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India After Independence

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

345

b)

346

c)

347

d)

348

2.

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

a)

True

b)

False

c)

May be

d)

Don't know

3.

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

a)

Calcutta

b)

Chennai

c)

Delhi

d)

Mumbai

4.

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

a)

J.H. Khandekar

b)

H.J. Khandekar

c)

H Khandekar

d)

J khandekar

5.

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

(a)  

6.

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

a)

1956

b)

1958

c)

1959

d)

1955

7.

New state of Andhra Pradesh came into being ____.

a)

1st Sep,1953

b)

1st Oct,1953

c)

1st Nov,1953

d)

1st Dec,1953

8.

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).

a)

1960,1966

b)

1966,1960

c)

1950,1956

d)

1956,1950

9.

At Independence, the majority of Indians lived in cities.

4 lines
10.

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

a)

True

b)

False

c)

May be

d)

Don't know