Social Studies Question(1 Marks)

Nathuram Godse disagreed with Gandhiji’s conviction that Hindus and Muslims should live together in harmony.

Education and Health.

Nathuram Godse assassinated Mahatma Gandhi because he disagreed with Gandhiji’s conviction that Hindus and Muslims should live together in harmony.

False.

Vallabhbhai Patel was the first deputy prime minister of Independent India.

Subjects that were placed on the Union List were Taxes, defence and foreign affairs.

He was a veteran Gandhian who went on a hunger strike demanding the formation of Andhra state to protect the interests of Telugu speakers.

Subjects on the Concurrent List were Forests and agriculture.

Second Five Year Plan focused strongly on the development of heavy industries such as steel, and on the building of large dams.

Planning Commission helped design and execute suitable policies for economic development.

To guarantee equality before the law to all citizens, regardless of their caste or religious affiliation was the second feature of the Indian constitution.

The speakers of Kannada, Malayalam and Marathi had looked forward to having their own state.

As a result of partition of India, more than a million people had been killed, in riots between Hindus and Muslims.

On 15th August, 1947, India got its Independence.

The Bhilai steel plant was set up with the help of the former Soviet Union in 1959.

The death of Potti Sri ramulu sparked off such violent protests that the government was forced to give in to the demand for the linguistic state of Andhra.

False.

Forests and agriculture.

Education and health.

Besides Muslims, India had large populations of Sikhs, Christians, Parsis and Jains.

The Indian Constitution was adopted on 26 January 1950.

Forests and Agriculture.

The Bhilai steel plant came to be seen as an important sign of the development of modern India after Independence.

Economic planning by which both the state and the private sector played a role in development was called a mixed economy model.

Universal Adult Franchise refers to the people above the age of 21 would be allowed to vote in state and national elections. It is one of the features of the Indian Constitution.

The new state of Andhra Pradesh came into existence on 1 October, 1953.

The Bhilai Steel Plant was viewed as an important sign of the development of modem India after Independence.

A third feature of the constitution was that it offered special privileges for the poorest and most disadvantaged Indians.

True.

True.

The basic objective of the foreign policy of Independent India was non-alignment, i.e. the American and Soviet alliances.

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar is called the father of Indian Constitution.

On 1 October 1953, the new state of Andhra Pradesh came into being.