History

India After Independence

MCQs Questions with Answers

Question 1.
Some important features of the Indian Constitution are given below: Pick if any, statement not true.
(a) The Constitution stressed on Hindu Pakistan ideals
(b) It offered special privileges for the poorest and most disadvantaged Indians
(c) It guaranteed equality before the law to all citizens, regardless of their caste or religious
affiliation
(d) All Indians above the age of 21 would be allowed to vote in state and national elections

Question 2.
In which year was the State Reorganisation Committee set up to recommend the redrawing of district and provincial
boundaries of many provinces?
(a) 1956
(b) 1959
(c) 1962
(d) 1965

Question 3.
The Planning Commission designed and executed suitable policies for economic development based on a
________________ model
(a) Market economy
(b) Mixed Economy
(c) Private enterprise
(d) Public enterprise

Question 4.
In which year did Jawahar Lal Nehru establish the Planning Commission?
(a) 1965
(b) 1950
(c) 1958
(d) 1960

Question 5.
Who was the first Prime Minister of independent India who hoisted the Indian flag on 15 August 1947?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Dr Rajendra Prasad

Question 6.
Pick out the date on which the new Indian Constitution came into force.
(a) On 26 January 1949
(b) On 26 January 1950
(c) On 26 January 1952
(d) On 26 January 1947

Question 7.
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) Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Stress importance to be given for vernacular languages
(c) Importance of Western education
(d) Framing of Indian Constitution

Question 8.
While debating about the language used in the Constituent Assembly, who said these words a warning on behalf of
people of the South some of whom threatened to separate from India if Hindi was imposed on them.
(a) R K Shanmugham Chetty
(b) T T Krishnamachari
(c) V K Krishna Menon
(d) Chidambaram Subramaniam
Question 9.
Name the first President of the First Planning Commission established in 1950?
(a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(c) V K Krishna Menon
(d) Dr Rajendra Prasad

Question 10.
Who was the Deputy Prime Minister in the cabinet of the Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru?
(a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) C Rajagopalachari
(c) VK Krishna Menon
(d) Dr Rajendra Prasad

Question 11.
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 17 would be allowed to vote.
(b) All Indians above the age of 21 would be allowed to vote.
(c) All Indians above the age of 19 would be allowed to vote.
(d) All Indians above the age of 16 would be allowed to vote.

Question 12.
Pick out the year in which the bilingual state of Bombay was divided into separate states for Marathi and Gujarati
(a) 1965
(b) 1968
(c) 1960
(d) 1967

Question 13.
On which country’s model did Jawahar Lal Nehru develop the Five Year Plans?
(a) USA
(b) France
(c) Soviet Union
(d) Japan

Question 14.
Name the place in India where the Hindu ruler Maharaja Hari Singh ruled a majority of Muslim people
(a) Junagadh
(b) Punjab
(c) Kashmir
(d) Hyderabad

Question 15.
Based on which of the following did India, after the independence, reorganize the states ?
(a) On the basis of the area of the state
(b) On the basis of the population of the state
(c) On the basis of the language spoken
(d) On the basis of the status/employment of the people

Question 16.
Choose the year in which the state of Punjab was divided into Punjab and Haryana.
(a) 1961
(b) 1966
(c) 1960
(d) 1963

Question 17.
Name the Hindu fanatic, who shot and killed Mahatma Gandhiji.
(a) Narayan Apte
(b) Nathuram Godse
(c) Gopal Godse
(d) None of the Above

Question 18.
Which one of the following words/terms refer to The Right to Vote
(a) Authorisation
(b) Permission
(c) Franchise
(d) Agreement
Question 19.
Which day is observed as the Sarvodaya Day every year?
(a) On 30th January
(b) On 2nd December
(c) On 30th March
(d) On 2nd October

Question 20.
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

Question 21.
When the new state of Andhra Pradesh did come into being?
(a) On 1st March 1953
(b) On 1st October 1953
(c) On 19th December 1953
(d) On 1st January 1953

