Partition of India and Independence MCQ and Answers: On August 15, 1947, India became an independent nation. This was a result of the Partition of India, which divided the subcontinent along communal lines into Hindu and Muslim territories. This quiz will test your knowledge of the Partition of India and the events leading up to Indian independence.
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Partition of India and Independence MCQ and Answers
1. The British Government decided and declared to leave India by June, 1948 in
(A) 1946
(B) February, 1947
(C) April, 1947
(D) June, 1947
Answer: (B)
2. Which one of the following parties was in power in U.K. when India got independence?
(A) Conservative Party
(B) Labour Party
(C) Liberal Party
(D) Socialist Party
Answer: (B)
3. The British Monarch at the time of Indian Independence was
(A) George V
(B) George VI
(C) King Edward VII
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B)
4. Lord Mountbatten came to India as a Viceroy alongwith specific instruction to
(A) Balkanize the Indian sub-continent
(B) Keep India United if possible
(C) Accept Jinnah’s demand for Pakistan
(D) Persuade the Congress to accept partition
Answer: (B)
5. Who was the Prime Minister of England when India attained independence?
(A) Winston Churchill
(B) Clement Attlee
(C) Harold Mc Millan
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B)
6. The Mountbatten Plan became the basis for
(A) Continuity of British Rule
(B) Transfer of power
(C) Partition of the country
(D) Solution of communal problems
Answer: (C)
7. Which plan became the platform of Indian Independence?
(A) Cripps Plan
(B) Wavell Plan
(C) Mountbatten Plan
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C)
8. The British Parliament passed the Indian Independence Act in
(A) January, 1947
(B) July, 1947
(C) August, 1947
(D) August, 1946
Answer: (B)
9. Mountbatten Plan (June 1947) provided for a referendum in which of the following province(s)?
(A) Sindh
(B) Baluchistan
(C) North-West Frontier Province
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D)
10. The formula for transfer of sovereignty to India in 1947 was known as
(A) Durand Plan
(B) Morely-Minto Reforms
(C) Mountbatten Plan
(D) Wavell Plan
Answer: (C)
11. The Indian Independence Act, 1947 came into force on
(A) 4 July, 1947
(B) 10 July, 1947
(C) 18 July, 1947
(D) 14 August, 1947
Answer: (C)
12. The Indian Independence Bill received the Royal Assent on
(A) 18th July, 1947
(B) 19th July, 1947
(C) 20th July, 1947
(D) 21st July, 1947
Answer: (A)
13. ‘Mountbatten Plan’ regarding the partition of India was officially declared on
(A) 04 June, 1947
(B) 10 June, 1947
(C) 03 July, 1947
(D) 03 June, 1947
Answer: (D)
14. The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to the partition of the country mainly because
(A) The principal of Two-nation Theory was then acceptable to them
(B) It was imposed by the British Government and the Congress was helpless in this regard
(C) They wanted to avoid largescale communal riots
(D) India would have otherwise lost the opportunity to attain freedom
Answer: (C)
15. The Balkan Plan for fragmentation of India was the brain child of
(A) W. Churchill
(B) M.A. Jinnah
(C) Lord Mountbatten
(D) V.P. Menon
Answer: (C)
16. The Radcliffe Committee was appointed to
(A) Solve the problem of minorities in India
(B) Give effect to the Independence Bill
(C) Demarcate the boundaries between India and Pakistan
(D) Enquire into the riots in East Bengal
Answer: (C)
17. As an alternative to the partition of India, Gandhiji suggested to Mountbatten that he
(A) Postpone granting of independence
(B) Invite Jinnah to form the Government
(C) Invite Nehru and Jinnah to form the Government together
(D) Invite the army to take over for sometime
Answer: (B)
18. The last opportunity to avoid the partition of India was lost with the rejection of
(A) Cripps Mission
(B) Rajagopalachari Formula
(C) Cabinet Mission
(D) Wavell Plan
Answer: (C)
19. Who headed the Boundary Commission appointed in 1947 in the context of India’s partition?
(A) Mountbatten
(B) Radcliffe
(C) James Bolt
(D) Richardson
Answer: (B)
20. Who among the following had seconded the resolution on the partition in the meeting of All India Congress Committee held in New Delhi in 1947?
(A) Govind Ballabh Pant
(B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(C) J.B. Kripalani
(D) Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: (D)
21. Who among the following was the Chairman of the Congress Session of Delhi wherein resolution of divided India was passed on 14 June, 1947?
(A) Rajendra Prasad
(B) Vallabhbhai Patel
(C) Acharya J.B. Kripalani
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: (C)
22. Who presided over the Delhi Session of Indian National Congress in 1947?
(A) J.B. Kripalani
(B) Rajendra Prasad
(C) Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: (A)
23. Who of the following took the passing of a resolution on the partition in the meeting of the Congress Committee (1947) as a ‘Surrender of Nationalism in favour of Communalism’?
