Class 08 Social Science History India After Independence CBSE Questions & Answers

Name this great statistician, based on whose model the Second Five Year Plan of India was formulated.

From the outline map of India, identify the place in Chhattisgarh marked A, where a Steel plant was set up with the help of Soviet Union in 1959, which was seen as an important step of the development of modern India after independence

This image shows a few gentlemen arriving to attend the United Nations .Name this important Indian nationalist and diplomat , standing next to Jawahar Lal Nehru ( with walking stick) who who led the Indian delrgation between 1952 and 1962 and argued for a policy of non-alignment.

When did India celebrate her sixty years of independence ?

In which year was the Shimla accord signed between Indian and Pakistan?

Mention the year in which Sheikh Mujibar Rehman rose to power and declared Bangaladesh with India?s support .

When was People?s Republic of China formed ?

India and China signed the important Panch Sheel agreement and both the countries followed these 5 principles. In which year was this agreement signed ?

India was the one of the first countries in the world to recognise the new communist Chinese government. Why was there a conflict between India and China later?

In the year 1959, name the spiritual leader who fled to India after China invaded Tibet?

As the country is a land-locked one, India has signed a Treaty of Trade and Transit for mutual co-operation with her neighbour. Name this neighbouring country of India

Like India, this neighbouring country was also under the British rule till 1948. India shares a long border on the east with this neigbour. Name this neighbouring country of India.

The satellite image of an island nation , earlier known as Ceylon is given below. This country shares a historic and cherished relationship with India . Identify this country

Name the official language spoken in Sri Lanka

When the world was divided into major super powers, India remainded neutral through a policy of Non?alignment. What is the literal meaning of the term Non-alignment , pick out from the given options .