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SAI International School
                                                   Session-2020-21
                                                        Class- VIII
                                                   Subject- History
                                           The India After Independence
                                                  Home Assignment
                                   SubTopic : How were States to be formed
                                                       (Objective)


                                              MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION PAPER


                      1.     What promise did the Congress make in 1920?
                               a.  Own nation to linguistic group
                               b.  Own assembly to linguistic group
                               c.  Own province to linguistic group
                               d.  Own state to linguistic group

                      2.   New state of Andhra Pradesh came into being on:

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                               a.  1  October 1953
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                               b.  1  October 1954
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                               c.  1  October 1955
                               d.  1  October 1956
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                      3.    When  was  bilingual  state  of  Bombay  divided  into  separate  states  for,
                            Marathi and Gujarati speakers?

                               a.  1960
                               b.  1965
                               c.  1970
                               d.  1975

                      4.    Who was the viceroy of India during the time of independence?

                               a.  Lord Mountbatten
                               b.  Lord Curzon
                               c.  Lord Lytton
                               d.  Lord Ripon

                      5.    Up to which date were the princely states retained as administrative units?
                               a.  Up to October 15,1947
                               b.  Up to October 15, 1955
                               c.  Up to October 31,1947
                               d.  Up to October 31 ,1956

                      6.    In the year ______, Punjab was divided into Punjab and Haryana.

                               a.  1964
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