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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History) .
| 1. |
The Indian Independence Act was passed in............. |
| A. | 1947 |
| B. | 1948 |
| C. | 1949 |
| D. | 1950 |
| Answer» A. 1947 | |
| 2. |
The Indian Independence Act 1947 had decided ...........August1947 as the appointed date for the partition. |
| A. | 14th |
| B. | 15th |
| C. | 16th |
| D. | 17th |
| Answer» B. 15th | |
| 3. |
The partition of India was set forth in the Indian Independence Act ................. and resulted in the dissolution of the British Indian Empire and the end of the British Raj. |
| A. | 1940 |
| B. | 1943 |
| C. | 1945 |
| D. | 1947 |
| Answer» D. 1947 | |
| 4. |
West Bengal became part of.................. |
| A. | india |
| B. | islamabad |
| C. | himachal pradesh |
| D. | pakistan |
| Answer» A. india | |
| 5. |
The two self-governing countries of India and Pakistan legally came into existence at the stroke of midnight on 14–15 August............. |
| A. | 1937 |
| B. | 1935 |
| C. | 1947 |
| D. | 1950 |
| Answer» C. 1947 | |
| 6. |
The ceremonies for the transfer of power were held a day earlier in ................, at the time the capital of the new state of Pakistan. |
| A. | mewar |
| B. | dhaka |
| C. | karachi |
| D. | kashmir |
| Answer» C. karachi | |
| 7. |
The last British Viceroy was .................... |
| A. | lord curzon |
| B. | rippon |
| C. | lord mountbatten |
| D. | dalhousie |
| Answer» C. lord mountbatten | |
| 8. |
Pakistan's Independence Day is celebrated on ................. August and India's on 15 August 1947. |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 14th |
| C. | 15th |
| D. | 16th |
| Answer» B. 14th | |
| 9. |
As India's national movement gained ascendancy, it became clear that the chief party the Congress was dominated by .................... |
| A. | hindus |
| B. | muslims |
| C. | parsis |
| D. | sikhs |
| Answer» A. hindus | |
| 10. |
The Muslim League had been founded in .............. in 1906. |
| A. | kashmir |
| B. | mewar |
| C. | dhaka |
| D. | bihar |
| Answer» C. dhaka | |
| 11. |
Under Muslim League’s leader, ..................., the party put forth its 'two nation theory' that Hindus and Muslims were really two nations and that the Muslim majority areas of India should be partitioned to form a separate state called Pakistan. |
| A. | mohammad ali jinnah |
| B. | p.k.kunjali kutty |
| C. | k.p.a.majid |
| D. | mujibur rehman |
| Answer» A. mohammad ali jinnah | |
| 12. |
In...................., the Bengalis in East Pakistan who felt that they were being discriminated by the West, gained independence under their leader Sheikh Mujibur Rehman with military help from India, to form Bangladesh. |
| A. | 1961 |
| B. | 1971 |
| C. | 1981 |
| D. | 1991 |
| Answer» B. 1971 | |
| 13. |
In 1971, the Bengalis in East Pakistan who felt that they were being discriminated by the West, gained independence under their leader Sheikh ................ with military help from India, to form Bangladesh. |
| A. | mujibur rehman |
| B. | parves mushraf |
| C. | sardari |
| D. | haseena |
| Answer» A. mujibur rehman | |
| 14. |
In 1971, the Bengalis in East Pakistan who felt that they were being discriminated by the West, gained independence under their leader Sheikh Mujibur Rehman with military help from India, to form.............................. |
| A. | burma |
| B. | pakistan |
| C. | nepal |
| D. | bangladesh |
| Answer» D. bangladesh | |
| 15. |
Literature describing the human cost of independence and partition comprises ................... Train to Pakistan (1956). |
| A. | khushwant singh's |
| B. | toba tek singh’s |
| C. | by saadat hassan manto’s |
| D. | manohar malgonkar's |
| Answer» A. khushwant singh's | |
| 16. |
Subh-e-Azadi (Freedom’s Dawn, 1947) was written by ................. |
| A. | faiz ahmad faiz |
| B. | bhisham sahni |
| C. | bapsi sidhwa's ice-candy man |
| D. | balwantrai mehta |
| Answer» A. faiz ahmad faiz | |
| 17. |
................... novel was Midnight's Children (1980) |
| A. | salman rushdie's |
