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Which organisation was banned for some time after Gandhi's assassination?Read the answer and worked solution →How many princely states became legally free when British paramountcy lapsed?Read the answer and worked solution →Which princely state was the first to announce it would stay independent?Read the answer and worked solution →Who, as Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, negotiated the princely states into India?Read the answer and worked solution →Rulers who agreed to join India signed which document?Read the answer and worked solution →How was the accession of Junagadh finally settled?Read the answer and worked solution →The Nizam of Hyderabad signed a Standstill Agreement with India in which month?Read the answer and worked solution →What was the Nizam's para-military force that attacked the people of Hyderabad called?Read the answer and worked solution →When did the Indian army move into Hyderabad, forcing the Nizam to surrender?Read the answer and worked solution →Which was the first part of India to hold an election on universal adult franchise, in June 1948?Read the answer and worked solution →Congress accepted the linguistic principle for its own organisation after which session?Read the answer and worked solution →Potti Sriramulu died after a fast of how many days for a separate Andhra?Read the answer and worked solution →The States Reorganisation Commission was set up in 1953. Its Act of 1956 created how many states?Read the answer and worked solution →Maharashtra and Gujarat were carved from bilingual Bombay state in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the hard casesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the 1956 makersRead the answer and worked solution →Run the yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the 1947 wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Which state joined howRead the answer and worked solution →Which year, which stateRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Nation building bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A museum label says a Harappan seal is carved from a soft stone. Which stone is it?Read the answer and worked solution →The Mature Harappan civilisation is dated to which period?Read the answer and worked solution →Grains found at Harappan sites include wheat, barley, lentil and chickpea. Which grain is relatively rare?Read the answer and worked solution →Terracotta models of a plough have been found at Cholistan and at which Haryana site?Read the answer and worked solution →At which Rajasthan site was a ploughed field with two sets of furrows at right angles found?Read the answer and worked solution →Traces of canals have been found at which Harappan site in Afghanistan?Read the answer and worked solution →Water reservoirs that may have stored water for farming were found at which Gujarat site?Read the answer and worked solution →Who was the first Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India, called the father of Indian archaeology?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which organisation was banned for some time after Gandhi's assassination?

  1. Indian National Congress
  2. Communist Party of India
  3. Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh
  4. All India Muslim League
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Correct answer: C. Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh

1. The government cracked down on communal groups. 2. The RSS was banned for a while. 3. Communal politics lost its appeal. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 1, Challenges of Nation Building._

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How many princely states became legally free when British paramountcy lapsed?

  1. 365
  2. 265
  3. 165
  4. 565
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Correct answer: D. 565

1. Princely states covered one-third of British India's land. 2. As many as 565 became legally independent. 3. One in four Indians lived under princes. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 1, Challenges of Nation Building._

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Which princely state was the first to announce it would stay independent?

  1. Travancore
  2. Hyderabad
  3. Bhopal state
  4. Mysore state
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Correct answer: A. Travancore

1. Travancore declared independence first. 2. The Nizam of Hyderabad followed the next day. 3. Bhopal's Nawab avoided the Constituent Assembly. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 1, Challenges of Nation Building._

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