MCQ Last Phase of Independence and Partition of India for ICSE Class-10 History

MCQ Last Phase of Independence and Partition of India for ICSE Class-10 History. These MCQ  / Objective Type Questions is based on latest reduced syllabus according 2021-22 session on bifurcated pattern. Main motto of MCQ Type Question is cracking the next upcoming exam of council. Visit official website CISCE for detail information about ICSE Board Class-10 History .

 Last Phase of Independence and Partition of India MCQ  / Objective Type Questions for ICSE Class-10 History

Board ICSE
Class 10th (X)
Subject History
Chapter Last Phase of Independence and Partition of India
Syllabus  on bifurcated syllabus (after reduction)
Session 2021-22
Topic MCQ / Objective Type Question

 Last Phase of Independence and Partition of India 

MCQ  / Objective Type Questions for ICSE Class-10 History

Question 1:  Which day was observed as the Direct Action Day by the League?

(a) 15th August 1947.

(b) 18th August 1946.

(c) 14th August 1947.

(d) 16th August 1946.

Answer (d) 16th August 1946.

Question 2: Who was elected as the President of the Constituent Assembly in 1946?

(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad.

(b) B.R. Ambedkar

(c) Jawaharlala Nehru

(d) None of these

Answer (a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad.

Question 3: On February 20, 1947, British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced what deadline to solve issues for granting of independence to India ?

(a) June, 1947

(b) August, 1947

(c) August, 1948

(d) June, 1948

Answer (d) June, 1948

Question 4:  What is the Name  of last British Viceroy of India.
(a) Lord Wavell

(b) Lord Mountbatten

(c) Lord Minto

(d) None of these

Answer (a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad.

Question 5:  Arrange the following events during the period 1944 to 1947 in correct chronological order (from the earliest to the latest):

1.  Clement Attlee’s June, 1948 deadline for India’s Independence

2. Direct Action Day proclaimed by Jinnah

3. Congress led interim government formed at the centre with Jawaharlal Nehru as the Prime Minister of United India

4. Mountbatten Plan

(a) 2, 3, 1, 4

(b) 4, 3, 2, 1

(c) 1, 2, 3, 4

(d) 3, 4, 1, 2

Answer (a) 2, 3, 1, 4

Question 6: Which party was in power in the U. K. when India became independent?

(a) Liberal

(b) Conservative

(c) Labour

(d) No party, since a National Government was in power there

Answer (c) Labour

Question 7: Who was the Prime Minister of U. K. at the time of India’s Independence?

(a) Winston Churchill

(b) Clement Attlee

(c) Lord Mountbatten

(d) Ramsay MacDonald

Answer (b) Clement Attlee

Question 8: The demarcation of boundary between India and Pakistan is based on……………….

(a) Morley-Minto Award

(b) Durand Award

(c) Radcliffe Award

(d) None of the above

Answer (c) Radcliffe Award

Question 9: Lord Mountbatten came to India as Viceroy with specific instruction to:

(a) balkanize the Indian subcontinent

(b) keep India united if possible

(c) accept Jinnah’s demand for Pakistan

(d) persuade the Congress to accept partition

Answer (b) keep India united if possible

Question 10: The features of the proposed Union of India by the Cabinet Plan included:

1. Weak Centre with limited powers

2. Residuary powers vested in the Centre

3. India’s right to cede from the Commonwealth

4. All the members of the Interim cabinet would be Indians

Select the correct statements from the codes given below:

(a) Only 1, 2 and 3

(b) Only 1, 3 and 4

(c) Only 3 and 4

(d) 1,2,3 and 4

Answer (b) Only 1, 3 and 4

Question 11: The Interim Government at the centre was formed in 1946:

(a) Before the visit of the Cabinet Mission

(b) After the visit of the Cabinet Mission

(c) As a result of Cripps Mission

(d) After Mountbatten came to India for transfer of power to Indians

Answer (b) After the visit of the Cabinet Mission

Question 12: Who voted against the partition of India in the A.I.C.C. meeting held on 14 June 1947 ?

(a) Sardar Patel

(b) Abul Kalam Azad

(c) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

(d) Govind Ballabh Pant

Answer (c) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Question 13: Which day was declared as the Direct Action Day by the Muslim League?

(a) 3rd September 1946

(b) 16th August 1946

(c) 16th May 1946

(d) 4th December 1946

Answer (b) 16th August 1946

Question 14: In which year did the Indian Naval Mutiny against the British take place?

(a) 1857

(b) 1940

(c) 1942

(d) 1946

Answer (d) 1946

Question 15: According to the Mountbatten Plan, which of the following provinces was not to be included in ne Indian dominion ?

(a) Madras

(b) Bombay

(c) Sindh

(d) Bihar

Answer (c) Sindh

Question 16: Who was responsible for the integration of Indian Princely States ?

(a) Lord Mountbatten

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) C. Rajagopalachari

(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Answer (d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Question 17: Who among the following was not the member of the Cabinet Mission which visited India in 1946 ?

