Heritage Club

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​ HERITAGE CLUB

Presents​

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​ Independence Day

Quiz

​- Chandra Shekhar Azad

"Dushman ki goliyon ka hum samna karenge, Azad hee rahein hain, Azad hee rahenge " 

Multiple Choice

Why did Mountbatten choose the day - August 15?

• Commemorate V-E Day - collapse of the Nazi rule in Berlin.

• Commemorate the U.K.'s takeover of the administration of Lebanon and Syria.

• Commemorate the second anniversary of Japan's surrender to the Allied Forces.

• Commemorate the demobilization of the wartime armed forces.

Multiple Choice

Which country does not share its independence day with India?

• North Korea

• Bahrain

• Republic of the Congo

• Indonesia

Multiple Choice

Which is the only licensed flag production and supply unit in India?

• Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha

• Davanagere Cheraka Khadi Gramodyoga Sangha

• Dharwad District Khadi Gramodyoga Sangha

• Sri Nandi Khadi Gramodyoga Sangha

Multiple Choice

How many princely states were there in India before the Partition in 1947?

• 528

• 537

• 562

• 583

Multiple Choice

Who drew the border between Indian and Pakistan?

• Sir George Barlow

• Lord William Bentinck

• Sir Robert Napier

• Sir Cyril Radcliffe

Multiple Choice

Who amended its constitution and declared Goa as its state after India’s independence but was unsuccessful?

• Portuguese

• Dutch

• English

• Danes

Multiple Choice

What was the exchange rate dollar and rupee on August 15, 1947?

• Re. 1 = $1

• Re. 5 = $1

• Re. 15 = $1

• Re. 30 = $1

Multiple Choice

When was India's National flag hoisted for the first time and where?

• August 7, 1906, at the Parsee Bagan Square, Kolkata

• August 8, 1906, at the Red Fort, Delhi

• August 9, 1906, at the Gateway of India, Mumbai

• August 10, 1906, at Jallianwala Bagh, Punjab

Multiple Choice

Freedom Fighter Shaheed Bhagat Singh was associated with which of the following Organisation?

• The Swaraj Party

• Indian National Congress

• Hindustan Socialist Republican Association

Multiple Choice

Whose death coincided with the launch of the non-cooperation movement in 1920?

• GK Gokhale

• Motilal Nehru

• Dadabhai Naoroji

• Lokmanya Tilak

Multiple Choice

Which of the three freedom fighters of India were hanged to death in the Kakori Train Conspiracy in 1925?

• Roshan Singh, Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqulla Khan

• Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru

• Sardar Udham Singh, Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan

• Ram Prasad Bismil, Bhagat Singh, Ashfaqulla Khan

Open Ended

Who wrote the lyrics of National Anthem of India?

Multiple Choice

Kesari, a newspaper started by freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak, was published in which language?

• Bengali

• Hindi

• English

• Marathi

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the British Officer who was shot by Udham Singh?

• Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer

• John Saunders

• Sir Michael Frances O’Dwyer

• None of these

Multiple Choice

Which of the following newspapers was started in 1919 by Motilal Nehru?

• Young India

• The Independent

• Voice of India

• The Leader