Question 22.
Why was the date 26 January 1950 chosen for the new Constitution to come into force?
(a) To coincide the Birthday of the Father of Indian Constitution, B R Ambedkar
(b) To coincide the integration of the princely states
(c) To coincide with the 20th anniversary of the celebration of the Independence day at the
Lahore session of the Congress under Nehru
(d) To coincide the day on which Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated

MCQs Questions with Answers

Question 1.
How many countries of the world joined the conference of Bandung in Indonesia?
(a) 29 countries
(b) Less than 20 countries
(c) More than 100 countries
(d) 100 countries

Question 2.
Dharavi, the largest slum of the world, is situated in
(a) Calcutta
(b) Chennai
(c) Delhi
(d) Mumbai

Question 3.
The leader who went on hunger strike for the Andhra Pradesh to protect the interest of Telugu speakers is
(a) Chitta Ranjan Das
(b) Potti Sriramulu
(c) Krishna Menon
(d) None of these

Question 4.
The Bhilai steel plant was set up in the year
(a) 1950
(b) 1952
(c) 1955
(d) 1959

Question 5.
How many Indians formed the Constituent Assembly?
 (a) One hundred
(b) Two hundred
(c) Three hundred
(d) Four hundred

Question 6.
New state of Andhra Pradesh came into being
(a) on 1 October, 1953
(b) on 15 October, 1953
(c) on 1 May, 1953
(d) on 15 May, 1953

Question 7.
Mukti Vahini was formed by the Bengali Population under the leadership of
(a) Mira Behn
(b) Muziburr Rehman
(c) Potti Sriramulu
(d) None of these

Question 8.
Which is NOT the features of our constitution?
(а) 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

Question 9.
Up to which date were many of the princely states retained as administrative units?
(a) Up to October 15, 1947
(b) Up to October 31, 1947
(c) Up to October 15, 1955
(d) Up to October 31, 1956

Question 10.
The United Nations was formed in
(a) 1940
(b) 1945
(c) 1947
(d) 1950

Question 11.
India, celebrated its 60th year of independence
(a) on August 15,2007
(b) on August 15, 2009
(c) on January 26,2000
(d) on January 15, 2005

Question 12.
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 of the above

Match the following:

Column A Column B

(i) Hindu Pakistan (a) A partition of India on the basis

of religion and dominated by
Hindus called by Nehru
(ii) Gandhian (e) Followers of Gandhiji’s ideas
and actions
(iii) Franchise (f) A right to vote

(iv) Mixed Economy (b) In which both private and public

sectors take part in the production
of industries and other spheres.
(v) Cold War (c) The period of power rivalries and
ideological conflicts between U.S.A.
and U.S.S.R.
(vi) Non-alignment (d) Not to side any world power

State whether True or False:

1. At Independence, the majority of Indians lived in cities. False

2. The Constituent Assembly was made up of members of Muslim League. False
3. In the first national election, only men of age 30 was allowed to vote. False
4. The second Five Year Plan focussed on the development of agriculture. False
5. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the
Constitution. True
6. The second Five Year Plan was formulated in 1952. False
7. The population of India in 1947 was 38 crores. False

Fill in the blanks:

1. ………………….. assassinated Gandhiji. Nathuram Godse

2. On 26 January 1950 our …………… was adopted. Constitution

Geography
Human Resource

MCQ Questions with Answers

Q1. When was Human Resource Development Ministry formed in India at central level of Government?
(a) In 1990
(b) In 1985
(c) In 2004
(d) In 2009

Answer: (b) In 1985

Q2. Which resource is known as ultimate resources in this chapter?

(a) Natural Resource
(b) Man-made Resource
(c) Conventional Resource
(d) Human Resource

Answer: (c) Conventional Resource

Q3. More than 90% of World’s population lives in about of land surface?
(a) 20%
(b) 30%
(c) 50%
(d) 35%

Answer: (b) 30%

Q4. What is the average density population in India?

