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Happy Independence Day

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Subhash Chandra Bose

c)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

d)

Chandrashekhar Azad

2.

Who designed the National flag of India?

a)

Pingali (or Pinglay) Venkayya

b)

Dr B. R Ambedkar

c)

Sardar Patel

d)

Sarojini Naidu

3.

Who among the following became the only Indian and last Governor General of Independent India?

a)

Lord Mountbatten

b)

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

c)

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

C.R.Gopalachari

4.

The famous movement launched by Gandhiji to break the salt law was

a)

Civil Disobedience Movement

b)

Non Cooperation Movement

c)

Quit India Movement

d)

Khilafat Movement

5.

Who was the Lal in the Lal-Bal-Pal trio ?

a)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

b)

Lala Lajpat Rai

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

Madanlal Dhingra

6.

On August 15, 1947, India got its freedom, ending an almost ________________-year British rule.

a)

100

b)

200

c)

300

d)

400

7.

The First Indian National Army was formed under

a)

Rash Behari Bose

b)

Capt Mohan Singh

c)

Subhash Chandra Bose

d)

Major General M.Z. Kiani

8.

The song ‘Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata’ composed in 1911 by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore was renamed as ‘Jana Gana Mana’ and adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India as the national anthem on January 24, 1950.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

India's Independence Day is significant as it stands as a reminder of the sacrifices that many freedom fighters made to get independence from British rule.


Choose the names of the Indian freedom fighters who were sentenced to death by the British or died in their custody.

a)

Bhagat Singh

b)

Sukhdev Thapar

c)

Mahatma Gandhi

d)

Jatindranath Das

10.

He was appointed the last Viceroy of India in March 1947, went to become the first Governor General of free India. He oversaw the Partition of British India into India and Pakistan.

a)

Lord Irwin

b)

Lord Curzon

c)

Lord Mountbatten

d)

Lord Willingdon

11.

Even after India's independence ________was still a Portuguese colony. It was annexed to India by the Indian Army only in 1961. Thus, it was the last state to join the Indian territory.

a)

Goa

b)

Maharashtra

c)

Kerala

d)

Gujarat

12.

Who was the president of the Constituent Assembly that held the 'Independence Meeting'?

a)

Dr. B.R Ambedkar

b)

Dr Rajendra Prasad

c)

Dr S. Radhakrishnan

d)

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

13.

Name the first woman minister of Independent India.

a)

Sarojini Naidu

b)

Vijayalakshmi Pandit

c)

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

d)

Indira Gandhi

14.

When and where was the Indian National Flag hoisted for the first time?

a)

Parsee Bagan Square, Kolkata on 7 August 1906

b)

Red Fort , Delhi on 8 August 1906

c)

The Gateway of India, Mumbai on 9 August 1906

d)

The Jallianwala Baug, Punjab on 10 August 1906

15.

Following the independence of India, it was adopted as the national motto of India on 26 January 1950, the day India became a republic.

a)

Jai Hind

b)

Vande Mataram

c)

Satyamev Jayate

d)

Jai Jawan Jai Kisan