| B. | jawaharlal nehru |
| C. | sardar vallabhai patel |
| D. | balwantrai mehta |
| Answer» A. salman rushdie's | |
| 18. |
............... is a work of Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre. |
| A. | freedom at midnight |
| B. | discovery of india |
| C. | sepoy mutiny |
| D. | malabar rebellion |
| Answer» A. freedom at midnight | |
| 19. |
The Subsidiary Alliance System of ............... had reduced many Indian States into a subordinate position of the Company. |
| A. | wellesley |
| B. | lord mountbatten |
| C. | lord lytton |
| D. | curzon |
| Answer» A. wellesley | |
| 20. |
The Doctrine of Lapse is connected with ............ |
| A. | lord mountbatten |
| B. | g.r.abhyanka |
| C. | dalhousie |
| D. | wellesley |
| Answer» C. dalhousie | |
| 21. |
Vernacular press Act was introduced by.............. |
| A. | rippon |
| B. | lord mountbatten |
| C. | lord lytton |
| D. | wellesley |
| Answer» C. lord lytton | |
| 22. |
In order to counter the rising nationalist trend in the princely States as well as British India, the British set up the Chamber of Princes in................. |
| A. | 1821 |
| B. | 1829 |
| C. | 1921 |
| D. | 1931 |
| Answer» C. 1921 | |
| 23. |
In ................. the Simon Commission was appointed |
| A. | 1827 |
| B. | 1877 |
| C. | 1927 |
| D. | 1935 |
| Answer» C. 1927 | |
| 24. |
An All-India States Peoples' Conference was convened (AISPC) in December .................... |
| A. | 1827 |
| B. | 1835 |
| C. | 1927 |
| D. | 1937 |
| Answer» C. 1927 | |
| 25. |
The AISPC presented a memorandum to the .............. Party advocating an all-India federal Constitution. |
| A. | congress |
| B. | bjp |
| C. | janatha dal |
| D. | cpi |
| Answer» A. congress | |
| 26. |
It was only in 1938 at its ..............Session that the Congress included the independence of the princely states as well in its goal of Poorna Swaraj. |
| A. | haripura |
| B. | travancore |
| C. | mysore |
| D. | hyderabad |
| Answer» A. haripura | |
| 27. |
The Tripura Session ................ decided that the organisation should involve itself closely with the movements in the princely states. |
| A. | 1919 |
| B. | 1925 |
| C. | 1939 |
| D. | 1937 |
| Answer» C. 1939 | |
| 28. |
................became the president of the AISPC in 1939. |
| A. | jawaharlal nehru |
| B. | lord mountbatten |
| C. | sardar patel |
| D. | v.p.menon |
| Answer» A. jawaharlal nehru | |
| 29. |
................. presided over the Udaipur and Gwalior Sessions of the AISPC (1945 & 47) and declared at Gwalior that the states refusing to join the constituent Assembly would be treated as hostile. |
| A. | jawaharlal nehru |
| B. | mahatma gandhi |
| C. | w.c.banerji |
| D. | gokhale |
| Answer» A. jawaharlal nehru | |
| 30. |
............... had decided in June 1947 to become an independent state, and it was followed by Hyderabad. |
| A. | travancore |
| B. | malabar |
| C. | cochi |
| D. | manglore |
| Answer» A. travancore | |
| 31. |
...................is called as Iron man of India. |
| A. | mahatma gandhi |
| B. | lord mountbatten |
| C. | jawaharlal nehru |
| D. | sardar patel |
| Answer» D. sardar patel | |
| 32. |
By August 15, ................all states geographically contiguous to India, except Jammu and Kashmir, Hyderabad and Junagadh, had acceded to India by signing the Instrument of Accession. |
| A. | 1937 |
| B. | 1947 |
| C. | 1949 |
| D. | 1957 |
| Answer» B. 1947 | |
| 33. |
Junagadh in ...................whose population was overwhelmingly Hindu (80%), was ruled by a Muslim ruler. |
| A. | kathiwar |
| B. | hyderabad |
| C. | mysore |
| D. | kashmir |
| Answer» A. kathiwar | |
| 34. |
In the case of Jammu and Kashmir, the conditions were the reverse, with the ruler being a ................. and the population, } overwhelmingly Muslim (75%). |
| A. | muslim |
| B. | parsi |
| C. | sikhs |
| D. | hindu |
| Answer» D. hindu | |
| 35. |
The Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November 1949 and came into force on 26th January ...................... |
| A. | 1940 |
| B. | 1947 |
| C. | 1948 |
