This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > History > India After Independence > Class 8 History Chapter 12 India After Independence – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 12 India After Independence Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The rulers of Princely states were called as Nawabs or Maharajas. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Name the Gandhi ji follower who wrote to study about natural balance before development A) Mira Behn. B) Bhavna Ben. C) Kasturba I. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mira Behn. 3. Dr. BR Ambedkar was the chairman of the A) India. B) Drafting Committee. C) Constituent Assembly. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drafting Committee. 4. In the first national election, only men of age 30 were allowed to vote A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. What is the meaning of franchise? A) The right to vote. B) The right to education. C) The right to equality. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The right to vote. 6. ..... WAS THE FIRST WORDS WRITEN ON THE INDIAN PREAMBEL A) I AM INDIAN. B) WE THE PEOPLE OF INDIA. C) WE ARE BROTHERS AND SISTERS. D) WE ARE INDIAN. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WE THE PEOPLE OF INDIA. 7. Who was the first vice-president of India? A) Zakir Husain. B) Dr.Rajendra Prasad. C) Vallabhabhai Patel. D) Dr.Saverpalli Radhakrishnan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dr.Saverpalli Radhakrishnan. 8. Under the concurrent list, what was covered A) Taxes. B) Defense. C) Agriculture. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agriculture. 9. When did the first war of India Independence happened? A) 1857. B) 1814. C) 1825. D) 1920. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1857. 10. When did India got its Independence? A) 26th January 1950. B) 15th August 1947. C) 25th January 1953. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 15th August 1947. 11. Up to which date were many of the princely states retained as administrative units? A) Up to October 31, 1947. B) Up to October 15, 1947. C) Up to October 31, 1956. D) Up to October 15, 1955. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Up to October 31, 1956. 12. WHO WAS THE CHIEF ARCHITECT OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION? A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) Sardar Vallabhai Patel. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. 13. In which state Mahanadi river flows A) Odisha. B) Chattisgarh. C) UP. D) Both a and b. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a and b. 14. Which Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee played the most important role in framing the Constitution of India and supervised the finalising of document? A) Dr B.R. Ambedkar. B) Jawaharlal Nehru. C) Not in the alley. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dr B.R. Ambedkar. 15. Who was a major contributor to the creation of India's nuclear weapons? A) Mohandas Gandhi. B) Indira Gandhi. C) Muhammad Ali Jinnah. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indira Gandhi. 16. Between 1930 to 1946, India Independence was celebrated on which day? A) 11 October. B) 26 January. C) 30 December. D) 14 August. E) 23 June. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 26 January. 17. Who was the first governor general of Pakistan after Independence? A) Pervez Mushahraf. B) Nawaz Sharif. C) Imran Khan. D) Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muhammad Ali Jinnah. 18. The Constituent Assembly was made up of members of Muslim League. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. When did the Constituent Assembly was held?? A) 1951-1956. B) 1947-1949. C) 1946-1950. D) 1946-1949. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1946-1949. 20. The people who migrated to India from Pakistan. A) Orphans. B) Refugees. C) Homeless. D) Neighbours. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Refugees. 21. The policy of non-alignment was introduced by A) Marshal Tito. B) Rajendra Prasad. C) K.B. Iyer. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jawaharlal Nehru. 22. Meaning of Linguistic is A) Relating to Religion. B) Relating to Birth. C) Relating to Language. D) Relating to Nation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relating to Language. 23. Guess who am I I belonged to a Marathi-speaking Dalit Family A) Dr BR Ambedkar. B) T.T Krishnamachari. C) Jawaharlal Nehru. D) Short Srirams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dr BR Ambedkar. 24. ..... was the first foreign Minister of independent India. A) Jawaharlal nehru. B) Vikalakshmi Pandit. C) Krishna Iyer. D) Sardar Patel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jawaharlal nehru. 25. Prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru started the Nonalignment Movement with the help of? A) Chile, Brazil, Algeria, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan. B) Egypt, Indonesia, Guyana, Yugoslavia. C) Egypt, Indonesia, Ghana, Yugoslavia. D) Iran, Turkey, Guyana, Mongolia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Egypt, Indonesia, Ghana, Yugoslavia. 26. Constitution was adopted on ..... A) 26th January 1950. B) 26th Janaury 1950. C) 15 August 1947. D) 21st January 1946. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 26th January 1950. 27. Both prime minister and and deputy prime minister were against creation of A) Religional states. B) Caste states. C) Linguistic states. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Linguistic states. 28. At Independence, the majority of Indians lived in cities. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 29. How many countries of the world joined the conference of Bandung in Indonesia? A) 100 countries. B) 29 countries. C) Less than 20 countries. D) More than 100 countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 29 countries. 30. Mahatma Gandhi taught us A) Voilens. B) Non-Violence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-Violence. 