(a) 384 person per sq km
(b) 382 person per sq km
(c) 389 person per sq km
(d) 390 person per sq km

Answer: (d) 390 person per sq km

Q5. The average density of world’s population is
(a) 10 persons per square kilometre
(b) 80 persons per square kilometre
(c) 20 persons per square kilometre
(d) 51 persons per square kilometre

Answer: (d) 51 persons per square kilometre

Q6. What has been termed as the number of deaths per 100 people?
(a) Migration
(b) Birth rate
(c) Extinction rate
(d) Death rate

Answer: (d) Death rate

Q7. The highest density of the population in the world is in

(a) Europe
(b) South America
(c) South central Asia
(d) none of these

Answer: (c) South Central Asia

Q8. When a person leaves a country it is known as:

(a) immigration
(b) integration
(c) emigrant
(d) emigration

Answer: (b) integration

Q9. Which of the following is not the region where very few people live?
(a) High altitudes areas
(b) Plains
(c) High mountains
(d) Equatorial forest area

Answer: (b) Plains

Q10. What is defined as the number of years that an average person can expect to live?
(a) Birth rate
(b) Death rate
(c) Life expectancy
(d) Topography

Answer: (d) Topography

Q11. The population of the world is

(a) 77 billions
(b) 7.0 billions
(c) 0.77 billions
(d) 0.077 billions

Answer: (b) 7.0 billions

Q12. Which one of the following is considered as the ultimate resource?

(a) Human Resource
(b) Natural Resource
(c) Power Resource
(d) Mineral Resource

Answer: (a) Human Resource

Q13. Movement of people in. and out of an area is called
(a) migration
(b) death rate
(c) birth rate
(d) growth rate

Answer: (a) migration

Q14. What is the average population density of the world?

(a) 51 persons per sq. km
(b) 300 persons per sq. km
(c) 100 persons per sq. km.
(d) 14 persons per sq. km
Answer: (a) 51 persons per sq. km

Q15. How have USA and Australia gained in respect of population growth?
(a) By immigration
(b) By tourism
(c) By both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer: (a) By immigration

Q16. Which one of the following is correct?

(a) north Hemisphere is less populated
(b) Capital is the major resources of the nation
(c) Population density is high in rural areas
(d) Distribution of the population in the world is uneven

Answer: (d) Distribution of the population in the world is uneven

Q17. Which of the following countries has slow growth rate of population?
(a) India
(b) Pakistan
(c) United Kingdom
(d) Brazil

Answer: (c) United Kingdom

Q18. In 1999, Where did the world population reached?

(a) 1 billion
(b) 3 billion
(c) 6 billion
(d) 9 billion

Answer: (c) 6 billion

Q19. Which country has high population growth rate?

(a) Pakistan
(b) Kenya
(c) India
(d) China

Answer: (b) Kenya

Q20. On what criterions do the human resources all over the world differ?
(a) Basis of sex
(b) Basis of age
(c) Basis of education
(d) All of the above

Answer: (d) All of the above

Question 1.
When was Human Resource Development Ministry formed in India at central level of Government?
(a) In 1990
(b) In 1985
(c) In 2004
(d) In 2009

Answer: (b) In 1985

Question 2.
More than 90% of World’s population lives in about of land surface?
(a) 20%
(b) 30%
(c) 50%
(d) 35%

Answer: (b) 30%

Question 3.
The average density of world’s population is
(a) 10 persons per square kilometre
(b) 80 persons per square kilometre
(c) 20 persons per square kilometre
(d) 51 persons per square kilometre

Answer: (d) 51 persons per square kilometre

Question 4.
The highest density of the population in the world is in
(a) Europe
(b) South America
(c) South central Asia
(d) none of these

Answer: (c) South Central Asia

Question 5.
Which of the following is not the region where very few people live?
(a) High altitudes areas
(b) Plains
(c) High mountains
(d) Equatorial forest area

Answer: (b) Plains

Question 6.
The population of the world is
(a) 77 billions
(b) 7.0 billions
(c) 0.77 billions
(d) 0.077 billions

Answer: (b) 7.0 billions

Question 7.
Movement of people in. and out of an area is called
(a) migration
(b) death rate
(c) birth rate
(d) growth rate

