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upsc-p1-history-towards-independence-partition MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Match List I with List II: List I (Instrument or provision) A. Instrument of Accession B. Standstill Agreement C. Merger agreement or covenant D. Article 363 List II (Principal effect) 1. Continued existing administrative services during transition 2. Restricted court jurisdiction over certain ruler-related covenant disputes 3. Accepted Dominion authority over specified subjects 4. Transferred internal administration and sovereignty claims Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Option D is correct. Accession concerned specified Dominion subjects; standstill preserved services; merger transferred internal governance and sovereignty claims; and Article 363 barred court jurisdiction over specified covenant disputes. The other options interchange these distinct legal effects.
Q2Consider the following statements about the integration of European colonial enclaves after 1947: 1. Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam were transferred de facto to India on 1 November 1954, while de jure transfer followed in 1962. 2. The Constitution (Twelfth Amendment) Act, 1962 included Goa, Daman and Diu in the First Schedule as a Union Territory and amended Article 240. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Both statements are correct. The French settlements followed a two-stage diplomatic transfer, with actual administration passing in 1954 and formal legal transfer in 1962. Goa, Daman and Diu followed a different route after Operation Vijay and were constitutionally included by the Twelfth Amendment.
Q3Match List I with List II: List I (Territory) A. Junagadh B. Hyderabad C. Jammu and Kashmir D. Goa, Daman and Diu List II (Associated development) 1. Operation Polo in September 1948 2. Plebiscite on 20 February 1948 3. Instrument signed on 26 October and accepted on 27 October 1947 4. Inclusion as a Union Territory by the Twelfth Amendment, 1962 Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Option A is correct. Junagadh is associated with the February 1948 plebiscite, Hyderabad with Operation Polo, Jammu and Kashmir with the signed and accepted Instrument of Accession in October 1947, and Goa, Daman and Diu with the Twelfth Amendment.
Q4With reference to the accession of princely states, consider the following statements: 1. In the standard form for fully empowered states, the Instrument of Accession accepted Dominion authority over defence, external affairs and communications. 2. A Standstill Agreement continued existing administrative services until new arrangements were settled. 3. An Instrument of Accession necessarily transferred the entire internal administration of a princely state to the Dominion. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Accession commonly transferred authority over the three specified subjects, while a standstill agreement preserved services. Statement 3 confuses accession with merger: internal governance could remain with the ruler until a later merger agreement or covenant.
Q5Consider the following statements about the cultural consequences of Partition and integration: 1. Integration changed princely courts from centres of government into cultural, heritage or private institutions. 2. Partition altered access to shrines, libraries and family archives across the new India-Pakistan border. 3. Political integration necessarily erased the regional architectural and legal legacies of former princely and colonial territories. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1 and 2 are correct: political change relocated courtly collections and institutions, while the new border affected access to cultural sites and records. Statement 3 is incorrect because regional architectural, legal and heritage continuities survived the end of separate sovereignty.
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