Daily GK Challenge

More practice: Indian History

5 more SSC CGL questions from the same chapter, with step-by-step solutions. Try each one, then reveal the answer.

1. Q1medium

   Mountbatten Plan (1947) is also known as:

   • AAugust Offer
   • B3 June Plan
   • CCabinet Mission Plan
   • DCripps Mission
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   Correct answer: (B) 3 June Plan

   Mountbatten Plan (3 June 1947) proposed the partition of India into India and Pakistan and is also called the 3 June Plan.

2. Q2easy

   India became a republic on:

   • A15 August 1947
   • B15 August 1950
   • C26 January 1950
   • D26 November 1949
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   Correct answer: (C) 26 January 1950

   India became a Republic on 26 January 1950, when the Constitution came into force.

3. Q3easy

   Who drafted the Indian Constitution?

   • ANehru
   • BB.R. Ambedkar
   • CRajendra Prasad
   • DPatel
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   Correct answer: (B) B.R. Ambedkar

   Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee and is regarded as the chief architect of the Indian Constitution.

4. Q4medium

   The first session of the Indian National Congress was held in:

   • ACalcutta
   • BBombay
   • CMadras
   • DLahore
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   Correct answer: (B) Bombay

   The first INC session was held in Bombay (Mumbai) in December 1885.

5. Q5easy

   The dockyard of the Harappan (Indus Valley) civilisation has been found at:

   • AHarappa
   • BMohenjo-daro
   • CLothal
   • DKalibangan
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   Correct answer: (C) Lothal

   Lothal, in present-day Gujarat near the Gulf of Khambhat, has a large brick-lined basin that is identified as a dockyard. Mohenjo-daro is known for the Great Bath, and Kalibangan for a ploughed field and fire altars. So the dockyard site is Lothal.