(a) Lord Wavell

(b) Sir Stafford Cripps

(c) A.V. Alexander

(d) Lord Pethick Lawrence

Answer (a) Lord Wavell

Question 18:  Arrange the following during the period 1944 to 1947 in correct chronological order (from the earliest to the latest):

I. Direct Action Day

II. Formation of Provisional Government of Free India.

III. Fall of Burma

IV. Royal Indian Navy

(a) II, III, IV, I

(b) IV, II, III, I

(c) III, II IV, I

(d) III, IV, I, II

Answer (c) III, II IV, I

Question 19: Who was the Viceroy during the time Mr. Attlee of England declared the British intention to transfer power to Indians?

(a) Lord Wavell

(b) Lord Irwin

(c) Lord Linlithgow

(d) Lord Mountbatten

Answer (a) Lord Wavell

Question 20:  Arrange the following during the period 1944 to 1947 in correct chronological order (from the earliest to the latest):

I. Churchill and Cripps offer dominion status to India after the end of Second World War.

II. Lord Linlithgow proposes dominion status for India after the Second World War.

III. Cabinet Mission arrives in Delhi

IV. Quit India Movement launched by INC

(a) IV, II, III, I

(b) II, I, IV, III

(c) I, II, III, IV

(d) III, IV, I, II.

Answer (b) II, I, IV, III

Question 21: Who headed the Cabinet Mission 1946?

(a) A.V. Alexander

(b) Sir Stafford Cripps

(c) Lord Pethick Lawrence

(d) None of the above

Answer (c) Lord Pethick Lawrence

Question 22: The proposals for the partition of India into India and Pakistan were contained in the:

(a) Cabinet Mission Proposals

(b) Cripps Mission Proposals

(c) Mountbatten Plan of 3rd June, 1947

(d) Prime Minister Attlee’s statement of 20th February, 1947

Answer (c) Mountbatten Plan of 3rd June, 1947

Question 23: The Lahore Resolution of Muslim League for creation of Pakistan was prepared by ……………..

(a) Maulana Muhammad Ali

(b) Zafarullah Khan

(c) Maulana Shuakat Ali

(d) Allama Iqbal

Answer (b) Zafarullah Khan

Question 24:  Arrange the following events during the period 1944 to 1947 in correct chronological order (from the earliest to the latest):

I. Calcutta riots as an aftermath of Jinnah’s Direct Action Day

II. Congress wins coalition majority with Sikhs in the elections for central legislative assembly and clear-cut majority on its own in Hindu dominated provincial assembly constituencies

III. Royal Indian Navy mutiny

IV. Quit India Resolution passed during Bombay session of INC

(a) II, I, IV, III

(b) IV, II, I, III

(c) I, II, III, IV

(d) III, IV, I, II.

Answer (b) IV, II, I, III

Question 25:  Indian National Congress rejected the Cabinet Mission Plan because the Congress leaders thought that ………………..

(a) not in favour of poor people

(b) it is only favour of Britishers

(c) the proposed federal government was to have very little power, hence would fail

(d) None of the above

Answer (c) the proposed federal government was to have very little power, hence would fail

Question 26: The British Government officially conceded partition of India for the first time by enacting ……………

(a) Indian Independence Act, 1947

(b) Indian Independence Act, 1946

(c)Indian Independence Act, 1945

(d) Indian Independence Act, 1944

Answer (a) Indian Independence Act, 1947

Question 27: The Cabinet Mission was headed by

(a) Lord Louis Mountbatten

(b) Lord Irwin

(c) Lord Pethick Lawrence

(d) None of the above

Answer (c) Lord Pethick Lawrence

Question 28: Assertion (A): The Cabinet Mission of 1946 had come to India whether an agreement could be reached at Congress and the Muslim League
so as to grant independence to India without partitioning her.

Reason (R): After deliberations with both Congress and the League the mission came to the conclusion that there was no any possibility of aa united independent India.

(a) Both A and R are true and k 1s the correct explanation of A.

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

(c) A is true but R is false.

(d) A is false but R is true.

Answer (a) Both A and R are true and k 1s the correct explanation of A.

Question 29:  Assertion (A): The Viceroy Lord Wavell presided the Second Shimla Conference of leaders of all important political parties of India in June, 1945.

Reason (R): Lord Wavell wanted to persuade Muslim League to drop the idea of a separate Pakistan by offering the Muslims equal representation in the Viceroy’s Executive Council.

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

(c) A is true but R is false.

(d) A is false but R is true.

Answer (c) A is true but R is false.

Question 30:  Complete the given analogy.

Winston Churchill : Cripps Mission :: Clement Attlee : ?

(a) Wavell Plan

(b) Mountbatten Plan

(c) Communal Award

(d) August Offer

Answer (b) Mountbatten Plan

Question 31:   Complete the given analogy

Governor-General of Pakistan : M.A. Jinnah :: Governor-General of India : ?

(a) Lord Mountbatten

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) C. Rajagopalachari

(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Answer (a) Lord Mountbatten

Question 32:   Complete the given analogy

Wavell Plan : Lord Wavell :: Cabinet Mission : ?

(a) Lord Pethic Lawrence

(b) Lord Mountbatten

(c) Lord Linlithgow

(c) Lord Irwin

Answer (a) Lord Pethic Lawrence

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