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INDIA AFTER INDEPENDENCE

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Partition means to
a)
Separate/divide
b)
Conquer 
c)
Overtake
d)
Throw out
2.
Where did Gandhi study to be a lawyer?
a)
India
b)
South Africa
c)
America
d)
Britain
3.
Who was a major contributor to the creation of India's nuclear weapons?
a)
Mohandas Gandhi
b)
Indira Gandi
c)
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
d)
Jawaharlal Nehru
4.
Which event saw campaigns against tax and acts of defiance against the British?
a)
Tax riot
b)
Railway march
c)
Salt march
d)
Pepper march
5.
When did India get independence?
a)
1850
b)
1918
c)
1947
d)
1962
6.
What is one of Gandhi's main aims?
a)
For lower taxes
b)
Religious equality
c)
Freedom from the British
d)
Boosting the British economy
7.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was the leader of which group?
a)
Muslim League
b)
Congress Party
c)
Apartheid 
d)
Hindus
8.
What year did Britain grant India self-rule?
a)
1991
b)
1967
c)
1943
d)
1935
9.
Gandhi encouraged his followers to protest British laws by all of the following means EXCEPT
a)
withholding of taxes
b)
boycotting British goods
c)
using homemade salt
d)
blowing up British railroad tracks
10.
Under the leadership of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the Muslim League believed in the creation of a separate Muslim state.  They created the nation of:
a)
Nahru
b)
Islamabad
c)
Pakistan
d)
Manchuria
11.
Does this map depict (show) India before or after partition?
a)
Before
b)
After
12.
The Congress Party was led by
a)
Mohandas Gandi
b)
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
c)
Jawaharlal Nehru
d)
Indira Gandi
13.

When did India got independence.

a)

August 15, 1947

b)

August 15, 1944

c)

July 15, 1947

d)

november 19 , 1943

14.

by whom the princely state was rules most of the time ?

a)

Maharaja

b)

Nawabs

c)

peasants

d)

both Maharaja and Nawabs

15.

When was are constitution made.

a)

19 October , 1845

b)

15 December 1947

c)

26th January , 1950

d)

None of the above

16.

What is the full form of UAF .

a)

United ambition franchise

b)

Universal adult franchise

c)

Universal and friends

d)

None of the above

17.

What country ruled over colonial India?

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Portugal

18.

What was established by Indian nationalists in 1885 to fight for Indian self-rule?

a)

Indian Congress

b)

National Congress

c)

Indian Independence Congress

d)

Indian National Congress

19.

Who became leader of the Indian National Congress and Indian independence in 1920?

a)

Jawaharlal Nehru

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

King George

d)

Indira Gandhi

20.

Gandhi shifted the Indian National Congress' goal from self-rule to -

a)

colonization

b)

imperialism

c)

independence

d)

protectorate status

21.

What type of protests did Gandhi use in his fight for Indian independence?

a)

violent

b)

popular

c)

guerrilla

d)

non-violent

22.

What two methods did Gandhi use in his protests?

a)

Violent Revolution

b)

Civil Disobedience

c)

Passive Resistance

d)

Propaganda

23.

When did Britain grant India's independence?

a)

1930

b)

1937

c)

1940

d)

1947

24.

What rivalry developed over how India should be governed after independence?

a)

Hindu-Muslim

b)

Hindu-Buddhist

c)

Buddhist-Muslim

d)

Muslim-Jewish

25.

East Pakistan became the country of -

a)

Bangladesh

b)

India

c)

Pakistan

d)

Sri Lanka

26.

A Hindu gov't controlled the country of -

a)

India

b)

Sri Lanka

c)

Pakistan

d)

Bangladesh

27.

A Muslim gov't controlled the country of -

a)

India

b)

Pakistan

c)

Bangladesh

d)

Sri Lanka

28.

Who was the first prime minister of India?

a)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

b)

Narender Modi

c)

Mahatama Gandhi

d)

Jawahar Lal Nehru

29.

British India (India before Independence) was divided into which countries

a)

India & Bangladesh

b)

India & Pakistan

c)

India, Pakistan & Bangladesh

d)

What are you talking about?

30.

Who was the last British viceroy in India?

a)

Lord Tomtom

b)

King George

c)

Queen Elizabeth

d)

Lord Mountbatten

31.

Who was the first governor general of Pakistan after Independence?

a)

Nawaz Sharif

b)

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

c)

Imran Khan

d)

Parvez Mushharaf

32.

Where do Indian Prime Minister host the flag on 15 August every year?

a)

Red Fort

b)

Tajmahal

c)

At his house

d)

Jantar Mantar

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