- 1. When did the British officially announce the partition of India?
A) 1947
B) 1962
C) 1935
D) 1950
- 2. Who was the last Viceroy of India during the partition?
A) Lord Mountbatten
B) Lord Cornwallis
C) Lord Wavell
D) Lord Curzon
- 3. Which Indian leader vehemently opposed the partition of India?
A) Sardar Patel
B) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Mahatma Gandhi
- 4. Which city became the capital of Pakistan after partition?
A) Delhi
B) Karachi
C) Dhaka
D) Lahore
- 5. What was the name of the plan proposed by the British for the partition of India?
A) Simon Commission
B) Mountbatten Plan
C) Wavell Plan
D) Cripps Mission
- 6. Which of the following leaders was known as the 'Father of Pakistan'?
A) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Sardar Patel
- 7. Which country did East Bengal become after partition?
A) India
B) Nepal
C) Sri Lanka
D) Bangladesh
- 8. Who was the first Prime Minister of India after independence?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Sardar Patel
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
- 9. What was the name of the Indian Independence Act that formalized the partition?
A) British India Freedom Law
B) Indian Independence Act 1947
C) Partition Act of India
D) Mountbatten Declaration
- 10. The partition of India led to the creation of how many dominions?
A) 3
B) 1
C) 4
D) 2
- 11. The Muslim League passed the Pakistan Resolution in which year?
A) 1950
B) 1945
C) 1935
D) 1940
- 12. The tragic event known as the 'Jallianwala Bagh massacre' took place in which city in 1919?
A) Lahore
B) Kolkata
C) Delhi
D) Amritsar
- 13. Prior to independence, what was the administrative capital of British India?
A) Calcutta
B) Bombay
C) Madras
D) Delhi
- 14. What was the name of the agreement signed between India and Pakistan on the return of prisoners of war after the 1971 war?
A) Tashkent Declaration
B) Simla Agreement
C) Rawalpindi Accord
D) Lahore Declaration
- 15. Which British Prime Minister announced the final date for the transfer of power to India?
A) Winston Churchill
B) Neville Chamberlain
C) Harold Macmillan
D) Clement Attlee
- 16. Which city was the temporary capital of India after the partition?
A) New Delhi
B) Karachi
C) Lahore
D) Mumbai
- 17. Which Indian state was not originally part of Pakistan after the partition?
A) Punjab
B) Kashmir
C) Balochistan
D) Sindh
- 18. What was the boundary line known as that separated India and Pakistan?
A) Radcliffe Line
B) Durand Line
C) McMahon Line
D) Maginot Line
- 19. Which region experienced the most violence during the partition?
A) Kashmir
B) Punjab
C) Bengal
D) Sindh
- 20. What was the name of the Indian princely state that initially did not want to join either India or Pakistan?
A) Mysore
B) Travancore
C) Hyderabad
D) Jammu and Kashmir
- 21. Who was known as the 'Iron Man of India' for his efforts in uniting the princely states with India?
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) B. R. Ambedkar
C) Sardar Patel
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
- 22. Which princely states were critical in deciding whether to join India or Pakistan?
A) Travancore and Mysore
B) Hyderabad and Bhopal
C) Sikkim and Manipur
D) Junagadh and Jammu and Kashmir
- 23. What was the main religion of the majority population in Pakistan after the partition?
A) Sikhism
B) Hinduism
C) Islam
D) Christianity
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