Class 12 Challenges of Nation Building Mock Test (CBSE)

Topics in Challenges of Nation Building

• Challenges for the new nation
• Three challenges
• Partition: displacement and rehabilitation
• Consequences of partition
• Integration of princely states
• Reorganisation of states

Challenges of Nation Building practice questions with answers

1. Q1Multiple choice·1 mark
   Who played a historic and decisive role in negotiating and bringing about the peaceful merger of the majority of princely states with the Indian Union?

   1. (a)Mahatma Gandhi
   2. (b)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
   3. (c)Jawaharlal Nehru
   4. (d)B.R. Ambedkar
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   1. Correct option: (b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel+1

   Answer: (b)
2. Q2Multiple choice·1 mark
   Which of the following was a direct administrative consequence of the partition of India in 1947?

   1. (a)Creation of a joint civil service to serve both India and Pakistan for the next decade
   2. (b)Financial division and division of administrative staff and government employees
   3. (c)Exchange of populations under a treaty that fixed a timetable for the migration
   4. (d)Return of the princely states to direct British rule until they chose to join a dominion
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   1. Correct option: (b) Financial division and division of administrative staff and government employees+1

   Answer: (b)
3. Q3Short answer·3 marks
   What was the main recommendation of the States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) appointed in 1953, and how was it implemented?
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   1. The SRC recommended that state boundaries should be drawn on a linguistic basis to reflect the spoken languages of different regions.+1
   2. Based heavily on its report, the Parliament passed the States Reorganisation Act in 1956.+1
   3. This act led to the creation of 14 states and 6 union territories, formally reshaping India's internal political map along linguistic lines.+1

   Answer: The SRC accepted that state boundaries should reflect the boundaries of different languages (linguistic states). On the basis of its report Parliament passed the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, which created 14 states and 6 union territories.

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