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Formation of Odisha MCQ

Q1) The reason for starting the Odia Movement was
a) struggle for Independence
b) separation of Oria speaking areas
c) merger with Sambalpur
d) demand for separate province
Answer: (b) separation of Oria speaking areas

Q2) Odia speaking areas were attached with which among the following provinces in British India?
a) Bombay Province
b) Bengal Province
c) Madras Province
d) Both (b) and (c)
Answer: (d) Both (b) and (c)

Q3) Henry Ricketts proposed the merger of which place in Odisha division in 1855?
a) Sambalpur
b) Mayurbhanj
c) Nilgiri
d) Bihar
Answer: (a) Sambalpur

Q4) When was the first Odia National Conference held?
a) December, 1903
b) November, 1907
c) April, 1896
d) January, 1905
Answer: (a) December, 1903

Q5) Who among the following Odia luminaries remained the guiding spirit of Utkal Sammilani?
a) Gopabandhu Das
b) Madhusudan Das
c) Baikunthanath Dey
d) Fakir Mohan Senapati
Answer: (b) Madhusudan Das

Q6) What were the objective of Utkala Sammilani?
a) Merger of Odia speaking tracts
b) All round development of Odias
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of the above
Answer: (a) Merger of Odia speaking tracts

Q7) Sambalpur Hitaisini, a pre-independence journal was published by
a) Nilamani Vidyaratna
b) Rajendra Narayan Bhanja Deo
c) Sudhal Dev
d) Shriram Chandra Bhanjadeo
Answer: (a) Nilamani Vidyaratna

Q8) The order that issued restoring Odia as official language of Sambalpur was
a) Sambalpur Hitaisini
b) Sachchidanand Sinha Resolution
c) Boundary Commission Report
d) Risley Circular
Answer: (d) Risley Circular

Q9) Sambalpur and its adjoining feudatory states were transferred to Odisha division in which of the following year?
a) 1900
b) 1902
c) 1905
d) 1910
Answer: (c) 1905

Q10) The Province of Bihar and Odisha was created in the year
a) 1911
b) 1912
c) 1903
d) 1905
Answer: (b) 1912

Q11) The region of Ganjam was under which province during the formation of Bihar-Odisha province in 1912?
a) Bihar
b) Odisha
c) Madras
d) Bombay
Answer: (c) Madras

Q12) The recommendation to formulate a scheme for consolidating all Odia speaking areas first was suggested by
a) Philip-Duff Committee
b) Sachchidanand Sinha Resolution
c) Boundary Commission
d) None of the above
Answer: (b) Sachchidanand Sinha Resolution

Q13) Which of the following committee was appointed by the Government of British India to assess the merger of Ganjam with Odisha?
a) Simon Commission
b) Philip Committee
c) Philip-Duff Committee
d) Atlee Committee
Answer: (c) Philip-Duff Committee

Q14) Who among the following was the sole delegate from Odisha to attend the Second Round Table Conference held in London in 1930?
a) Basudev Sudhal Dev
b) Madhusudan Das
c) Krushna Chandra Gajapati
d) Gopabandhu Das
Answer: (c) Krushna Chandra Gajapati

Q15) In which year Odisha Boundary Committee was appointed by the Government of British India to demarcate the boundary of the proposed province of Odisha?
a) 1931
b) 1932
c) 1934
d) 1920
Answer: (a) 1931

Q16) Who among the following was the Chairman of the Odisha Boundary Committee?
a) TR Phukan
b) CI Phillip
c) TE Ravenshaw
d) Sir Samuel O’ Donnel
Answer: (d) Sir Samuel O’ Donnel

Q17) Who among the following was an associate member of the Odisha Boundary Committee?
a) TR Phukan
b) HM Mehta
c) SN Sinha
d) All of these
Answer: (c) SN Sinha

Q18) Odisha became a separate state on
a) 1st April, 1935
b) 1st April, 1936
c) 1st March, 1935
d) 1st April, 1938
Answer: (b) 1st April, 1936

Q19) Who was the Prime Minister of Odisha when India attained Independence?
a) Harekrushna Mahatab
b) Sir John Hubback
c) Madhusudan Das
d) Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati
Answer: (a) Harekrushna Mahatab

Q20) Which Princely State was the first to merge with Odisha?
a) Dhenkanal
b) Ranpur
c) Nilgiri
d) Kalahandi
Answer: (c) Nilgiri

Q21) Which of the following feudatory state was the last to merge with Odisha after independence?
a) Kalahandi
b) Talcher
c) Bamanda
d) Mayurbhanj
Answer: (d) Mayurbhanj

Q22) The state of Mayurbhanj was integrated with Odisha in the year
a) 1947
b) 1948
c) 1949
d) 1951
Answer: (c) 1949

Q23) Which minister from Central Government was instrumental in integration of the Princely States of Odisha?
a) C Rajagopalachari
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) BR Ambedkar
d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: (d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Q24) The motion to shift state capital from Cuttack to Bhubaneswar was taken on which date?
a) 15th August, 1947
b) 30th November, 1948
c) 30th September, 1946
d) 10th December, 1949
Answer: (c) 30th September, 1946

Q25) Consider the following statements:
(i) In 1855, Henry Ricketts, the Commissioner of Odisha Division proposed the merger of Sambalpur with the Odisha Division.
(ii) In 1868, Sir Stafford Northcote, the Secretary of State for India, held the view that the Odia speaking areas should be grouped into a single administrative unit.
Which of the following is/are correct?
a) Only (i)
b) Only (ii)
c) Both (i) and (ii)
d) None of the above
Answer: (c) Both (i) and (ii)

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