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Independence Day Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is the 75th Independence Day this year which means:

a)

India has achieved 73 years of freedom

b)

India has achieved 74 years of freedom

c)

India has achieved 72 years of freedom

d)

India has achieved 73 as well as 74 years of freedom.

2.

Which among the following is/are true regarding the ratio of the national flag?

a)

The ratio of the length to the height of the flag shall be 3:2

b)

The ratio of the length to the width of the flag shall be 3:2

c)

The ratio of the length to the height of the flag shall be 2:3

d)

Both (a) and (b)

3.

On the Independence Day, the Prime Minister of India hoists our tricolor flag at:

a)

the Purana Qila, Delhi

b)

the Red Fort, Delhi

c)

the Red Fort, Agra

d)

the India Gate, New Delhi

4.

Who among the following was the Prime Minister of Britain at the time of Independence?

a)

Lord Mountbatten

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Clement Attlee

d)

Ramsay MacDonald

5.

Who among the following was the first Governor-General of new Dominions of India?

a)

Lord Mountbatten

b)

C. Rajgopalchari

c)

Dr. BR Amdedkar

d)

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

6.

The famous quote "a tryst with destiny" is given by

a)

Dr. BR Ambedkar

b)

Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

c)

Mahatma Gandhi

d)

Abdul Kalam Azad

7.

Which among the following Plan was known as the partition plan?

a)

Macaulay Plan

b)

Atlee Announcement

c)

Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms

d)

Mountbatten Plan

8.

Which of the following are the extremist leaders?

a)

Lala Lajpat Rai

b)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

c)

Bipin Chandra Pal

d)

All of the above

9.

Who presided the 1905 Congress session in Banaras?

a)

Gopal Krishan Gokhale

b)

Dadabhai Naroji

c)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

d)

Aurobindo Ghosh

10.

When the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place?

a)

10 April, 1917

b)

13 April, 1918

c)

9 April, 1916

d)

13 April, 1919

11.

Match the following is/are not correctly matched:

(a) Champaran Satyagraha - 1917

(b) Kheda Satyagraha - 1916

(c) Ahmedabad Mill Strike - 1918

(d) Rowlatt Act Satyagraha - 1919

a)

Only A

b)

Both B and C

c)

Only B

d)

Both A and D

12.

Who composed the National Song of India

a)

Bankimchandra Chatterji

b)

Rabindranath Tagore

c)

Chandra Shekhar Azad

d)

Muhammed Iqbal

13.

How many spokes are there in the chakra in the middle of the tri-colour of the Indian Flag?

a)

24

b)

28

c)

30

d)

18

14.

Who raised the Indian National Flag on August 16, 1947 at Lahore Gate of Red Fort?

a)

Lal Bahadur Shahstri

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

c)

Vallabhbhai Patel

d)

Mahatma Gandhi

15.

Which of the following was the First National Flag?

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

PM Narendra Modi unfurled the National Flag at the Red Fort for 7th time today - how many times did Jawaharlal Nehru unfurl the tricolor at the Red Fort?

a)

8 times

b)

17 times

c)

15 times

d)

21 times

17.

Who wrote Saare Jahan Se Achcha?

a)

Muhammad Iqbal

b)

Rabindranath Tagore

c)

Sarojini Naidu

d)

Hasrat Mohani

18.

Which of the following Prime Minister of India never unfurled the tricolour at the Red Fort?

a)

Indira Gandhi

b)

Chandrashekhar Singh

c)

V.P.Singh

d)

Charan Singh

19.

When was Indian Independence Act 1947 passed?

a)

3 June 1947

b)

18 July 1947

c)

15 August 1947

d)

26 January 1950

20.

When did the East India Company first come to India?

a)

1608

b)

1613

c)

1857

d)

1657