(A) Dr. Kitchlew
(B) Purushottam Das Tandon
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) G.B. Pant
Answer: (A)
24. Which of the following assumed sovereign power at midnight of 14/15 August, 1947 provisionally?
(A) Central Legislative Assembly
(B) Constituent Assembly
(C) Interim Government
(D) Chamber of Princes
Answer: (B)
25. In the meeting of All India Committee on 14 June, 1947; who among voted against the partition of India?
(A) Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(C) Sardar Patel
(D) Govind Ballabh Pant
Answer: (B)
26. Who appointed the first Prime Minister of India?
(A) Governor General
(B) British Emperor
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Viceroy
Answer: (A)
27. Who sang ‘Hindustan Hamara’ of Iqbal and ‘Jan-gan-man’ in the Central Assembly at midnight of 14/15 August, 1947?
(A) Rameshwari Nehru
(B) Meera Ben
(C) Sucheta Kriplani
(D) M.S. Subbulakshmi
Answer: (D)
28. Who was the last Governor-General of Independent India?
(A) C. Rajagopalachari
(B) Rajendra Prasad
(C) Lord Mountbatten
(D) Lord Canning
Answer: (A)
29. Who was the first Governor General of Independent India?
(A) C. Rajagopalachari
(B) Warren Hastings
(C) Lord Dalhousie
(D) Lord Mountbatten
Answer: (D)
30. The first and last Indian Governor- General of India was
(A) R.M. Gopala
(B) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
(C) C. Rajagopalachari
(D) Ramanuja Acharya
Answer: (C)
31. The first Indian to hold office as Governor-General of independent India was
(A) Rajagopalachari
(B) Surinder Nath
(C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(D) B.R. Ambedkar
Answer: (A)
32. Who among the following was the first Law Minister of India?
(A) M.C. Sitalwad
(B) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(C) Kailash Nath Katju
(D) Rafi Ahmad Kidwai
Answer: (B)
33. Last Viceroy of India was
(A) Lord Wavell
(B) Lord Mountbatten
(C) Lord Linlithgow
(D) Achinlake
Answer: (B)
34. Who represented the Indian National Congress in the Partition Council headed by Lord Mountbatten?
1. Abul Kalam Azad
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Sardar Patel
4. Rajendra Prasad
Select the correct answer from the code given below.
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 3 and 4
(D) 1 and 4
Answer: (B)
35. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of persons who occupied the office of the President of India right from beginning?
(A) C. Rajagopalachari, Rajendra Prasad, Zakir Hussain, V.V. Giri
(B) Rajendra Prasad, S. Radhakrishnan, V.V. Giri, Zakir Hussain
(C) C. Rajagopalachari, Rajendra Prasad, S. Radhakrishnan, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad
(D) Rajendra Prasad, S. Radhakrishnan, Zakir Hussain, V.V. Giri
Answer: (D)
36. Who among the following was the President of the Indian National Congress on 15th August, 1947?
(A) Rajendra Prasad
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) J.B. Kripalani
(D) Sardar Patel
Answer: (C)
37. The President of Indian National Congress at the time of partition of India was
(A) C. Rajagopalachari
(B) J.B. Kripalani
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: (B)
38. Who was the Congress President at the time of transfer of power in 1947 to India by the British?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Rajendra Prasad
(C) Abul Kalam Azad
(D) J.B. Kripalani
Answer: (D)
39. Who presided over the 1946 Session of the Indian National Congress held at Meerut?
(A) J.B. Kripalani
(B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(D) B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Answer: (A)
40. 26 January, 1950 had chosen for the enforcement of the Constitution because
(A) This was an auspicious day
(B) ‘Quit India Movement’ was begun on this date in 1942
(C) Congress had celebrated 26 January, 1930 as the first Independence Day
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C)
41. In August 1947, who of the following leaders did not participate anywhere in Independence Day celebrations?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Vallabhbhai Patel
(D) Rajendra Prasad
Answer: (B)
42. Who among the following said that ‘the most notable achievement of the British Rule was the unification of India’?
(A) K.M. Panikkar
(B) M.N. Srinivas
(C) Rajni Kothari
(D) Yogendra Singh
Answer: (A)
43. ‘Indian Nationalism was the child of the British Rule’. Who made this statement?
(A) Bipin Chandra
(B) R. Coupland
(C) R.C. Majumdar
(D) P.E. Roberts
Answer: (B)
44. Assertion (A): Britain made India free in 1947. Reason (R): Britain had become weak during the second World War. In the context of the above two statements, which of the following is/are correct?
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Answer: (B)
45. Assertion (A): The Indian National Congress accepted the Mountbatten plan. Reason (R): It believed in two nation theory. Select the correct answer from the code given below. Code
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Answer: (C)
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