Partition of India and Independence One Liner Questions & Answers
| Questions | Answers | |
| 1 | Which party was in power in the U.K. when India got independence? | Labour Party |
| 2 | Who was the Prime Minister of England when India attained independence? | Clement Attlee |
| 3 | When did the British Government decided and declared to leave India by June 1948? | February 1947 |
| 4 | The British Monarch at the time of Indian Independence was – | George VI |
| 5 | Lord Mountbatten came to India as a Viceroy along with specific instructions to – | Keep India United if possible |
| 6 | Which plan became the platform of Indian Independence? | Mountbatten Plan |
| 7 | The British Parliament passed the Indian Independence Act in – | July 1947 |
| 8 | “Mountbatten Plan” regarding the partition of India was officially declared on – | June 03, 1947 |
| 9 | The Indian Independence Bill received the Royal Assent on – | July 18th, 1947 |
| 10 | The Balkan Plan for the fragmentation of India was the brainchild of – | Lord Mountbatten |
| 11 | The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to the partition of the country mainly because – | They wanted to avoid large-scale communal riots |
| 12 | As an alternative to the partition of India, Gandhiji suggested to Mountbatten that he – | Invite Jinnah to form the Government |
| 13 | The Radcliffe Committee was appointed to – | Demarcate the boundaries between India and Pakistan |
| 14 | The last opportunity to avoid the partition of India was lost with the rejection of – | Cabinet Mission |
| 15 | Who was the Chairman of the Congress Session of Delhi wherein the resolution of dividend India was passed on June 14, 1947? | Acharya J.B.Kriplani |
| 16 | Who took the passing of a resolution on the partition in the meeting of the Congress Committee(1947) as a “Surrender of Nationalism in favor of Communalism”? | Dr. Kitchlew |
| 17 | In the meeting of the All India Committee on June 14-15, 1947; who voted against the partition of India? | Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan |
| 18 | Who sang ‘Hindustan Hamara’ of Iqbal and ‘Jan-gunman in the Central Assembly at midnight of 14/15 August 1947? | M.S. Subbulakshmi |
| 19 | Who appointed the first Prime Minister of India? | Governor-General |
| 20 | Who was the first Governor-General of Independent India? | Lord Mountbatten |
| 21 | The first and last Indian Governor-General of India was – | C. Rajagopalachari |
| 22 | The last Viceroy of India was – | Lord Mountbatten |
| 23 | Who was the first Law Minister of India? | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar |
| 24 | Who was the President of the India National Congress on 15th August 1947? | J.B. Kriplani |
| 25 | Who presided over the 1946 Session of the Indian National Congress held at Meerut? | J.B. Kriplani |
| 26 | Who was the Congress President at the time of the transfer of power in 1947 to India by the British? | J.B. Kriplani |
| 27 | In August 1947, which leader did not participate anywhere on Independence Day celebrations? | Mahatma Gandhi |
| 28 | January 26, 1950, was chosen for the enforcement of the Constitution because – |
Congress celebrated 26 January 1930 as the first Independence Day
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| 29 | “Indian Nationalism was the child of the British Rule.” Who made this statement? | R. Coupland |
| 30 | Who said that “the most notable achievement of the British Rule was the unification of India”? | K.M. Panikkar |