The British in India - Updated

Indira Gandhi was India's Prime Minister from

• 1971 to 1982

• 1947 to 1957

• 1966 to 1977

• 1972 to 1996

A lawyer named __________ helper raise awareness of the situation of poor people in India.

When did Sri Lanka become an independent state?

• 1757

• 1971

• 1994

• 1972

When did the East India Company received a royal charter?

The partitioned of India was ordered and planned by the

• First Viceroy

• Second Viceroy

• Third Viceroy

• Last Viceroy

Who was Pakistan's first Governor-General?

• Jawaharlal Nehru

• Indira Gandhi

• Muhammad Ali Jinnah

• Mahatma Gandhi

Who was the first woman head of state who served as Sri Lanka's President from 1994 to 2005?

• Lakshman Kadirgamar
• Sirimavo Bandaranaike
• Chandrika Kumaratunga
• Sajith Premadasa

Rivalry between the French and _______ traders created divisions among the Indian rulers.

Other European countries established trading ports on both the East Coast and West Coast of India by 1742.

• TRUE

• FALSE

When did India get Independence?

• 1950

• 1945

• 1948

• 1947