Answer: (a) migration

Question 8.
How have USA and Australia gained in respect of population growth?
(a) By immigration
(b) By tourism
(c) By both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Answer: (a) By immigration

Question 9.
Which of the following countries has slow growth rate of population?
(a) India
(b) Pakistan
(c) United Kingdom
(d) Brazil

Answer: (c) United Kingdom

Question 10.
Which country has high population growth rate?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Kenya
(c) India
(d) China

Answer: (b) Kenya

Question 11.
Human resources differ from one another in respect of
(a) educational level
(b) age
(c) sex
(d) all of these

Answer: (d) all of these

Match the following:

Column A Column B
(i) Immigration. (c) In which people come and settle in a country

(ii) Migration (d) The movement of people in and out of area

(iii) Emigration (e) Movement of the people to other countries

(iv) Population Pyramid. (a) The tapering figure of people based on age, sex
(v) Life expectancy. (b) Number of years for which an average man is
expected to live
(vi) Emigrants. (g) People leaving the country
(vii) Immigrants. (f) People coming into a country

State whether True or False. :

1. Distribution of the population in the world is uneven.

Answer: True

2. North Hemisphere is less populated.

Answer: False

3. Capital is the major resource of a nation.

Answer: False

4. Population density is high in rural areas.

Answer: False

5. People turn nature’s bounty into resources with their demands and abilities.

Answer: True

Fill in the blanks. :

1. The abrupt and sharp increase in population is known as population …………………… .

Answer: explosion

2. The difference between birth rate and death rate is termed as …………………… .

Answer: natural growth rate

3. Topography is the …………………… cause of uneven distribution of the population in the world.

Answer: geographical

4. The greatest resource of a nation is …………………… .

Answer: people

5. …………………… countries developed economically and industrially.

Answer: Developed

6. Nearly …………………… of the world’s population live in Asia and Africa.

Answer: three quarters

Civics

Law and Social Justice

MCQs Questions with Answers. Choose the correct answer:

Question 1.
The term used for event in which large number of losses occur to life and property:
(a) Toxic
(b) Poisonous
(c) Disaster
(d) Vulnerable

Answer: (c) Disaster

Question 2.
Which word is used for pollution?
(a) Contamination
(b) Toxic
(c) Pure
(d) None of these

Answer: (a) Contamination

Question 3.
What is the term used for a ten-year old child working in a factory?
(a) Child labour
(b) Factory worker
(c) Baildaar
(d) All of these

Answer: (a) Child labour

Question 4.
The law against child labour was implemented in
(a) 2001
(b) 2003
(c) 2005
(d) 2006

Answer: (d) 2006

Question 5.
What is a minimum labour (Rupees) for a construction worker in your state?
(a) Above 75 rupees daily
(b) Above 100 rupees daily
(c) Above 150 rupees daily
(d) Above 300 rupees daily

Answer: (c) Above 150 rupees daily

Question 6.
Which of the following is power looms. ?
(a) Where the production is made by hand.
(b) Where the production is made by machines using electricity.
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Answer: (b) Where the production is made by machines using electricity.

Question 7.
How do the private companies earn more profit?
(a) Giving high wages
(b) Less working hours
(c) Both of these
(d) None of these

Answer: (d) None of these

Question 8.
The money spent to purchase new machine or building for gaining profits in future is called
(a) investment
(b) expenditure
(c) losses
(d) none of these

Answer: (a) investment

Question 9.
Which type of pollution is created by vehicle’s smoke?
(a) Air pollution
(b) Water pollution
(c) Noise pollution
(d) All of these

Answer: (a) Air pollution

Question 10.
How can we reduce environment pollution?
(a) By using diesel cars
(b) By using CNG kits in vehicle
(c) By using petrol cars
(d) None of these
Answer: (b) By using CNG kits in vehicle

Question 11.
Which of the following are hazardous industries?
(a) Pesticides
(b) Asbestos producing
(c) Ship breaking
(d) All of these

Answer: (d) All of these

Match the following:

Column A Column B
(а) Producer (i) Manufacturer
(b) Pollution. (iii) Not pure
(c) Farmer (iv) Farm worker
(d) Air pollution (ii) Vehicles, power stations
(e) Water pollution (v) Dirty water

State whether True or False :

1. Union Carbide, an American Company, produced soaps.

Answer: False

2. To make profit private companies give high wages to their workers.

Answer: False

3. Workers’ union is an association of workers.

Answer: True

4. There are laws to protect interest of consumers and producers.

Answer: True

5. Workers’ union is common in the factories and offices.

Answer: True

6. Many countries have banned the use of dangerous pesticides like D.D.T.
Answer: True

Fill in the blanks :

1. Consumer is a person who goods for personal use.

Answer: buys

2. means not pure.

Answer: Pollution

3. We need new laws to ensure of the people.

Answer: the safety

4. Clean is necessary for all.

Answer: environment

5. Bhopal gas tragedy was disaster, (man-made/natural)

Answer: man-made

1. Which word is used for pollution?

(a) Contamination
(b) Toxic
(c) Pure
(d) None of these
► (a) Contamination

2. The law against child labour was implemented in

(a) 2001
(b) 2003
(c) 2005
(d) 2006
► (d) 2006

3. Even today more than a year after this law was passed ___ of child domestic workers are under the age of 16.
(a) 84 percent
(b) 74 percent
(c) 54 percent
(d) 64 percent
► (b) 74 percent

4. According to the 2001 census, over __ million children in India aged between 5 and 14 work in various occupations
including hazardous ones
(a) 13
(b) 15
(c) 11
(d) 12
► (d) 12

5. In the eyes of the law it is _____ to deny workers their wages.

(a) illegal
(b) Accurate
(c) Legal
(d) Appropriate
► (a) illegal

6. The Census of India, __ puts rural household electrification at 44 per cent, leaving around 78 million households
still in the dark.
(a) 2001
(b) 2011
(c) 1981
(d) 1991
► (a) 2001

7. Which of the following is power looms ?

(a) Where the production is made by hand.
(b) Where the production is made by machines using electricity.
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
► (b) Where the production is made by machines using electricity.

8. What is the term used for a ten-year old child working in a factory?
(a) Child labour
(b) Factory worker
(c) Baildaar
(d) All of these
► (a) Child labour

9. South Asian countries "particularly__________" play hosts for industries producing pesticides, asbestos or
processing zinc and lead
(a) India, Bangladesh and Pakistan
(b) India, Bangladesh and Japan
(c) India, Bangladesh and China
(d) India, Bangladesh and Brazil
► (a) India, Bangladesh and Pakistan

10. The term used for event in which large number of losses occur to life and property:
(a) Toxic
(b) Poisonous
(c) Disaster
(d) Vulnerable
► (c) Disaster

11. The Indian Constitution guarantees the Right to Education for all children between the ages of
(a) 6-18 years
(b) 6-15 years
(c) 6-14 years
(d) 6-16 years
► (c) 6-14 years

12. Union Carbide is an

(a) Australian company
(b) American company
(c) African company
(d) European company
► (b) American company

13. Right to life come under article

(a) 16
(b) 20
(c) 21
(d) 17
► (c) 21

14. Minimum Wages Act specifies that wages should not be below a specified minimum, whose interest is protected
by this law
(a) Child
(b) Owner
(c) Women
(d) Workers
► (d) Workers

15. The money spent to purchase new machine or building for gaining profits in future is called
(a) investment
(b) expenditure
(c) losses
(d) none of these
► (a) investment

16. Which of the following are hazardous industries?

(a) Pesticides
(b) Asbestos producing
(c) Ship breaking
(d) All of these
► (d) All of these

17. Which type of pollution is created by vehicle’s smoke?

(a) Air pollution
(b) Water pollution
(c) Noise pollution
(d) All of these
► (a) Air pollution

18. How do the private companies earn more profit?

(a) Giving high wages
(b) Less working hours
(c) Both of these
(d) None of these
► (d) None of these