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Post - Independence India · Gujarat Board (GSEB) STD 9 (GSEB - English Medium). 87 questions.

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MCQ 11 Mark
After India got independence, which commission was formed for social and economic development ?
  • A
    Agricultural Commission
  • B
    Education Commission
  • ✓
    Planning Commission
  • D
    Kothari Commission
Answer
Correct option: C.
Planning Commission
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MCQ 21 Mark
Which is the Foundation Day of Gujarat state $?$
  • A
    $1^{st}$ May, $1961$
  • ✓
    $1^{st}$ May, $1960$
  • C
    $1^{st}$ May, $1962$
  • D
    $1^{st}$ May, $1970$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$1^{st}$ May, $1960$
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MCQ 31 Mark
From the below-given states, which state is included in Union Territories ?
  • A
    Andhra Pradesh
  • B
    Goa
  • ✓
    Puducherry
  • D
    Gujarat
Answer
Correct option: C.
Puducherry
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MCQ 41 Mark
From the below-given states, which state doesn’t belong to Seven Sisters ?
  • A
    Manipur, Assam
  • B
    Tripura, Arunachal
  • C
    Mizoram, Nagaland
  • ✓
    Uttarakhand, Jharkhand
Answer
Correct option: D.
Uttarakhand, Jharkhand
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MCQ 51 Mark
Jharkhand (state) was separated from which state ?
  • A
    Chhattisgarh
  • ✓
    Bihar
  • C
    Telangana
  • D
    Uttar Pradesh
Answer
Correct option: B.
Bihar
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MCQ 61 Mark
Which state was separated from Andhra Pradesh in the year $2014 ?$
  • A
    Uttarakhand
  • B
    Chhattisgarh
  • ✓
    Telangana
  • D
    Bihar
Answer
Correct option: C.
Telangana
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MCQ 71 Mark
Currently,how many states are in the Indian Union are in existence$ ?$
  • A
    $26$
  • B
    $27$
  • C
    $28$
  • ✓
    $29$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$29$
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MCQ 81 Mark
Which of the following is not a central Territory ?
  • A
    Chandigarh
  • ✓
    Jammu$-$Kashmir
  • C
    Lakshadweep
  • D
    Puducherry
Answer
Correct option: B.
Jammu$-$Kashmir
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MCQ 91 Mark
After getting independence, who became the Home Minister of India ?
  • A
    Subhash Chandra Bose
  • B
    Gaekwad of Vadodra
  • ✓
    Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
  • D
    Motilal Nehru
Answer
Correct option: C.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
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MCQ 101 Mark
What is the name of the capital of Karnataka?
  • ✓
    Bengaluru
  • B
    Imphal
  • C
    Chandigarh
  • D
    Chennai
Answer
Correct option: A.
Bengaluru
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MCQ 111 Mark
Which of the following is the capital of Uttarakhand?
  • A
    Shimla
  • ✓
    Dehra Dun
  • C
    Raipur
  • D
    Dispur
Answer
Correct option: B.
Dehra Dun
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MCQ 121 Mark
Which of the following is the capital of Uttar Pradesh?
  • A
    Patna
  • B
    Bhopal
  • C
    Delhi
  • ✓
    Lucknow
Answer
Correct option: D.
Lucknow
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MCQ 131 Mark
Which satellite was launched in space by India in $1975?$
  • A
    Bhaskara
  • B
    Rohini
  • C
    Prithvi
  • ✓
    Aryabhatta
Answer
Correct option: D.
Aryabhatta
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MCQ 141 Mark
To which Indian state did Pakistan grant permission to merge?
  • A
    Kashmir
  • ✓
    Junagadh
  • C
    Hyderabad
  • D
    Rajasthan
Answer
Correct option: B.
Junagadh
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MCQ 151 Mark
With whom did the Nawab of Junagadh sign the instrument of Accession?
  • A
    Hyderabad
  • B
    Kashmir
  • C
    Indian Union
  • ✓
    Pakistan
Answer
Correct option: D.
Pakistan
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MCQ 161 Mark
At which place in Rajasthan India carried out successful nuclear tests?
  • ✓
    Pokhran
  • B
    Jaisalmer
  • C
    Khetdi
  • D
    Kolayat
Answer
Correct option: A.
Pokhran
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MCQ 171 Mark
Who is attributed with success of the Metro-Railway projects in India?
