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Fulfillment of struggle for independence - class-VIII

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Goa, Daman and Diu were under the control which foreign power?

  1. French

  2. Portuguese

  3. Dutch

  4. English


Correct Option: B

There was a clause in instrument of accession, that after restoration of normal situation in Jammu and Kashmir, plebiscite would be held for permanent merger with India.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

Who was the First Home Minister of India?

  1. Pandit Nehru

  2. Vallabhbhai Patel

  3. Babasaheb Ambedkar

  4. Rajendra Prasad


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Vallabhbhai Patel was the First Home Minister of India. He took charge of the states department in July 1947. He handled the task of integrating 562 independent states with a democratic self-governing India.  By August 15, 1947 all except Hyderabad, Junagarh and Kashmir acceded to India.

Which of the following was not a central territory till 2019 ?

  1. Pondicherry

  2. Chandigarh

  3. Jammu and Kashmir

  4. Lakshadweep


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Union Territory is a type of administrative division in the Republic of India. Unlike the states of India, which have their own governments, union territories are federal territories governed directly by the Central Government of India

In August 2019, the Parliament of India passed the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019. The act contains provisions to reconstitute the state of  Jammu & Kashmir into two union territories, one to be eponymously called Jammu & Kashmir, and the other Ladakh on 31 October 2019.

Which of the following statements are true?
(i) The Indian Independence Act of 1947 permitted the Princely States to remain independent.
(ii) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel appealed to the Princes to accept the accession to the Indian Union
(iii) Junagarh, Hyderabad and Kashmir did not sign the Instruement of Accession

  1. (i) and (ii)

  2. (ii) and (iii)

  3. (i) and (iii)

  4. (i), (ii) and (iii)


Correct Option: D

What was the code name of Indian army's operation to liberate Goa from Portuguese rule?

  1. Operation Kiran

  2. Operation Rahat

  3. Operation Vijay

  4. Operation Azadi


Correct Option: C

After getting Independence, who became the Home minister of India?

  1. Subhash Chandra Bose

  2. Motilal Nehru

  3. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

  4. Jawaharlal Nehru


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel (31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950), popularly known as Sardar Patel, was the first Home minister and Deputy Prime Minister of independent India. Patel organised relief efforts for refugees fleeing to Punjab and Delhi from Pakistan and worked to restore peace.

Who prepared the draft for 'Attachment bond' and 'Status Quo Agreement'?

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru

  2. V.P. Menon

  3. Mahatma Gandhi

  4. Lal Bahadur Shastri


Correct Option: B

When did Bhavnagar state was merged with United Saurashtra state?

  1. 15 January 1948

  2. 15 February 1948

  3. 15 March 1948

  4. 15 April 1948


Correct Option: B

When Daman and Diu were separated from Goa?

  1. 30 May 1985

  2. 30 May 1986

  3. 30 May 1987

  4. 30 May 1988


Correct Option: C

When did Kashmir became part of Union of India?

  1. ${26}^{th}$ October 1947

  2. ${24}^{th}$ October 1948

  3. ${15}^{th}$ August 1947

  4. ${26}^{th}$ January 1950


Correct Option: A

When did Goa, Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu were merged with Union of India?

  1. 12 March 1961

  2. 12 March 1962

  3. 12 March 1963

  4. 12 March 1964


Correct Option: B

The Discovery of India is a book by _______.

  1. Jawahar Lal Nehru

  2. Mahatma Gandhi

  3. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

  4. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Discovery of India is a book by Jawahar Lal Nehru.

What was the basis of the reorganization of state in India in the year 1956.

  1. Religion

  2. Caste

  3. Language

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Language was the basis of the reorganisation of states in India in the year 1956.

The Central Government created Andhra Pradesh in $1952$ when _______.

  1. Potti Sriramulu fast until death

  2. Nizam imported weapons to fight

  3. Sardar Patel launched police action

  4. Rajakars suppressed the accessionists


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Potti Sreeramulu was an activist who demanded the formation of a Telugu-majority state. He died on 16 December 1952 after undertaking a fast-unto-death for the purpose. This resulted in the creation of the first state on a linguistic basis for Telugu speaking people called Andhra State on October 1, 1953. It was later renamed Andhra Pradesh.

The Payyannur Congress Conference chaired by _______ conceded a resolution demanding the reorganization of Kerala as a distinctive state after the independence.

  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Jawaharlal Nehru

  3. C.R.Das

  4. Subhash Chandra Bose


Correct Option: B

Jawaharlal Nehru had helped to start the newspaper _____.

  1. Pioneer

  2. National Herald

  3. Kesari

  4. Patriot


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

National Herald was founded by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1938 as a tool to win independence. It was started with a vision of building a modern, democratic, just, equitable, liberal and socially harmonious nation.

___________ was primarily responsible for making India a secular State.

  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Sardar Patel

  3. Jawaharlal Nehru

  4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale


Correct Option: C

Who among the following had observed, upon Gandhi's assassination. "None will believe that a man like this body and soul ever walked on this earth"?

  1. Bertrand Russel

  2. Nelson Mandela

  3. Albert Einstein

  4. Leo Tolstoy


Correct Option: C

Which foreign country controlled Puducherry even after the Independence of India in 1947?

  1. England

  2. France

  3. Portugal

  4. Germany


Correct Option: B

What made Raja Harisingh, the king of Jammu and Kashmir to accede into the Union of India?

  1. Attack by China

  2. Attack by Afghanistan

  3. Attack by Pakistan

  4. Attack by Bhutan


Correct Option: C

The summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir state is __________.

  1. Jammu

  2. Srinagar

  3. Pahalgam

  4. Gulmarg


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Jammu and Kashmir has two capital cities. Srinagar is the summer capital and Jammu is the winter capital. 

Which one of the following is the most significant contribution of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel to modern India?

  1. His participation in the Quit India Movement

  2. His role in the Non-Cooperation Movement

  3. His achievement of the integration of princely states

  4. His presidentship of the Indian National Congress.


Correct Option: C
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