Demand for States Reorganisation

Q. Who played a significant role in merging the remaining princely states with India?

1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
3. B. R. Ambedkar
4. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Q. Why were states not formed on the basis of languages such as Gondi and Santhali?

1. Gondi and Santhali were spoken by the dominant sections of society.
2. Gondi and Santhali were spoken by the British.
3. Gondi and Santhali were only spoken by educated people.
4. Gondi and Santhali were tribal languages.

Q. attempted to bring Telugu speaking people together in the Madras presidency.

1. Samyukta Karnataka
2. The Andhra Mahasabha
3. Samyukta Andhra

Q. Pick the administrative presidencies present during the British rule.

1. Calcutta presidency
2. Bombay presidency
3. Madras presidency
4. Delhi presidency

Q. Why did the Central government agree to create a separate state called Andhra on 1st October 1953?

1. Both A and B
2. Protests gaining momentum after the death of Potti Sriramulu
3. Neither A nor B
4. The British government asked India to do so

Q.

What titles were abolished as a part of ‘Right to Equality’?

1. Governor General

2. Maharaja

3. Empress of India

4. Viceroy

Q. How many princely states agreed to join India?

1. 545
2. 548
3. 550
4. 549

Q. How many states and union territories were initially formed by the States Reorganisation Commission?

1. 14, 6
2. 16, 4
3. 29, 7
4. 28, 6

Q. What of the following is true about the campaign for Samyukta Karnataka?

1. It united Telugu speakers across Madras, Mysore, Bombay and Hyderabad.
2. It united Malayalam speakers across Madras, Mysore, Bombay and Hyderabad.
3. It united Tamil speakers across Madras, Mysore, Bombay and Hyderabad.
4. It united Kannada speakers across Madras, Mysore, Bombay and Hyderabad.

Q. Which of the following was set up in August 1953 to recommend the redrawing of the district and provincial boundaries to form states on linguistic principle?

1. States Reorganisation Commission
2. National Reorganisation Commission
3. Districts Reorganisation Commission
4. States Separation Commission

Q. , a veteran Gandhian started a protest in 1952 demanding the formation of a separate state for the Telugu speaking people.

1. Anna Hazare
2. Venkataraman
3. Potti Sriramulu