  • A
    Sam Pitroda
  • B
    Dr $\text{A.P.J.}$ Abdul Kalam
  • ✓
    $E.$ Sridharan
  • D
    $K.$ Jaywardhane
Answer
Correct option: C.
$E.$ Sridharan
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MCQ 181 Mark
In which area has India ‘made most spectacular progress in the post$-i$ndependence period?
  • A
    Agriculture
  • B
    Manufacturing
  • C
    Mineral research
  • ✓
    Science and Technology
Answer
Correct option: D.
Science and Technology
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MCQ 191 Mark
Which region of Andhra Pradesh is economically most backward?
  • ✓
    Rayalseema
  • B
    Penuconda
  • C
    Markapur
  • D
    Adoni
Answer
Correct option: A.
Rayalseema
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MCQ 201 Mark
Which city is the headquarters of Dadra Nagar Haveli?
  • A
    Pimpri
  • B
    Daman
  • ✓
    Silvassa
  • D
    Panaji
Answer
Correct option: C.
Silvassa
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MCQ 211 Mark
What responsibility did the Government of India assign to General Chaudhari for the liberation of Goa?
  • A
    Police Action
  • B
    Encirclement of Goa
  • C
    Goa Vijay’ Plan
  • ✓
    Operation Vijay
Answer
Correct option: D.
Operation Vijay
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MCQ 221 Mark
What was the step taken by the political parties and Satyagrahis for the liberation of Goa from the Portuguese rule?
  • ✓
    Free Goa Agitation
  • B
    Police Action
  • C
    Operation Vijay
  • D
    Quit India Movement
Answer
Correct option: A.
Free Goa Agitation
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MCQ 231 Mark
What was the demand made by the people of Puducherry to the French Government?
  • A
    Quit Puducherry
  • ✓
    Quit India
  • C
    Quit Yenam
  • D
    Surrender to India
Answer
Correct option: B.
Quit India
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MCQ 241 Mark
Who was Maharaja of Kashmir at the time of India’s independence?
  • A
    Madhosingh
  • B
    Karansingh
  • C
    Jaysingh
  • ✓
    Harisingh
Answer
Correct option: D.
Harisingh
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MCQ 251 Mark
How did the Government of India merge Junagadh with the Indian Union?
  • ✓
    By plebiscite
  • B
    By negotiations
  • C
    By Police Action
  • D
    By Inducement
Answer
Correct option: A.
By plebiscite
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MCQ 261 Mark
Which new state was carved out of Uttar Pradesh in $2002?$
  • A
    Jharkhand
  • B
    Chhattisgarh
  • ✓
    Uttarakhand
  • D
    Telangana
Answer
Correct option: C.
Uttarakhand
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MCQ 271 Mark
Which new state was carved out of Madhya Pradesh in $2000?$
  • ✓
    Chhattisgarh
  • B
    Jharkhand
  • C
    Telangana
  • D
    Uttarakhand
Answer
Correct option: A.
Chhattisgarh
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MCQ 281 Mark
Which new state was carved out of Bihar in $2000?$
  • A
    Uttarakhand
  • B
    Chhattisgarh
  • C
    Telangana
  • ✓
    Jharkhand
Answer
Correct option: D.
Jharkhand
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MCQ 291 Mark
In which state was Hyderabad state incorporated in $1956?$
  • A
    Karnataka
  • B
    Kerala
  • C
    Tamil Nadu
  • ✓
    Andhra Pradesh
Answer
Correct option: D.
Andhra Pradesh
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MCQ 301 Mark
How many states and the Union Territories were formed in $1956$ on the basis of the recommendations of the $\text{SRC}\ ?$
  • A
    $21$ states and $4$ Union Territories
  • B
    $16$ states and $5$ Union Territories
  • ✓
    $14$ states and $5$ Union Territories
  • D
    $12$ states and $8$ Union Territories
Answer
Correct option: C.
$14$ states and $5$ Union Territories
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MCQ 311 Mark
Who was the Chairman of the States Reorganisation Commission?
  • ✓
    Justice Fazal Ali
  • B
    Abul Fazal
  • C
    Pt. Hridaynath Kunzru
  • D
    Sardar $K. M.$ Panikar
Answer
Correct option: A.
Justice Fazal Ali
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MCQ 341 Mark
In which city did the citizens of Junagadh establish Aarzi Hukumat’?
  • ✓
    Mumbai
  • B
    Rajkot
  • C
    Ahmedabad
  • D
    Junagadh
Answer
Correct option: A.
