Question

Which of the following challenge/s of nation-building were successfully negotiated in the first decade after 1947?

1. Freedom came with Partition, which resulted in large-scale violence and displacement and challenged the very idea of a secular India.
2. The integration of the princely states into the Indian union needed urgent resolution.
3. The internal boundaries of the country needed to be drawn afresh to meet the aspiration8 of the people who spoke different languages.  

Options

• Only (i)

• i & ii

• i, ii & iii

• None of these

Answer 1

i, ii & iii

Explanation:

Three of these nation-building obstacles were effectively met in the first decade following 1947:

1. Partition brought freedom, but it also brought widespread violence and displacement, challenging the whole concept of a secular India.
2. The incorporation of the princely states into the Indian union required immediate attention.
3. To meet the ambitions of people who spoke multiple languages, the country's internal boundaries had to be redrawn.