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President, unlike the greatest power in the world, each passing day. In a vast country with such a
the United States of America. large population, it is necessary for every
individual to come forward and contribute
Despite such a vast diversity we are a single
nation and this feeling of unity is increasing with towards a cleaner, better India.

v After independence, India was facing a number of problems like rehabilitation of refugees, neglect of
agriculture, backwardness in social services and tragic poverty of people.
v The most important event that took place after independence was the influx of refugees from the western
and eastern sides of its border that shared with Pakistan. Two other important events of this period were
the integration of princely states into the union of India and the Indo-Pak war of 1947.
v The Constitution was passed by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949; it came into effect on 26
January 1950.
v At the time of independence, Indian economy was in a bad shape. Therefore, the government introduced
economic planning for the all round development of the country through Five Year Plans. Still there exist
many social-economic problems.
v India is also an active member of several international organisations. These include the UN, NAM, SAARC,
WTO IMF, BRIC, BIMSTEC etc.
v The improvement of relations with our neighbours is one of the pillars of India’s foreign policies.
v There are many problems that India has still to overcome. The country is fast moving ahead in that
direction.

A. Tick (3) the right option :
1. ______________ were created at the midnight of August 14, 1947.
(a) India and Pakistan (b) India and Bangladesh (c) India and Nepal
2. The person who solved the problem of the princely states was ______________ .
(a) Sardar Patel (b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (c) Jawaharlal Nehru
3. The Chairman of the Drafting Committee was ______________ .

(a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (b) P.C. Joshi (c) S.C. Bose
4. Bangladesh was born after the ______________ .
(a) Indo-China War (b) Indo-Pak War of 1971 (c) World War II
5. Andhra was created on ______________ .
(a) 1st October 1953 (b) 3rd September 1953 (c) 1st January 1956

6. Planning Commission is replaced by ______________ .
(a) Niti Ayog (b) Plan Ayog (c) none of these
7. Myanmar was known as ______________ .
(a) Pakistan (b) Burma (c) Bhutan

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