Mumbai
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MCQ 351 Mark
Who established the ‘Aarzi Hukumat
  • A
    Shamaldas Gandhi
  • B
    Government of India
  • ✓
    People of Junagadh
  • D
    Ratubhai Adani
Answer
Correct option: C.
People of Junagadh
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MCQ 361 Mark
Who had played an important role, along with Sardar Patel in the merger of Hyderabad State with the Indian Union?
  • ✓
    $K. M.$ Munshi
  • B
    Lal Bahadur Shastri
  • C
    $V. P.$ Menon 
  • D
    Jay Prakash Narayan
Answer
Correct option: A.
$K. M.$ Munshi
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MCQ 371 Mark
Which day will be observed as the ‘World Yoga Day’ as decided by the $UN?$
  • A
    $21^{th}$ March
  • ✓
    $21^{th}$ June
  • C
    $15^{th}$ August
  • D
    $26^{th}$ January
Answer
Correct option: B.
$21^{th}$ June
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MCQ 381 Mark
The use of which technology is progressively increasing in industry, agriculture, energy and health sectors?
  • ✓
    Bio-technology
  • B
    Nuclear-technology
  • C
    Space-technology
  • D
    Mining-technology
Answer
Correct option: A.
Bio-technology
A. Bio-technology
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MCQ 391 Mark
Which Commission was constituted after  independence for social and economic development of India?
  • A
    Agricultural Commission
  • B
    Education Commission
  • ✓
    Planning Commission
  • D
    Kothari Commission
Answer
Correct option: C.
Planning Commission
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MCQ 401 Mark
Which of the following is not included in  $29$ states of the Indian Union$?$
  • A
    Andhra Pradesh
  • ✓
    Delhi
  • C
    Goa
  • D
    Gujarat
Answer
Correct option: B.
Delhi
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MCQ 411 Mark
Which of the following states are not included in seven sisters?
  • A
    Manipur, Assam
  • B
    Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh
  • C
    Mizoram, Nagaland
  • ✓
    Uttarakhand, Jharkhand
Answer
Correct option: D.
Uttarakhand, Jharkhand
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MCQ 421 Mark
Currently $($in $2016)$ how many states are in the Indian Union$?$
  • A
    $26$
  • B
    $27$
  • C
    $28$
  • ✓
    $29$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$29$
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MCQ 431 Mark
Demand for which separate state is made in Maharashtra?
  • ✓
    Vidarbha
  • B
     Marathwada
  • C
    Konkan
  • D
    Northern Maharashtra
Answer
Correct option: A.
Vidarbha
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MCQ 441 Mark
Jharkhand $($state$)$ was separated from which state?
  • A
    Chhattisgarh
  • ✓
    Bihar
  • C
    Telangana
  • D
    Uttar Pradesh
Answer
Correct option: B.
Bihar
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MCQ 451 Mark
Which state was separated from Andhra Pradesh in the year $2014?$
  • A
    Uttarakhand
  • ✓
    Chhattisgarh
  • C
    Telangana
  • D
    Jharkhand
Answer
Correct option: B.
Chhattisgarh
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MCQ 461 Mark
By what collective name are the states in the north$-$east India known?
  • ✓
    Seven sisters
  • B
    Mountain states
  • C
    Seven states
  • D
    Mountain sisters
Answer
Correct option: A.
Seven sisters
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MCQ 471 Mark
What is the Foundation Day of Gujarat$?$
  • A
    $1st$ May, $1961$
  • ✓
    $1st$ May, $1960$
  • C
    $1st$ May, $1962$
  • D
    $1st$ May, $1970$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$1st$ May, $1960$
$1st$ May, $1960$
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MCQ 481 Mark
With which organisation has India lodged complain to retrieve Pakistan Occupied Kashmir $(POK)?$
  • ✓
    The Security Council of the $UN $
  • B
    The government of the $USSR$
  • C
    The government of the $USA$
  • D
    The General Assembly of the United Nations
Answer
Correct option: A.
The Security Council of the $UN $
The Security Council of the $UN$
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MCQ 491 Mark
Who was appointed as the Home Minister after India became independent? 
  • A
    Subhash Chandra Bose
  • B
    Gaikwad of Vadodara
  • ✓
    Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 
  • D
    Pt. Motilal Nehru
Answer
Correct option: C.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 
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MCQ 501 Mark
What is the name of the capital of Karnataka?
  • ✓
    Bengaluru
  • B
    Imphal
  • C
    Chandigarh
  • D
    Chennai
Answer
Correct option: A.
Bengaluru
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