Independence and Partition

Q.

Why Is Sardar Patel Known As Iron Man of India?

Q. Mountbatten was appointed as Viceroy in place of _______.

1. Lord Wavell
2. John Simon
3. Clement Attlee
4. Lord Birkenhead

Q. On 16 August 1946, the Muslim League pressurised the government for _______.

1. more seats in the Constituent Assembly
2. formation of Pakistan
3. formation of provincial government
4. India's independence

Q. Which of the following are true of the period between 1946 and 1947 in the context of India?

1. The Congress lost the provincial election held in 1946.
2. By March 1947, communal riots had spread across the nation.
3. The people of the Sylhet province of Assam decided to join West Pakistan.
4. The Mountbatten Plan was put into action in 1947.

Q. Who replaced Lord Mountbatten to become the last Governor-General of India?

1. C. Rajagopalachari
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
4. Mahatma Gandhi

Q. ‘Having a well-organised Central Government having administrative units under the centre shall be more peaceful and progressive, instead of a weak Central Government consisting of many autonomous and opposite constituents.’

Who said this?

1. Mountbatten
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Sardar Vallahbhai Patel
4. Lord Wavell

Q. India became free from British rule on , 1947.

1. 26 January
2. 15 August
3. 15 January

Q. __________ and ___________ pleaded the case of INA commanders.

1. Gandhiji and Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Motilal Nehru and Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Bulabhai Desai and Gandhiji
4. Jawaharlal Nehru and Bulabhai Desai