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Independence Day

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 56mins

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1.

Welcome to the Quiz.

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2.

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3.

Who designed the Indian flag?

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Ambedkar

c)

Lord Mountbatten

d)

Pingali Venkayya

4.

Which was the first English newspaper in India ?

a)

Times of India

b)

Bengal Gazette

c)

The Hindu

d)

Deccan Herald

5.

Who first addressed Mahatma Gandhi as the " Father of nation"?

a)

Subash Chandra Bose

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

c)

Motilal Nehru

d)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

6.

Prior to their independence, which one of the following did Indians use as means of protest ?

a)

Kites

b)

Flags

c)

Rangolis

d)

Floral bouquets

7.

Who once remarked " Nehru is a patriot while Jinnah is a politician"?

a)

Bhagat Singh

b)

Sarojini Naidu

c)

Mohammed Iqbal

d)

Lord Mountbatten

8.

Which movement marked Gandhiji's entry in to national politics?

a)

Champaran Movement

b)

Non-cooperation Movement

c)

Salt March

d)

Quit India Movement

9.

Who founded the All India Harijan Samaj in 1932?

a)

Dr B R Ambedkar

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

Rabindranath Tagore

d)

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

10.

Name of the commission which was appointed by the British Government to probe the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?

a)

Sadler Commission

b)

Fowler Commission

c)

Lyall Commission

d)

Hunter Commission

11.

Who gave the slogan "Dilli Chalo" or "March to Delhi"?

a)

Jawaharlal Nehru

b)

Annie Besant

c)

Subash Chandra Bose

d)

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

12.

When was English East India Company established?

a)

1600 AD

b)

1200 AD

c)

1850 AD

d)

900 AD

13.

Which movement was immediately followed after the partition of Bengal?

a)

Dandi March

b)

Khilafat Movement

c)

Swadeshi Movement

d)

Civil Disobedience Movement

14.

Who gave the slogan "Give me blood and I promise you freedom"?

a)

Mangal Pandey

b)

Swami Vivekananda

c)

Subash Chandra Bose

d)

Shivaram Rajguru

15.

Which battle established the supremacy of the British rule in India?

a)

Panipat War, 1526

b)

Battle of Buxar, 1764

c)

First Anglo-Maratha War, 1775

d)

Battle of Plassey, 1757

16.

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

a)

Meeting at Wardha

b)

Meeting at Lahore

c)

Meeting in Dhaka

d)

Meeting in Chennai

17.

Which leader died on the starting day of the Noncooperation movement that was launched in 1920?

a)

Lala Lajpat Rai

b)

Dadabhai Navroji

c)

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

d)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

18.

Which was the last European Nation to come to Pre independence India as traders?

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

Denmark

d)

Portugal

19.

Who wrote the book "The origin of the Indian National Congress"?

a)

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

b)

Pattabhi Seeta Ramayya

c)

George Yule

d)

Madan Mohan Malaviya

20.

When did Gandhiji start the Sabarmati Ashram?

a)

1916

b)

1901

c)

1930

d)

1920

21.

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

a)

Rani Lakshmibai

b)

Begum Hazrat Mahal

c)

Mangal Pandey

d)

Kunwar Singh

22.

6th April, 1930 is well known in the history of India as this was the beginning of a massive protest. This date is associated with?

a)

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

b)

Dandi March

c)

Round Table Conferences

d)

Kakori Conspiracy

23.

Where was the Provisional Government of Independent India (Azad Hind) formed by Subash Chandra Bose?

a)

Singapore

b)

Britain

c)

Japan

d)

Sri Lanka

24.

What is the nick name of the English East India Company?

a)

Bell Foundry

b)

Cattle Company

c)

Porters Society

d)

John Company

25.

Where does the Prime minister of India hoist the national flag on the independence day?

a)

Parliament of India

b)

Red Fort

c)

Rashtrapati Bhavan

d)

India Gate

26.

Which incident provoked Gandhiji to suspend the Civil Disobedience Movement?

a)

Kakori Conspiracy

b)

Awadh Incident

c)

Chauri Chaura incident

d)

Forest Revolt in Kumaon

27.

Who was the first woman president of Indian National Congress ?

a)

Sarojini Naidu

b)

Annie Besant

c)

Kamala Nehru

d)

Nellie Sengupta

28.

