Solutions 12. India after Independence - Exercise NCERT | Class 8 History - Toppers Study

Solutions 12. India after Independence - Exercise NCERT | Class 8 History - Toppers Study

12. India after Independence 

Q1. Name the three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced?

Ans: - (i) The 8 million refugees come from the Pakistan

(ii) In that time India is divided into many parts ruled by Nawabs and maharajas, and each of

them had to be persuaded to join the new nation.

(iii) The new nation had to adopt a political system that would best serve the hopes and aspirations

Of the people.

Q2. What was the role of the planning commission ?

Ans. The planning commission helped design and execute suitable policies for economic development.

Q3. Fill in the blanks.

(a) Subject that were placed on the union list were ……………., …………………. and ………………….

(b) subjects on the concurrent list were ………..... and …………….. .

(c) economic planning by which both the state and the private sector played a role in development

was called a …………… model.

(d) the death of …………… sparked off such violent protests that the government was forced to give

into the demand for linguistic state of Andhra.

Q4. State whether true or false:

(a) At independence, the majority of Indians lived in village.

(b) the constituent Assembly was made up of members of the congress party.

(c) in the first national election , only men were allowed to vote.

(d) the second fine year plan focused on the development of heavy industry

Ans. (a) true (b) false (c) false (d) true

Let, discuss

Q5. What did Dr. Ambedkar mean when he said that “ In politics we will have equality and  in social  and economic life we will have inequality” ?

Ans.  Ambedkar (1891 - 1956) wanted to say that providing voting right to the lower caste people would not remove other inequalities such as between rich and poor ,or between upper castes and lower castes. These classes of people could be labelled equal only politically but in reality it could not be possible due to or social and economic structure.

Q6. After Independence, why was there reluctance to divide the country on leguistic time?

Ans. India got at the cost of its division. This division had been done on the basis of religion. As a result of the division, more than the million people had been killed in riots between Hindus and Muslims.

Q7.  Give one reason why English continued to be used in India After independence?

Ans. English continued to be use in India after Independence because South Indian states expressed Strong opposition to Hindi.