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Quiz 6 - Indian Freedom Struggle

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many princely stages were there in India before independence

a)

848

b)

655

c)

486

d)

565

2.

Who was the first European explorer to reach India via Atlantic Ocean?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Vasco de Gama

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

3.

Which one of the following countries did not try to make India as their colony?

a)

Spain

b)

Britain

c)

Dutch

d)

Portuguese

4.

Name the port where Vasco de Gama landed

a)

Musiris

b)

Kolkotta

c)

Kappad, Kerala

d)

Goa

5.

Name the princely ruler who defeated Dutch in 1741 at Colechel

a)

Marthanda Varma

b)

Shah Bahadur

c)

Tipu Sultan

d)

Chatrapati Sivaji

6.

Which battle victory lead to the beginning of British Empire in India?

a)

Battle of Buxar

b)

Maratha War

c)

Plassey War

d)

Battle of Panipat

7.

In which year the first major Indian Rebellion took place (where Jahnsi Rani, Tantia Tope, Nana Saheb, Mangal Pandel and Bahadur Shah Zafar fought against the British?

a)

1785

b)

1857

c)

1587

d)

1897

8.

Who was the first Indian governor-general of India?

a)

C Rajagopalachari (Rajaji)

b)

Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji)

c)

Chandrasekhar Azad

d)

Jawaharlal Nehru

9.

Who was the ruler of Britain when "Government of India Act 1858" was implemented?

a)

Queen Victoria

b)

Queen Charlotte

c)

Queen Elizabeth I

d)

Queen Elezabeth II

10.

Who was the first Viceroy of British India?

a)

Lord Mountbatten

b)

William Bentinck

c)

Robert Clive

d)

Lord Canning

11.

In the below list who was not involved in the formation of Indian national Congress?

a)

Burendranath Banerjee

b)

Dadabhai Naoroji

c)

Allan Octavian Hume

d)

Dinshaw Edulji Wacha

12.

Who is known as Frontier Gandhi?

a)

Mohammed Ali Jinnah

b)

Firoz Gandhi

c)

Moulana Abdul Kalam Azad

d)

Abdul Gaffar Khan

13.

"Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it“. Who raised this slogan?

a)

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

b)

Subhash Chandra Bose

c)

Bal Gandadhar Tilak

d)

Bhagat Singh

14.

Which Indian Freedom fighter is known as "Punjab Kesari"

a)

Chandrasekhar Azad

b)

Lala Lajpat Rai

c)

Subhash Chandra Bose

d)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

15.

In which year "Quit India" movement was organized by Congress?

a)

1940

b)

1922

c)

1930

d)

1942

16.

Who is known as the "Nightingale of India"?

a)

Sarojini Naidu

b)

Lata Mangeshkar

c)

Asha Bhosle

d)

Vijayalakshmi Pandit

17.

Identify this great Indian Fredom fighter who was hanged to death at the age of 23 by British rulers.

a)

Sukh Ram

b)

Chandrasekhar Azad

c)

Netaji

d)

Bhagat Singh

18.

Who was the famous Indian Freedom Fighter who brought an end to "Sati"?

a)

Rabindra Nath Tagore

b)

Surendra Banerjee

c)

Rajaram Mohan Rai

d)

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

19.

To which incident do British Brigadier General R E H Dyer is associated?

a)

Chauri Chaura

b)

Jallianwalah Bagh

c)

Indian Rebellion of 1857

d)

Quit India Movement

20.

Who is known as Kerala Gandhi?

a)

Ayyan Kali

b)

C Sankaran Nair

c)

K Kelappan

d)

V K Krishna Menon