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Independence Day Special

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The immortal national song Bande Mataram has been written by

a)

Rabindranath Tagore

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

Bankim Chandra Chatto-Padhya

d)

Surendranath Bandopad-hyaya

2.

Who is regarded as “Maker of Modern India”?

a)

M. G. Ranade

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

Keshav Chandra Sen

d)

Ram Mohan Roy

3.

Gandhiji considered Khadi as a symbol of

a)

industrialisation

b)

economic independence

c)

economic growth

d)

moral purity

4.

Who said " The Simon Commission Report should be thrown on a heap of rubbish"?

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Mohammad All Jinnah

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

Sivaswami Ayyar

5.

When was Mahatma Gandhi arrested during the "Quit India Movement" of 1942 ?

a)

7th August 1942

b)

30th April 1942

c)

9th August 1942

d)

5th July 1942

6.

The Simon Commission was boycotted by Indians because

a)

it sought to curb civil liberties of the Indians

b)

it proposed to partition India

c)

it was an all-white commission without Indian representation

d)

it proposed measure's to contain nationalism

7.

What does the blue wheel that appears in the Indian national flag stand for?

a)

The wheel of law of justice

b)

The wheel of religion

c)

The wheel of Krishna

d)

The wheel of fortune

8.

Who gave the slogan “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it”?

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

c)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

d)

Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

9.

Who designed the present National Flag of India?

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

Who wrote the book “India’s First War of Independence”?

a)

Subhash Chandra Bose

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

Vinayak Samodar Savarkar

d)

Jawaharlal Nehru

11.

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

a)

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

b)

August 8, 1906, at the Red Fort, Delhi

c)

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

d)

August 10, 1906, at Jallianwala Bagh, Punjab

12.

Who gave the slogan "Do or Die" to the nation ?

a)

V D savarkar

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

Bala gangadhara tilak

d)

Subhash chandra bose

13.

Who gave the slogan "Dams are the temples of modern India"?

a)

K L Rao

b)

Dr.A P J Kalam

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

Sardar Vallabhai Patel

14.

Who gave the slogan "Aaraam Haraam Hai" to the nation ?

a)

T N Seshan

b)

Indira Gandhi

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

Gopala Krishna Gokhale

15.

Who gave the slogan "Des bachao… Des banao" to the nation ?

a)

P V Narasimha Rao

b)

Manmohan Singh

c)

Indira Gandhi

d)

Rajiv Gandhi