Q. Who was the chairman of the Boundary Commission? (a) Mountbatten (b) Justice din Mohammad (c) Cyril Radcliffe (d) Lawrence Ans: (c) Cyril Radcliffe Explanation: Cyril Radcliffe was the chairman of the Boundary Commission that was tasked with drawing the borders between ...

Q. On account of his very significant role in preventing large-scale communal rioting in Bengal on the eve of partition, who was referred to as the’one-man army’? (a) Lord Mountbatten (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Pandit Nehru (d) Sardar Patel Ans: (b) Mahatma Gandhi Explanation: ...

Q. In which of the following states was referendum on accession held? (a) Hyderabad (b) Junagadh and Hyderabad (c) Bhopal (d) Junagadh Ans: (d) Junagadh

Q. The Instrument of Accession gave the Union government the power to act in which of the following areas (a) foreign affairs, communication, finance (b) defence, foreign affairs, communications, finance (c) defence, foreign affairs, communications (d) defence, foreign affairs, finance ...

Q. The Constituent Assembly adopted which of the following models for electing the lower house of the parliament? (a) British (b) Swiss (c) A combination of British and American (d) American Ans: (a) British Explanation: The Constituent Assembly of India adopted the British ...

Q. Elections to the Constituent Assembly were held in: (a) July 1946 (b) January 1946 (c) November 1945  (d) September 1946 Ans: (a) July 1946 Explanation: Elections to the Constituent Assembly of India were held in July 1946. The Constituent Assembly was tasked with the ...

Q. In which year was the Agrarian Reforms Commission established? (a) 1938 (b) 1952 (c) 1947 (d) 1950 Ans: (c) 1947

Q. Who headed the National Planning Committee? (a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) P C Mahalanobis (c) Subhash Chandra Bose (d) B R Ambedkar Ans: (a) Jawaharlal Nehru

Q. Which of the following factors did not directly contribute to the grant of independence by the British in 1945–47? (a) Disaffection in the British Indian army (1945–46) and the great Bombay Naval Strike (1946) (b) Change in the total objective situation world-wide (c) Victory of the ...

Q. The boundary between India and Pakistan was demarcated by (a) Lord Mountbatten (b) Sir Cyril Radcliffe (c) Sir Stafford Cripps (d) Lawrence Ans: (b) Sir Cyril Radcliffe  Explanation: The boundary between India and Pakistan was demarcated by Sir Cyril Radcliffe, a ...

Q. In which congress session was the Quit India Resolution ratified? (a) 8th August 1942, Bombay (b) 29th December 1929, Lahore  (c) December 1920, Nagpur (d) 11th February, 1922 Ans: (a) 8th August 1942, Bombay Explanation: The Quit India Resolution was ratified during ...

Q. In which decade did Britain give up its policy of laissez faire and adopt a policy of ‘imperial preferences’ in its colonies? (a) 1850s (b) 1870s (c) 1890s (d) 1930s Ans: (d) 1930s