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UPSC CDS Independent India — practice questions

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How many refugees came into India from Pakistan as a result of Partition?Read the answer and worked solution →At independence, India had about how many princely states to persuade to join the nation?Read the answer and worked solution →Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse on:Read the answer and worked solution →The Constituent Assembly met between December 1946 and:Read the answer and worked solution →The Indian Constitution came into effect on:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the new Constitution, all Indians above what age could vote?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Prime Minister insisted that India could not become a Hindu Pakistan?Read the answer and worked solution →Taxes, defence and foreign affairs were placed on which list of subjects?Read the answer and worked solution →Forests and agriculture, shared by Centre and states, were placed on the:Read the answer and worked solution →Who warned the Assembly on behalf of the South against imposing Hindi?Read the answer and worked solution →The Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution was:Read the answer and worked solution →Who said that with the new Constitution India would enter a life of contradictions?Read the answer and worked solution →Potti Sriramulu died after fasting for an Andhra state on:Read the answer and worked solution →The new state of Andhra came into being on:Read the answer and worked solution →The States Reorganisation Commission submitted its report in:Read the answer and worked solution →The bilingual state of Bombay was divided into Marathi and Gujarati states in:Read the answer and worked solution →Punjab was divided into Punjab and Haryana in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Planning Commission was set up in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Second Five Year Plan of 1956 focused strongly on:Read the answer and worked solution →The Bhilai steel plant was set up in 1959 with the help of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Who led the Indian delegation to the UN between 1952 and 1962, arguing for non-alignment?Read the answer and worked solution →Sri Lanka made Sinhala its sole official language in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the linguistic statesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the non-aligned worldRead the answer and worked solution →Run the post-independence datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the new nation wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Language or economyRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the three listsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →New nation bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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How many refugees came into India from Pakistan as a result of Partition?

  1. 8 million
  2. 1 million
  3. 80 million
  4. 800,000
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Correct answer: A. 8 million

1. They had to be found homes and jobs. 2. About 8 million refugees arrived. 3. Almost 500 princely states also had to be integrated. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 10, India After Independence._

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At independence, India had about how many princely states to persuade to join the nation?

  1. Almost 1,000
  2. Almost 500
  3. Almost 50
  4. Almost 100
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Correct answer: B. Almost 500

1. Each was ruled by a maharaja or nawab. 2. There were almost 500 princely states. 3. Their merger was an urgent problem. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 10, India After Independence._

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Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse on:

  1. 30 January 1948
  2. 15 August 1947
  3. 26 January 1950
  4. 2 October 1948
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Correct answer: A. 30 January 1948

1. Godse opposed his message of Hindu-Muslim harmony. 2. The date was 30 January 1948. 3. Nehru said the light has gone out of our lives. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 10, India After Independence._

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