Independence Day trivia

1. Who was the president of the Constituent Assembly that held the 'Independence Meeting’?

• Dr. Radhakrishna

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Rajendra Prasad

2. Name the first woman minister of Independent India.

• •Vijayalakshmi Pandit

• •Sarojini Naidu

• Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

3. •What does the navy-blue wheel that appears in the Indian national flag stand for?

• •The wheel of religion

• •The wheel of law

• •The wheel of Krishna

4. In 1997, on the year of 50th anniversary of Indian independence, the US Senate passed a resolution, designating it as a National (US) Day of celebration of...

• •Freedom from British rule

• •Indian and American free trade

• •Indian and American democracy

5. Who among the following was the last Governor General of Independent India?

• •Lord Mountbatten

• •C.R. Gopalachari

• •Rajendra Prasad

6. Who gave the slogan "Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it"?

• •Bal Gangadhar Tilak

• •Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

• •Mahatma Gandhi

• •Lal Bahadur Shastri

7. Who was the Lal in Lal, Bal, Pal?

• •Lala Lajpat Rai

• •Lal Bahadur Shastri

• •Motilal Nehru

8. Who gave the slogan "Give me blood and I shall give you freedom"?

• •Vallabhai Patel

• •Chandrashekhar Azad

• •Subhash Chandra Bose

9. How many years did Britain rule India?

• •About 150 years

• •About 250 years

• •About 200 years

• •About 100 years

10. When did the first non-cooperation movement start in India?

• •January 1920

• •August 1920

• •September 1920