Independence day

First war of Independence : 1857

Jhansi ki Rani was one of the bravest heroes of the first uprising against the British. The British army attacked Jhansi with 60000 soldiers. Lakshmi Bai fought with 3000 brave soldiers and kept British army away from Jhansi for 11 days.

What was the ratio of the number of soldiers of the British army to the soldiers of the Rani Lakshmi Bai

• 30:2

• 20:1

• 25:1

• 35:2

Celebrating the Indian Republic

The wheel present in the indian flag is called the Ashoka Chakra. It has 24 spokes. What is the angle between two spokes in our flag?

• 20

• 30

• 25

• 15

Dandi Yatra: Non-Violent Protest

Gandhi and his followers marched for about 16 km everyday through villages and towns. If the average step size of a man/woman is 50 cm, how many steps did each one take per day?

• 3200

• 320

• 320000

• 32000

Indian Flag: Our Tiranga

Your school has a flag fluttering in the play-ground. The flag is 4.5 m in width and 3 m in height. Each band in the flag is 1 m high. What is the sum of the perimeters of the three coloured bands? What is the perimeter of the whole flag?

• 33 m and 15 m

• 15 m and 15 m

• 33 m and 33 m

• 15 m and 33 m

Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre

A very shameful act was committed by British General Dyer on the day of Baishakhi at Amritsar in the year 1919. British troops opened fire on innocent citizens who had gathered in the park to celebrate the festival. 50 soldiers killed 400 people and injured 1200 people.

If we assume that each soldier injured the same number of people then how many people were injured by each soldier

• 30

• 34

• 24

• 44

Lal Bahaddur Shastri: The second Prime Minister of India

Gandhiji was born on 2nd October 1869. We celebrate 2nd October as Gandhi Jayanti every year. Our country's second prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri was also born on 2nd October of a different year: 1904. How many years younger than Mahatma Gandhi was Shastri?

• 36 years

• 35 years

• 34 years

• 37 years

Quit India Movement 1942

When India demanded complete freedom from the British in 1942, they did not want to give it to us. They brought in 57 batallions to crush the movement. Each batallion was about 500 soldiers each. How many British soldiers were deployed?

• 37500

• 38500

• 26500

• 28500

Red Fort

Red Fort constructed in 1639 by Shah Jahan is one of the most impressive structures of the world. Persian emperor Nadir Shah plundered it in 1739 and took away the beautiful peacock throne to present day Iran. The fort is 103 hectares in area. Express this area in square meters.

• 10300

• 1030000

• 103000

• 1030

Indian National Anthem: Jana Gana Mana

The first time ever that our National Anthem was performed was not in India but in Germany. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose made that happen in 1942 in the musical town of Hamburg. How many years ago was Jana Gana Mana heard by the world for the first time?

• 80 years

• 89 years

• 79 years

• 78 years

Before India gained Independence from British, there were 584 Princely states.

In 1950 when India became a Republic, we had 28 states and 9 Union Territories

What percentage was the number of states in young India with respect to the number of Princely state before 1947 (approx)

• 6%

• 3%

• 5%

• 7%