Post-Independent Nation Building MCQ — 166 Practice Questions with Answers

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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, as India's first Home Minister, along with V.P. Menon, led the integration of over 560 princely states into the Indian Union. He is called the 'Iron Man of India'.

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AFSPA was first enacted in 1958 for Northeast India, specifically for the Naga Hills (now Nagaland). It gives armed forces special powers in 'disturbed areas'. It has been controversial due to human rights concerns.

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Statements 1, 2 and 4 are correct. The Instrument of Accession concerned defence, foreign affairs and communications; Patel and Menon led the integration of more than 560 states; and Rajagopalachari was the first and last Indian Governor-General. Statement 3 is incorrect because Lord Mountbatten, not Rajagopalachari, was the first Governor-General of independent India.

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Statements 1 and 2 are correct. The Cabinet Mission came in March 1946, proposed a three-tier federal structure and rejected Pakistan. Statement 3 is incorrect because it proposed a weak centre handling only defence, foreign affairs and communications.

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Statement 1 is correct because the corpus fact bank says Patel, with V. P. Menon, led the integration of more than 560 princely states. Statement 2 is correct because Operation Polo was the military operation for integrating Hyderabad. Statement 3 is false because Junagadh's accession was resolved through a plebiscite in February 1948; the Radcliffe Line demarcated India-Pakistan borders in Punjab and Bengal.