Social Science- Our Pasts III- Part-II

Book: Social Science- Our Pasts III- Part-II

Chapter: 12. India After Independence

Subject: Social Science - Class 8th

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

Three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced were:


1) Rehabilitation of a large number of refugees- As a result of partition, eight million refugees had come into the country from what was now Pakistan. These people had to be found homes and jobs.


2) Assimilation of princely states- Second, the problem was of the princely states, almost 500 of them, each ruled by a Maharaja or a Nawab, each of them had to be persuaded to join the new nation.


3) Ensuring the unity of a country which is full of diversity- In the longer term, the new nation had to adopt a political system that would best serve the hopes and expectations of its population.

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Name three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced?
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What was the role of the Planning Commission?
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Fill in the blanks:

a) Subjects 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 private sector played a role in development was called a ____model.


d) The death of ______sparked off such violent protest that the government was forced to give into the demand for the linguistic state of Andhra.
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State whether true or false:

a. At independence the majority of Indians lived in villages.


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 Five Years Plan focused on the development of heavy industry.