wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Independence Day Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was ruling over India before 15th, August 1947?

a)

The Dutch

b)

The British

c)

The French

d)

Indians themselves

2.

How many years did they rule?

a)

200 years

b)

150 years

c)

250 years

d)

125 years

3.

3. Which freedom fighter raised the voice of rebellion in the First War of Independence, also called the Sepoy Mutiny?

a)

Lala Lajpat Rai

b)

Chandra Shekar Azad

c)

Mangal Pandey

d)

Bhagat Singh

4.

4. Farmers in Champaran district , Bihar were forced to grow which crop by the Britishers but were not paid anything, thus pushing them into poverty?

a)

Rice

b)

Maize

c)

Mulberry

d)

Indigo

5.

Champaran was the first Satyagraha of which national leader who became the campaigner for Swarajya through Ahimsa?

a)

Jawahar lal Nehru

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

d)

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

6.

Which incident in Punjab is known as the worst act of cruelty and inhumanity unleashed by the British that triggered a massive movement all over India ?

a)

Jallianwala bagh massacre

b)

Chauri Chaura incident

c)

Partition of India

d)

Dont know

7.

What was the protest Mahatma Gandhi led to break the Salt Law that imposed a tax on salt, a basic right and commodity of the people?

a)

Sabarmati march

b)

Non Cooperation Movement

c)

Dandi march

d)

Quit India movement

8.

What was the call given by Gandhiji in 1942 as a part of the Quit India movement?

a)

Give me your blood, I shall give you freedom

b)

Britishers go back

c)

Do or Die

d)

Swarajya is my birthright and I shall have it

9.

Who was the main spirit behind the Azad HInd Fauj?

a)

Lala Lajpat Rai

b)

Subash Chandra Bose

c)

Bhagat Singh

d)

Bipin Chandra Pal

10.

Who was instrumental in getting the princely states to merge with independent India?

a)

Jawahar lal Nehru

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

Sardar Vallabhai Patel

d)

Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad

11.

Who gave the first Independence day speech from Lal Qila, Red Fort on 15th Aug, 1947?

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Sardar Patel

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

Rajendra Prasad

12.

The Indian flag was designed by

a)

Aruna Asaf Ali

b)

K M Munshi

c)

PIngali Venkaya

d)

Bikaji Cama