This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > History > India After Independence > Class 8 History Chapter 12 India After Independence – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 12 India After Independence Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In 1966, the state of Punjab was divided into Punjab and ..... A) Kashmir. B) Haryana. C) Delhi. D) Rajasthan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haryana. 2. East Pakistan became: A) Bangladesh. B) Sri Lanka. C) India. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bangladesh. 3. Where do Indian Prime Minister host the flag on 15 August every year? A) Jantar mantar. B) Red Fort. C) Taj Mahal. D) At his house. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red Fort. 4. THE NAWAB OF HYDERABAD FLED TO PAKISTAN AFTER THE PLEBISCITE WAS HELD. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Subjects such as taxes and defence were covered under ..... A) Concurrent List. B) Princely List. C) Union List. D) State List. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Union List. 6. A Muslim gov't controlled the country of- A) India. B) Pakistan. C) Sri Lanka. D) Bangladesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pakistan. 7. Both Prime Minister Nehru and Deputy Prime Minister Vallabhbhai Patel were against the creation of linguistic states. After the Partition who said the line, " "disruptionist tendencies had come to the fore" A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) Vallabhabhai Patel. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jawaharlal Nehru. 8. East India Company was first established in ..... A) Mumbai. B) Delhi. C) Surat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surat. 9. After how many days of days died? A) 52. B) 50. C) 58. D) 78. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 58. 10. Partition means to A) Conquer. B) Overtake. C) Separate/divide. D) Throw out. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Separate/divide. 11. What idealogy USSR followed A) Capitalist. B) Fascism. C) Socialism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Socialism. 12. Apart from building dams, name the important sector that was focused strongly on the Second Five Year Plan. A) Cement and fertilizer sector. B) Heavy industries like steel. C) Agriculture. D) Transport. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heavy industries like steel. 13. When did POTTI SRIRAMULU died? A) 15 Aug 1952. B) 15 Dec 1952. C) 15 Sep 1952. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 15 Dec 1952. 14. The state of Bombay was divided into 2 seperate states on which basis?; when was it divided? A) Maharashtra & Gujarat, on the basis of language, 1966. B) Maharashtra & Gujarat, on the basis of language, 1960. C) Rajasthan & Maharashtra, on the basis of land, 1960. D) Maharashtra & Karnataka, on the basis of people living, 1953. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maharashtra & Gujarat, on the basis of language, 1960. 15. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution, A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. A Hindu gov't controlled the country of- A) Sri Lanka. B) Bangladesh. C) Pakistan. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) India. 17. A partition of India on the basis of religion and dominated by Hindus called by ..... A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Jawaharlal Nehru. C) Short Srirams. D) T.T. Krishnamachari. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jawaharlal Nehru. 18. The first 5 years plan was focused on A) Education Development. B) Improve foreign relations. C) Industrial development. D) Agriculture Development. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agriculture Development. 19. Leaders of Asian and African countries meet at ..... A) Bandung, Bangladesh 1955. B) Bandung, Indonesia 1954. C) Bandung, Indonesia 1955. D) Bandung, Bangladesh 1954. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bandung, Indonesia 1955. 20. When did Bhilai steel plant set up A) 1949. B) 1959. C) 1969. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1959. 21. Which is biggest challenge for India ahed? A) Removing poverty. B) Employment. C) Removing untouchability. D) , Giving hygenic food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Removing poverty. 22. Which is the world's largest slum A) Kochi. B) Ladakh. C) Dharavi. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dharavi. 23. Who was the first home minister of India? A) MANGAL PANDEY. B) Subhash Chandra Bose. C) B.R Ambedkar. D) Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel. 24. How many princely states where there in India after independance? A) 555. B) 29. C) 550. D) 28. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 550. 25. Indian Constitution came into effect in: A) 1950. B) 1847. C) 1947. D) 1948. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1950. 26. What does the NITI Ayog stands for? A) National Institution for Talking to Indians. B) National Institution for Transforming India. C) National Institution for Transforming Indians. D) National Institution for Teaching in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) National Institution for Transforming India. 27. British India (India before Independence) was divided into which countries A) India & Bangladesh. B) India & Pakistan. C) India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. D) What are you talking about?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India & Pakistan. 28. After the end of the 12th-5 year plan on ..... A) June 31st 2007. B) 31st March 2012. C) 31st March 2017. D) 30th March 2017. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 31st March 2017. 29. Who conveyed a warning on the behalf of people of south. A) BR Ambedkar. B) T.T Krishnamachari. C) Dadbhinroji. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) T.T Krishnamachari. 30. Five-Year Plans were formulated by the government to ensure growth and progress. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. When was Punjab divided into Punjab and Haryana A) 1947. B) 1960. C) 1966. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1966. 32. What was the minimum age to vote earlier in 19 century A) 21. B) 23. C) 25. D) 22. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 21. 33. Which was the first of the four dams built on the Chambal river in Madhya Pradesh. It was completed in 1960 A) Rihand dam. B) Gandhi Sagar Dam. C) Tehri Dam. