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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 (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.
Q2With reference to the constitutional framework for territorial reorganisation, consider the following statements: 1. Article 2 deals with the admission or establishment of new States. 2. Under Article 3, the concerned State Legislature gives its views after a Presidential reference but does not possess a binding veto. 3. A law under Articles 2 and 3 may amend the First and Fourth Schedules without being deemed a constitutional amendment under Article 368. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
All three statements are correct. Article 2 covers admission or establishment, Article 3 permits formation and alteration after the concerned legislature is asked for its views, and Article 4 expressly allows consequential changes to the First and Fourth Schedules without using the Article 368 amendment procedure.
Q3With 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.
Q4Match 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.
Q5Consider the following statements regarding privy purses: 1. The Presidential order of 1970 permanently abolished privy purses after being upheld in Madhav Rao Scindia v. Union of India. 2. The Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1971 inserted Article 363A and abolished the recognition of rulers and privy purses. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statement 1 is incorrect: Madhav Rao Scindia invalidated the 1970 derecognition order because the executive could not bypass the constitutional guarantees then in force. Statement 2 is correct; abolition followed through the Twenty-sixth Amendment, which inserted Article 363A and repealed the earlier guarantees.
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6Consider 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.
7Arrange the following developments in chronological order, from the earliest to the latest: A. Goa became a State B. Dadra and Nagar Haveli was added as a Union Territory through the Tenth Amendment C. Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu were merged into one Union Territory D. Goa, Daman and Diu were included as a Union Territory through the Twelfth Amendment Select the correct answer using the code given below.
8With reference to the administrative consolidation of princely states, consider the following statements: 1. Several former princely-state unions were placed in the Part B category under the Constitution of 1950. 2. The Seventh Amendment and the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ended the Part A, Part B and Part C classification. 3. The Rajpramukh arrangement made the authority of former rulers a permanent feature of all Indian States. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
9Consider 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.