31. How many people were divided in 1947 after independence A) 345 million. B) 349 million. C) 340 million. D) 346 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 345 million. 32. Farmers and peasants were depended on what for their survival. A) Summer season. B) Monsoon season. C) Winter season. D) Autumn season. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monsoon season. 33. India, celebrated its 60th year of independence A) On August 15, 2009. B) On January 15, 2005. C) On August 15, 2007. D) On january 26, 2000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On August 15, 2007. 34. ..... was formulated in 1956 A) Second-year plan. B) India's five year plan. C) 1st-year plan. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Second-year plan. 35. Where did the Constituent Assembly meet? A) Calcutta. B) New Delhi. C) Bombay. D) Madras. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New Delhi. 36. When was first five year plan introduced? A) 1953. B) 1950. C) 1952. D) 1951. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1951. 37. When did India celebrated 60 year of its existence as a free Nation A) 26 january 1947. B) 15 August 1947. C) 15 August 2007. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 15 August 2007. 38. First Home minister of India A) Jawahar lal Nehru. B) Rajendra Prasad. C) Sardar Vallabai Patel. D) Vijayalaksshmi Pandit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sardar Vallabai Patel. 39. What rivalry developed over how India should be governed after independence? A) Hindu-Buddhist. B) Muslim-Jewish. C) Buddhist-Muslim. D) Hindu-Muslim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hindu-Muslim. 40. How many rulres were undecided for long time? A) 3. B) 4. C) 2. D) No ruler was un decided. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 41. Name the place in India where the Hindu ruler Maharaj Hari Singh ruled a majority of Muslim people A) Hyderabad. B) Junagadh. C) Punjab. D) Kashmir. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kashmir. 42. Which event happened after India's independence and partitioning? A) Genocide and widespread violence between Muslims and Hindus. B) Textile workers strike. C) Indians fought in WWI. D) The Muslim League was formed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genocide and widespread violence between Muslims and Hindus. 43. By whom the princely state was rules most of the time? A) Maharaja. B) Nawabs. C) Peasants. D) Both Maharaja and Nawabs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both Maharaja and Nawabs. 44. The population of India in 1947 was 38 crore. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 45. The united nation was formed in A) 1945. B) 1962. C) 1947. D) 1940. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1945. 46. In 1930, the state of Bombay was divided into ..... and Gujarat. A) Maharashtra. B) Tamilnadu. C) Karnataka. D) Madras. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maharashtra. 47. ..... was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. A) B R Ambedkar. B) S C Bose. C) Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel. D) S Rajji. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel. 48. The New state of Andhra Pradesh came into being in the year A) 1951. B) 2 October 1952. C) 1960. D) 1 October 1953. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1 October 1953. 49. How Meni Days Died Hiss Fast, Short Shrirams? A) 56 days. B) 58 days. C) 53 days. D) 59 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 58 days. 50. Under the leadership of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the Muslim League believed in the creation of a separate Muslim state. They created the nation of: A) Islamabad. B) Nehru. C) Manchuria. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pakistan. 51. What is the old name of Madhya Pradesh A) United province. B) Madras. C) Central province. D) Bombay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central province. 52. What does the 'Union List' include? A) Forests and agriculture-joint responsibilities of the Centre and the states. B) Education and health-sole responsibilities of the Centre. C) Taxes, defence, and foreign affairs-sole responsibilities of the Centre. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taxes, defence, and foreign affairs-sole responsibilities of the Centre. 53. During 1950s minimum age for right to vote was? A) 19. B) 21. C) 18. D) 17. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 21. 54. The island of Ceylon became the country of- A) Bangladesh. B) Sri Lanka. C) Pakistan. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sri Lanka. 55. Who was the last British viceroy in India? A) Lord Mountbatten. B) Queen Elizabeth. C) King George. D) Lord TomTom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Mountbatten. 56. What is Union List? A) Issues related to state. B) Issues related to Central Government. C) Issues related to Panchayat. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Issues related to Central Government. 57. On which sector, the second-year plan was focused A) Cement and fertilizer sector. B) Heavy industries like steel. C) Agriculture. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heavy industries like steel. 58. Subjects such as taxes and defense were covered under A) State list. B) Princely list. C) Conquerent list. D) Union list. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Union list. 59. India has not developed nuclear power. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 60. Who was against Hindi being imposed on south India A) S Rajji. B) Not in the alley. C) T T Krishnamachari. D) S.P. MUKHERJEE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) T T Krishnamachari. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesHistory QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 History Chapter 12 India After Independence Quiz 1Class 8 History Chapter 12 India After Independence Quiz 2Class 8 History Chapter 12 India After Independence Quiz 4 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books