India’s population in 1947 was large, almost ____ million.

• 345

• 346

• 347

• 348

All Indians above the age of 21 would be allowed to vote in state and national elections after independence.

• True

• False

• May be

• Don't know

Dharavi, the largest slum of the world, is situated in ______.

• Calcutta

• Chennai

• Delhi

• Mumbai

______, argued, it was the upper castes who were responsible for the Harijans “being unfit today”.

• J.H. Khandekar

• H.J. Khandekar

• H Khandekar

• J khandekar

Potti Sriramulu was the Gandhian leader.(True/False)

The Bhilai steel plant was set up in the year ____.

• 1956

• 1958

• 1959

• 1955

New state of Andhra Pradesh came into being ____.

• 1st Sep,1953

• 1st Oct,1953

• 1st Nov,1953

• 1st Dec,1953

In ____, the bilingual state of Bombay was divided into separate states for Marathi and Gujarati speakers. In ____, the state of Punjab was also divided into Punjab and Haryana, the former for the Punjabi speakers (who were also mostly Sikhs), the latter for the rest (who spoke not Punjabi but versions of Haryanvi or Hindi).

• 1960,1966

• 1966,1960

• 1950,1956

• 1956,1950

At Independence, the majority of Indians lived in cities.

The second Five Year Plan focused on the development of agriculture.

• True

• False

• May be

• Don't know