Indian Freedom Fighters

Which freedom fighter is known as the Nightingale of India?

• Lal Bahadur Shastri

• Sardar Vallabhai Patel

• Sarojini Naidu

• Mother Teresa

Answer explanation

Sarojini Naidu was known as the Nightingale of India because of her contribution to poetry.

Who was India's first woman governor?

• Savitribai Phule

• Sarojini Naidu

• Rani Laxmibai

• Indira Gandhi

Answer explanation

Sarojini Naidu was appointed as the governor of Uttar Pradesh, making her India's first woman governor.

Which Indian Independence activist became the first Education Minister of India?

• Abdul Kalam Azad

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Jawaharlal Nehru

• Bhagat Singh

Answer explanation

Abdul Kalam Azad's contribution to establishing the education foundation in India is recognised by celebrating his birthday as National Education Day across India.

Which Indian revolutionary was hanged by the British at the age of 23?

• Subhash Chandra Bose

• Rani Laxmibai

• Sarojini Naidu

• Bhagat Singh

Answer explanation

Bhagat Singh took part in a plot to kill the police chief responsible for the death of influential Indian writer and politician Lala Lajpat Rai. He was hanged by the British for this act at the age of 23.

Which Indian independence activist famously said, "Give me blood and I will give you freedom"?

• Bal Gangadhar Tilak

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Subhash Chandra Bose

• Lal Bahadur Shastri

Answer explanation

Subhash Chandra Bose said, 'Give me blood and I will give you freedom' to urge the people of India to join him in his fight against the British Raj.

Who was one of the leaders of the Indian Mutiny and was called Jhansi Ki Rani?

• Kittur Rani Chenamma

• Rani Laxmibai

• Rani Avantibai

• Begum Hazrat Mahal

Answer explanation

Indian Mutiny or the First War of Independence was a widespread rebellion against British Rule in India between 1857-59. Rani Laxmibai, who was the queen of Jhansi, was one of the leaders of this mutiny and became a symbol of resistance to the British Raj for Indian nationalists.

Which Independence activist said, 'Swarajya is my birthright and I shall have it'?

• Mangal Panday

• Sarojini Naidu

• Babasaheb Ambedkar

• Lokmanya Tilak

Answer explanation

Lokmanya Tilak was the first leader of the Indian Independence movement. He was one of the first and strongest advocates of Swaraj or self-rule.

Which Indian independence leaders were popularly known together as Lal Bal Pal?

• Bipin Chandra Pal

• Lala Lajpat Rai

• Subhash Chandra Bose

• Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Answer explanation

Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal, popularly known as Lal Bal Pal, advocated the Swadeshi movement involving the boycott of all imported items and the use of Indian-made goods in 1907 during the anti-Partition agitation in Bengal which began in 1905.

Which Indian revolutionary was involved in the Kakori train robbery against the British Raj?

• Rajendra Prasad

• Chandrashekhar Azad

• Bal Gangadhar Tilak

• Mangal Pandey

Answer explanation

A train robbery was planned and executed by revolutionaries like Chandrashekhar Azad, Ram Prasad Bismil and Rajendra Lahiri to revolt against the British rule.

Which Indian leader started the non-co-operation movement?

• Tatya Tope

• Bipin Chandra Pal

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Indira Gandhi

Answer explanation

Mahatma Gandhi started the non-co-operation movement asking Indians to boycott British goods, official functions and surrender honors, titles etc. This was done to put pressure on the British to grant India self-governance and full independence.