| D. | 1950 |
| Answer» D. 1950 | |
| 36. |
The constitutional head of the Executive of the Union is the .......... |
| A. | president |
| B. | prime minister |
| C. | finance minister |
| D. | chief minister |
| Answer» A. president | |
| 37. |
As per Article .............. of the Constitution of India, the council of the Parliament of the Union consists of the President and two Houses to be known as the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and the House of the People (Lok Sabha). |
| A. | 39 |
| B. | 49 |
| C. | 59 |
| D. | 79 |
| Answer» D. 79 | |
| 38. |
Article ...............of the Constitution provides that there shall be a Council of Ministers with a Prime Minister as its head to aid and advice the President, who shall exercise his functions in accordance to the advice. |
| A. | 54(1) |
| B. | 64(i) |
| C. | 71 (i) |
| D. | 74 (i) |
| Answer» D. 74 (i) | |
| 39. |
On October 19, 1952, .............., a devout follower of Mahatma Gandhi, began a fast-unto-death in demanding that a separate state be carved out of the province of Madras for its Telugu- speaking population. |
| A. | potti sriramulu |
| B. | jawaharlal nehru |
| C. | v.k. krishna menon |
| D. | john mathai |
| Answer» A. potti sriramulu | |
| 40. |
The formation of a States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) in ................. which was charged with ‘preservation….of unity and security of India’. |
| A. | 1903 |
| B. | 1913 |
| C. | 1923 |
| D. | 1953 |
| Answer» D. 1953 | |
| 41. |
The first major reorganization of Indian states based on linguistic characteristics occurred in............... |
| A. | 1906 |
| B. | 1916 |
| C. | 1936 |
| D. | 1956 |
| Answer» D. 1956 | |
| 42. |
The States Reorganization Commission appointed by the Prime Minister in December .............. discarded the demand for the formation of a separate Punjabi-speaking state. |
| A. | 1903 |
| B. | 1913 |
| C. | 1943 |
| D. | 1953 |
| Answer» D. 1953 | |
| 43. |
The Akali Dal representing the Sikhs of ............. launched an agitation for reorganisation of the province on the basis of linguistic homogeneity. |
| A. | punjab |
| B. | nepal |
| C. | haryana |
| D. | gujarat |
| Answer» A. punjab | |
| 44. |
When a war between India and Pakistan seemed imminent in 1965, .................., the President of the Akali Dal, refusing to suspend the agitation affirmed that “the country is dear but Punjabi Suba [state] is dearer.” |
| A. | sant fateh singh |
| B. | v.k. krishna menon |
| C. | w.c.banerji |
| D. | tilak |
| Answer» A. sant fateh singh | |
| 45. |
..............., was a leader of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) |
| A. | k chandrasekhara rao |
| B. | jawaharlal nehru |
| C. | sant fateh singh |
| D. | sardar patel |
| Answer» A. k chandrasekhara rao | |
| 46. |
India’s Union Minister of Home Affairs Mr. P. Chidambaram announced on December 9, 2009, that the government intended to start the process of forming a separate .............state. |
| A. | telangana |
| B. | kashmir |
| C. | satara |
| D. | nagapur |
| Answer» A. telangana | |
| 47. |
..............ended his 11-day fast on the hospital bed, expressing his delight that it was a “true victory of the people of Telangana”. |
| A. | k. chandrasekhara rao |
| B. | jawaharlal nehru |
| C. | gokhale |
| D. | tilak |
| Answer» A. k. chandrasekhara rao | |
| 48. |
.............is considered to be the architect of modern India. |
| A. | jawaharlal nehru |
| B. | v.k. krishna menon |
| C. | sardar patel |
| D. | mahatma gandhi |
| Answer» A. jawaharlal nehru | |
| 49. |
................ can be said to be one of the greatest international influences on Nehru, but Gandhi's ideals of Satyagraha also influenced him to a great degree. |
| A. | capitalism |
| B. | socialism |
| C. | mercantilism |
| D. | communism |
| Answer» B. socialism | |
| 50. |
The Panchasheel agreement of 1954 was between New Delhi and............... |
| A. | dhaka |
| B. | belgrade |
| C. | karachi |
| D. | peking |
| Answer» D. peking | |
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