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Contemporary India

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

India and Pakistan went to war over the ______ issue in 1965.

a)

Kashmir

b)

Goa

c)

Hyderabad

d)

Kerala

2.

India successfully carried out an underground test of an atomic device at ______ in Rajasthan.

a)

Dispur

b)

Mannapattam

c)

Sriharikota

d)

Pokhran

3.

The Sikhs in Punjab demanded an independent state of ______.

a)

Khalistan

b)

Pakistan

c)

Kazakhstan

d)

Baluchistan

4.

The Prime Minister of India who took an initiative in resolving the question of the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka was _____

a)

Rajiv Gandhi

b)

Indira Gandhi

c)

H D Devegowda

d)

P V Narsimha Rao

5.

Movement for the demand of independent state of "khalistan" began in the state of _____

a)

Punjab

b)

Rajasthan

c)

Haryana

d)

Jharkhand

6.

_______ laid the foundation for India's atomic program,

a)

Dr, Homi Bhabha

b)

Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam

c)

Dr, Chandrashekhar

d)

Dr. Verghese Kurien

7.

In 1975, India released its first artificial satellite called ____ into space.

a)

Mangalyaan

b)

Aryabhatta

c)

SARAL

d)

Bhaskara

8.

In 1978, a commission was constituted under the chairmanship of ____ to study the issue of the backward classes.

a)

Kakasaheb Kalelkar

b)

B P Mandal

c)

Dr, Ambedkar

d)

Charan Singh

9.

The ________ Commission was set up in 1953 to make recommendations so as to improve condition of the lower castes.

a)

Kakasaheb Kalelkar

b)

Ganesh Agarkar

c)

Appasaheb Mayekar

d)

Tarabai Shinde

10.

2. Which one of the following is not a cause of communalism?

a)

(a) Religion is taken as the basis of the nation

b)

(b) When one religion is discriminated against other

c)

(c) State has no official religion

d)

(d) Demands of one religious group are formed in opposition to another

11.

3. Which of the following divisions is unique to India?

a)

(a) Gender division

b)

(b) Caste division

c)

(c) Economic division

d)

(d) Religious division

12.

4. Select the laws enacted by the Parliament for the welfare of women.

a)

(a) Special Marriage Act of 1955

b)

(b) Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961

c)

(c) Equal Remuneration Act of 1976

d)

(d) All the above

13.

In local self- government institutions at least one third of all positions are reserved for :

a)

Men

b)

Women

c)

Children

d)

Scheduled tribes

14.

Which among the following statement about India's Constitution is wrong?

a)

Prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion

b)

Gives official status to one religion

c)

Provides all individuals freedom to profess any religion

15.
In India seats are reserved for women in 
a)
Lok Sabha
b)
State legislative assemblies
c)
Cabinets
d)
Panchayati Raj bodies
16.

Separatist movements can be

a)

Regional

b)

Linguistic

c)

Communal

d)

All of the Above

17.

L. C. Laldenga was was the national front leader of which state

a)

Nagaland

b)

Mizoram

c)

Meghalaya

d)

Sikkim

18.

Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah belonged to which Party

a)

All Jammu & Kashmir Muslim Conference

b)

National Conference

c)

muslim Conference

d)

Kashmir Conference

19.

C. V. Raman won the Noble Prize in

a)

Chemistry

b)

Mathematics

c)

Physics

d)

Literature

20.

The department of Space was set up by

a)

Sir J. J. Tata

b)

Dr. C. V. Raman

c)

Dr. Homi J. Bhabha

d)

Vikram Sarabhai