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gandhi Sagar Dam. 34. Who introduce the resolution that outlined the objectives of the constitution A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Jawaharlal nehru. C) Bhim rao ambedkar. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jawaharlal nehru. 35. The United Nations was formed in: A) 1940. B) 1947. C) 1945. D) 1950. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1945. 36. The strongest protest came from the Telugu speaking district of the Madras presidency. When did the new state of Andhra Pradesh come into being? A) 15th August, 1953. B) 10th November, 1954. C) 26th January, 1950. D) 1st October, 1953. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1st October, 1953. 37. THE DESCUSSIONS RESULTED IN THE FARMING OF THE CONSTITUTION WHICH CAME INTO EFFECT IN ..... A) 30 JAN 1930. B) 15 JAN 1940. C) 20 JAN 1960. D) 26 JAN 1950. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 26 JAN 1950. 38. IN WHICH ..... PLACE AND ..... MONTHS AND ..... YEAR DIDI MAHATMA GANDHI'S ASHES BEING IMMERSED A) ALLAHABAD, FEB 1948. B) Ahmedabad, F 1946. C) Gujarat, Augest 1946. D) ALLAHABAD, FEB 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ALLAHABAD, FEB 1948. 39. Goan people fought for their freedom under A) Gandhiji. B) Mohan Ranade. C) TRISTAO DE BRAGANCA CUNHA. D) Joaquim Xavier Pinto. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) TRISTAO DE BRAGANCA CUNHA. 40. When was the Indian Constitution adopted? A) 15 July 1949. B) 15 December 1947. C) 19 October, 1845. D) 26th January, 1950. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 26th January, 1950. 41. One important features of the Constitution was its adoption of universal adult franchise. Which of the following statements best describe this term. A) All Indians above the age of 19 would be allowed to vote. B) All Indians above the age of 16 would be allowed to vote. C) All Indians above the age of 17 would be allowed to vote. D) All Indians above the age of 21 would be allowed to vote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All Indians above the age of 21 would be allowed to vote. 42. ..... served as a president of the General Assembly in 1953 A) Vijayalaksshmi Pandit. B) Sardar Vallabai Patel. C) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. D) Rajendra Prasad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vijayalaksshmi Pandit. 43. India ally itself with A) Became another superpower. B) USSR. C) Did not aalied. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did not aalied. 44. Simon commission came India in A) 1929. B) 1930. C) 1928. D) 1927. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1928. 45. WHICH WERE THE PRINCELY STATES THAT POSED A CHALLENGE AS THEIR RULERS DID NOT AGREE TO ACCEDE TO INDIA? A) Udaipur, Gwalior, and Jaisalmer. B) Jaipur, Bikaner, and Bhopal. C) Junagadh, Hyderabad, and Kashmir. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Junagadh, Hyderabad, and Kashmir. 46. When did the states of punjab and haryana came into existence A) 1952. B) 1966. C) 1989. D) 1856. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1966. 47. Babasaheb, belonged to a ..... speaking dalit family. A) Kannada. B) Malayalam. C) Telugu. D) Marathi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marathi. 48. When did Bangladesh become a separate nation? A) 1971. B) 1972. C) 1949. D) 1969. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1971. 49. At what age the people of india are allow to vote according to your book A) 21. B) 20. C) 18. D) 19. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 21. 50. The second Five Year Plan focussed on the development of agriculture. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 51. Which industry was set up with the help of USSR? A) Barauni dairy plant. B) Bhilai steel plant. C) Tata Steel Plant. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bhilai steel plant. 52. Who was the first women to be the chief minister of India A) Sucheta Kripalani. B) Indra Gandhi. C) Aruna Asaf Ali. D) Vijay lakshmi pandit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sucheta Kripalani. 53. The government instituted planning commission after independence A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 54. Who was the president of the constituent assembly that held the ' Independence Meeting'? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Lal Bahadur Shastri. C) Rajendra Prasad. D) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rajendra Prasad. 55. Based on which of the following did India, after Independence, reorganize the states? A) Language. B) Culture. C) Area. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Language. 56. A series of meetings of the Constituent Assembly were held in New Delhi after Indian's independence with different political parties for an important discussion. What was the outcome of these series of meetings? A) Stress importance to be given for vernacular languages. B) Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. C) Importance of Western education. D) Framing of Indian Constitution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Framing of Indian Constitution. 57. When did India celebrate its 60years of its existence A) 15 Aug 2006. B) 15 Aug 2005. C) 15 Aug 2007. D) 15 Aug 2008. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 15 Aug 2007. 58. Gandhi encouraged his followers to protest British laws by all of the following means EXCEPT A) Blowing up British railroad tracks. B) Withholding of taxes. C) Boycotting British goods. D) Using homemade salt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blowing up British railroad tracks. 59. In 1945 what happened- A) Civil war. B) Formation of United Nations. C) Cold War. D) Formation of Non-Alignment movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Formation of United Nations. 60. In 1920s Indian National Congress promised that A) After independence every lnguistic will have their own provinces. B) After independence none of the linguistic group would be forced to learn hindi. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After independence every lnguistic will have their own provinces. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesHistory QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 History Chapter 12 India After Independence Quiz 1Class 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