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WorksheetsContemporary India
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
India and Pakistan went to war over the ______ issue in 1965.
Kashmir
Goa
Hyderabad
Kerala
India successfully carried out an underground test of an atomic device at ______ in Rajasthan.
Dispur
Mannapattam
Sriharikota
Pokhran
The Sikhs in Punjab demanded an independent state of ______.
Khalistan
Pakistan
Kazakhstan
Baluchistan
The Prime Minister of India who took an initiative in resolving the question of the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka was _____
Rajiv Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
H D Devegowda
P V Narsimha Rao
Movement for the demand of independent state of "khalistan" began in the state of _____
Punjab
Rajasthan
Haryana
Jharkhand
_______ laid the foundation for India's atomic program,
Dr, Homi Bhabha
Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam
Dr, Chandrashekhar
Dr. Verghese Kurien
In 1975, India released its first artificial satellite called ____ into space.
Mangalyaan
Aryabhatta
SARAL
Bhaskara
In 1978, a commission was constituted under the chairmanship of ____ to study the issue of the backward classes.
Kakasaheb Kalelkar
B P Mandal
Dr, Ambedkar
Charan Singh
The ________ Commission was set up in 1953 to make recommendations so as to improve condition of the lower castes.
Kakasaheb Kalelkar
Ganesh Agarkar
Appasaheb Mayekar
Tarabai Shinde
2. Which one of the following is not a cause of communalism?
(a) Religion is taken as the basis of the nation
(b) When one religion is discriminated against other
(c) State has no official religion
(d) Demands of one religious group are formed in opposition to another
3. Which of the following divisions is unique to India?
(a) Gender division
(b) Caste division
(c) Economic division
(d) Religious division
4. Select the laws enacted by the Parliament for the welfare of women.
(a) Special Marriage Act of 1955
(b) Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961
(c) Equal Remuneration Act of 1976
(d) All the above
In local self- government institutions at least one third of all positions are reserved for :
Men
Women
Children
Scheduled tribes
Which among the following statement about India's Constitution is wrong?
Prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion
Gives official status to one religion
Provides all individuals freedom to profess any religion
Separatist movements can be
Regional
Linguistic
Communal
All of the Above
L. C. Laldenga was was the national front leader of which state
Nagaland
Mizoram
Meghalaya
Sikkim
Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah belonged to which Party
All Jammu & Kashmir Muslim Conference
National Conference
muslim Conference
Kashmir Conference
C. V. Raman won the Noble Prize in
Chemistry
Mathematics
Physics
Literature
The department of Space was set up by
Sir J. J. Tata
Dr. C. V. Raman
Dr. Homi J. Bhabha
Vikram Sarabhai
