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Independence day beyond

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which war was India a part of after they became independent?

a)

Indo-Pakistan War

b)

French revolution

c)

World war III

d)

Indo-China War

2.

What is the name of the first Governor-General of Pakistan?

a)

Saifuddin Kitchlew

b)

Muhammed Ali Jinnah

c)

Tipu Sultan

d)

Mohammed Ghazhi

3.

Who was the first governor general of India after independence?

a)

Ramaswamy Venkataraman

b)

K. R. Narayanan

c)

V. V. Giri

d)

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari

4.

Who found the Sabarmati Ashram?

a)

Jawaharlal Nehru

b)

Mangal pandey

c)

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

d)

Bhagat Singh

5.

How many states were there originally when India became independent?

a)

6

b)

12

c)

19

d)

33

6.

Who was the first Vice-president of India?

a)

Dr.Sarvapalli RadhaKrishnan

b)

Mohammad Hamid Ansari

c)

K. R. Narayanan

d)

Mohammad Hidayatullah

7.

Who was the person in the first ever 10 rupee note?

a)

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawa

c)

No one

d)

None of the Above

8.

When was Dandi March(Salt Satyagraha) launched and By whom?

a)

February1820, Jawaharlal Nehru

b)

August 1930, Sarojini Naidu

c)

December 1820, Jhansi Rani

d)

March 1930, Gandhi ji

9.

Who was the second prime minister of India?

a)

A.P.J Abdul Kalam

b)

K. R. Narayanan

c)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

d)

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

10.

When did Mahatma Gandhi join the freedom fight?

a)

1912

b)

1913

c)

1914

d)

1915

11.

When did the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre happen?

a)

13 April 1919

b)

28 January 1947

c)

6 April 1919

d)

29 February 1934

12.

When was the East India Company established?

a)

1900s

b)

1500s

c)

1700s

d)

1600s

13.

Which five languages was Bhagat Singh influenced by?

a)

English, Arabic, French, Swedish and Punjabi

b)

Chinese, Hindi, English, Japanese and German

c)

Japanese, Arabic, French, Indonesian, and Hindi

d)

Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Punjabi and Italian

14.

Who formed the INA ( Indian National Army) in Singapore?

a)

Clement Atlee

b)

Subhash Chandra Bose

c)

Captain Mohan Singh

d)

Rash Behari Bose

15.

What was the youngest age of freedom fighter who went to the prison?

a)

6

b)

10

c)

16

d)

20

16.

The first weekly paper published by the Indian National Congress in 1889?

a)

Nations vision

b)

Voice of India

c)

Times of India

d)

The Hindustan times

17.

What is the nickname of the English East India Company?

a)

John Company

b)

Lord Canning

c)

Bardoli

d)

Sir. P.Lawrence

18.

Which year onwards Gandhi Jayanthi is celebrated as international nonviolence day?

a)

2005

b)

2009

c)

2007

d)

2008

19.

How many years was India under some form of british rule?

a)

190 years

b)

300 years

c)

100 years

d)

50 years

20.

Who unified all the 562 princely states when india became independent and is therefore called the ‘Iron Man of India’?

a)

Sardar Vallabhai Patel

b)

Goverdhan Lal Arya

c)

B.R. Ambedkar

d)

Chandra Shekhar Azad

21.

Where did the Congress Working committee first accept the idea of the Quit India Movement?

a)

AmibiaKanekal

b)

PunjabRajampe

c)

Wardha

d)

Narpala

22.

In which year was the national anthem officially adopted?

a)

1967

b)

1965

c)

1955

d)

1950

23.

When was the first uprising against the British East India company’s rule?

a)

1865

b)

1875

c)

1845

d)

1857

24.

In which year When did Indian National Congress adopt the resolution of self Government for the first time?

a)

1906

b)

1746

c)

1820

d)

1920

25.

Where did Nehru raise the national flag of India on 15th August, 1947?

a)

Red fort

b)

Agra

c)

Taj Mahal

d)

Qutub minar

26.

Which movement marked Gandhiji's entry into national politics?

a)

Champaran Movement

b)

Sathya graha

c)

Quit India movement

d)

Dhandi march

27.

Who once remarked Nehru is patriot while jinnah is a politician?

a)

Ifran

b)

Mohammed Iqbal

c)

Mohammed Ali

d)

Aladin

28.

Which country shares its independence centre day with India?

a)

North korea

b)

Bahrain

c)

Republic of congo

d)

Indonesia

29.

Who said “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it?”

a)

Balagangadhar Tilak

b)

Subhash Chandra bose

c)

Jhansi rani

d)

Velu Nachiyar

30.

Who is the founder of Ghadar party?

a)

Lala Hardayal

b)

Mohammed Ali

c)

Subash Chandra bose

d)

Mahatma Gandhi

31.

When the first non-cooperation movement started in India?

a)

1 September, 1920

b)

1 August, 1902

c)

5 September, 1920

d)

13 August, 1902

32.

Until when India remained a dominion of the crown?

a)

26 August 1930

b)

26 January 1947

c)

26 January 1950

d)

26 August 1947

33.

Who set up the Indian independence league?

a)

C.Krishnan Nair

b)

Rash Bihari Bose

c)

Gopala Krishna Ghogale

d)

Lala Hardayal

34.

Number of Indians died in the British rule?

a)

2.6 million

b)

4 million

c)

3.3 million

d)

5.5 million

35.

Who was the viceroy of India when Montague- Chelmsford reforms were introduced?

a)

Lord Chelmsford

b)

Subash Chandra

c)

Lala Hardayal

d)

Dr. Ambedkar

36.

The first session of the Indian National Congress was presided over by:

a)

Womesh Chander Banerjee

b)

Lala Hardayal

c)

Gopala Krishna Ghogale

d)

Dr. Ambedkar

37.

Who founded the Indian League?

a)

Clement Atlee

b)

Chandra Shekhar Azad

c)

Shishir Kumar Ghose

d)

Dr. Ambedkar

38.

The famous INA trials took place at the Red Fort,Delhi in?

a)

1742

b)

1967

c)

1852

d)

1945

39.

Who was the leader of the Revolt of 1857 at Jagadishpur?

a)

Chandra Shekhar Azad

b)

Kunwar Singh

c)

Mangal pandey

d)

Rajagopala Aacharya

40.

Name the viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was repealed?

a)

Lord Reeding

b)

Lord Canning

c)

Sir. P.Lawrence

d)

Clement Atlee