 2Class 8 History Chapter 12 India After Independence Quiz 3Class 8 History Chapter 12 India After Independence Quiz 4 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books