Challenges of Nation Building

These MCQs are based on the Challenges of Nation Building.

This includes Challenges for the New Nation, Partition: Displacement and Rehabilitation, Consequences of Partition, Integration of Princely States, Government’s Approach, and many more.

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Which among the following statements about the partition is incorrect?

Partition of India was the outcome of the ‘Two Nation Theory.’ Punjab and Bengal were the two provinces divided on the basis of religion. East Pakistan and West Pakistan were not contiguous. The scheme of partition included a plan for the transfer of population across the border.

Name the original state from which Chattisgarh was carved out.

Uttar Pradesh Bihar Jharkhand Madhya Pradesh

Which one of the following is a princely state of India initially resisted joining the Indian Union?

Baroda Hyderabad Mysore Gwalior

How many princely states existed at the time of independence of India?

560 562 563 565

The states created in 1960 were________

Maharashtra and Gujarat Orissa and West Bengal Rajasthan and Gujarat Punjab and Haryana

When Gujarat was carved out of Bombay?

1950 1960 1970 1980

The interim government formed under the cabinet mission plan was headed by

Dr. Rajendra Prasad Jawaharlal Nehru Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Rajagopalachari