Who was the last Governor General of India under East India Company rule?

a)

Lord Salisbury

b)

Lord Ripon

c)

Lord Dalhousie

d)

Lord Canning

29.

Who was the Prime minister of Britain when India got Independence?

a)

Clement Atlee

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Neville Chamberlain

d)

Ramsay MacDonald

30.

Who wrote the pamphlet " Why I am an atheist" in jail?

a)

Bhagat Singh

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

c)

Rabindranath Tagore

d)

Mahatma Gandhi

31.

Who is the father of Indian constitution ?

a)

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

b)

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

c)

B R Ambedkar

d)

Rajendra Prasad

32.

Who ordered the shooting at Jallianwala Bagh?

a)

John Armstrong

b)

Reginald Dyer

c)

John Akehurst

d)

Frederick John Alfieri

33.

Narendranath Datta is the original name of

a)

Swami Vivekananda

b)

Ramakrishna Paramhamsa

c)

Sri Aurobindo

d)

Rabindranath Tagore

34.

Who is known as the "political guru" of Mahatma Gandhi?

a)

Dadabhai Naoroji

b)

Swami Vivekananda

c)

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

d)

Lal Lajpat Rai

35.

Who was behind the abolishment of the Practice of Sati?

a)

Rajaram Mohanroy

b)

Swami Dayananda

c)

Mahadev Govind Ranade

d)

B R Ambedkar

36.

Who addressed Gandhiji as "One man boundary force"?

a)

Queen Victoria

b)

Nelson Mandela

c)

Sir William Jones

d)

Lord Mountbatten

37.

Which party was formed by Subhash Chandra Bose after leaving Indian National Congress?

a)

Congress Socialist Party

b)

Forward Bloc

c)

Swaraj party

d)

Bengal Congress

38.

Which day is observed as national martyrs day in India?

a)

January 30

b)

March 23

c)

August 15

d)

March 15

39.

Who put forward the idea that "Britain was draining and bleeding India"?

a)

G V Joshi

b)

M G Ranade

c)

G K Gokhale

d)

Dadabhai Naoroji

40.

Who Gave The Slogan 'Inquilab Zindabad'?

a)

Chandra Sekhar Azad

b)

Sukhdev Thapar

c)

Bhagat Singh

d)

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

41.

The first leader to undergo imprisonment was

a)

Bipin Chandra Pal

b)

Bal Gangadhar Tilaki

c)

Dadabhai Naoroji

d)

C Vijayaraghavachar

42.

Rajaram Mohanroy was the founder of

a)

Ram Krishna Mission

b)

Brahmo Samaj

c)

Prarthana Samaj

d)

Arya Samaj

43.

Where did the British first opened their factories in the eastern part of India?

a)

Orissa

b)

Assam

c)

Bihar

d)

Sikkim

44.

The National Pledge is an oath of allegiance to the Republic of India. Who composed it?

a)

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

b)

Rabindranath Tagore

c)

Pydimmari Venkata subba Rao

d)

Sarojini Naidu

45.

Which of the following clearly defines the slogan "Inquilab Zindabad"?

a)

Freedom is inevitable

b)

We will win

c)

We will acquire freedom

d)

Long Live the revolution

46.

Who among the following declared that "any princely state which refused to join Indian assembly will be treated as an enemy state"?

a)

C Rajagopalachari

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

c)

S P Sinha

d)

RV patel

47.

Which among the following newspaper later renamed as ‘The Times of India?’

a)

Bombay Times

b)

Bombay Samachar

c)

Voice of India

d)

Bengal Gazette

48.

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

a)

Mohammad Ali Jinnah

b)

Shivaswami Ayyar

c)

Chandra shekhar Azad

d)

Mahatma Gandhi

49.

Which act was known as ‘Black-Bill’?

a)

The Regulating Act

b)

Indian Council Act

c)

Rowlatt Act

d)

Indian Council Act

50.

Which English officer played an important role in the formation of Indian National Congress?

a)

Lord Curzon

b)

A O Hume

c)

Reginald Dyer

d)

Annie Besant

51.

In 1923 by whom Swaraj Party was founded?

a)

Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das

b)

Sachin Sanyal and Jogesh Chatterji

c)

Gandhiji and Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Vithalbhai Patel

52.

The freedom fighter who died in jail due to the hunger strike was?

a)

Bipin Chandra Pal

b)

Baghat singh

c)

Subash Chandra Bose

d)

Jatin Das