India After Independence Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 8)

Jayaprakash Narayan had been leading a broad opposition movement, sometimes called the ‘Total Revolution’, against Indira Gandhi’s government.

The verdict declared her election invalid and barred her from holding elected office for six years.

The Allahabad High Court ruled in the Raj Narain vs Indira Gandhi case that she had committed electoral malpractices during her 1971 campaign.

Sikkim’s earlier status as a protectorate of India, rather than a princely state, meant its path to integration followed a different process.

Sikkim’s accession formally ended the Chogyal’s monarchy, marking the last major territorial addition to India’s map for several decades.

A referendum was held in Sikkim in 1975, asking the population to vote on abolishing the monarchy and joining India as a full state.

Sikkim was ruled by a hereditary monarch known as the Chogyal, existing as a protectorate of India for decades after independence.

The test drew significant international criticism, leading some countries to tighten restrictions on nuclear-related technology transfers to India.

Pokhran-I made India the first country outside the five recognised nuclear weapons states to conduct a nuclear test.

The government officially described the test as a ‘peaceful nuclear explosion’, distinguishing it from an overtly military weapons programme.

The 1974 test was given the codename ‘Smiling Buddha’, with its timing on Buddha Purnima being deliberate.

India and Pakistan signed the Simla Agreement in 1972, aiming to normalise relations and establish the Line of Control in Kashmir.

The war’s outcome led directly to the creation of Bangladesh as an independent country, separate from Pakistan.

The war ended quickly, with Pakistani forces surrendering in Dhaka within about two weeks of India’s direct military involvement.

India formally entered the war in December 1971, supporting East Pakistan’s independence movement alongside the Mukti Bahini.

The answer is a massive refugee crisis. India bore the burden of about 80 lakh refugees from East Pakistan during 1971.

Sucheta Kripalani became the first woman Chief Minister of an Indian state, leading Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state.

Kripalani became the first woman to serve as Chief Minister of an Indian state, leading Uttar Pradesh.

Kripalani was a member of the Constituent Assembly, contributing to the drafting of independent India’s Constitution.

Kripalani was an active participant in the freedom struggle, including underground activity during the Quit India Movement of 1942.

Sucheta Kripalani sang ‘Vande Mataram’ at the historic midnight session of the Constituent Assembly, marking India’s independence.

The plebiscite produced an overwhelming result in favour of joining India, formally resolving Junagadh’s accession dispute.

India held a plebiscite in February 1948 to let Junagadh’s people decide their own future democratically.

The Nawab’s decision sparked unrest, with many of Junagadh’s Hindu subjects rejecting accession to Pakistan and demanding to join India instead.

The Nawab of Junagadh initially signed an instrument acceding to Pakistan in 1947, despite governing a state with a large Hindu majority.