WorksheetsIndia After Independence
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
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)
(a)
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
