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Independence Day Quiz 1

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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No points/ranks will be allotted for this particular question.

a)

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b)

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c)

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d)

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2.

Who designed the national flag of India?

a)

Pingali Venkayya

b)

Gopal Krishan Gokhale

c)

Dadabhai Naroji

d)

Pherozeshah Mehta

3.

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

a)

Jawaharlal Nehru

b)

Bhagat Singh

c)

Subhash Chandra Bose

d)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

4.

The patriotic poem 'Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna' was written by?

a)

Kartar Singh Sarabha

b)

Ram Prasad Bismil

c)

Muhammad Iqbal

d)

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

5.

Who was the first Governor-General of the Dominion of India? 

a)

Lord Mountbatten 

b)

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

c)

Dr. BR Ambedkar 

d)

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

6.

During which movement did Mahatama Gandhi give the call for 'Do or Die?

a)

Khilafat Movement

b)

Non-Cooperation Movement

c)

Salt Satyagraha

d)

 Quit India Movement

7.

Who wrote the Poem “Saare Jahan se Accha”

a)

Muhammad Iqbal

b)

Mahatma Gandi

c)

Munshi Prem Chand

d)

Rabindranath Tagore

8.

The leader known by the name - Iron Man of India is?

a)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

b)

Jawahar Lal Nehru

c)

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

d)

Subhash Chandra Bose

9.

Which country does not share its independence day with India?

a)

North Korea

b)

Bahrain

c)

Republic of the Congo

d)

Indonesia

10.

Who drew the border between India and Pakistan?

a)

Sir George Barlow

b)

Lord William Bentinck

c)

Sir Robert Napier

d)

Sir Cyril Radcliffe

11.

What was the exchange rate dollar and rupee on August 15, 1947?

a)

Re. 30 = $1

b)

Re. 5 = $1

c)

Re. 1 = $1

d)

Re. 15 = $1

12.

When was India's National flag hoisted for the first time and where?

a)

August 7, 1906, at the Parsee Bagan Square, Kolkata

b)

August 8, 1906, at the Red Fort, Delhi

c)

August 9, 1906, at the Gateway of India, Mumbai

d)

August 10, 1906, at Jallianwala Bagh, Punjab

13.

The first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru raised the Indian National Flag on 15 August 1947 which of the following gates of the Red Fort?

a)

Lahori Gate

b)

Delhi Gate

c)

Kashmiri Gate

d)

None of the above

14.

What is the official approx. duration of the Indian National Anthem?

a)

30 Seconds

b)

45 Seconds

c)

52 Seconds

d)

58 Seconds

15.

How many spokes are there in the Ashoka Chakra?

a)

23

b)

22

c)

24

d)

21

16.

East India Company started trade with India from which city?

a)

Bombay (Mumbai)

b)

Surat

c)

Madras (Chennai)

d)

Calcutta (Kolkata)

17.

Who ruled Goa before it was integrated into India?

a)

British

b)

French

c)

Portuguese

d)

Africans

18.

Shaheed Sukhdev, a prominent freedom fighter, was born in which city?

a)

Jalandhar

b)

Lahore

c)

Ludhiana

d)

Ropar

19.

Which Indian citizen was conferred Nishan-e-Pakistan?

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Abul Kalam Azad

c)

Morarji Desai

d)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

20.

Who was Lal in 'Lal Bal Pal'?

a)

Lala Lajpat Rai

b)

Lal Bahadur Shahtri

c)

Lal Chand Rajput

d)

Lala Dhani Ram

21.

When was 'first war of independence' fought?

a)

1757

b)

1857

c)

1911

d)

1930

22.

Who was the first President of India and when did he bacame the President?

a)

Rajendra Prasad, 1947

b)

Mahatma Gandhi, 1947

c)

Mahatma Gandhi, 1950

d)

Rajendra Prasad, 1950

23.

Which of the following Pakistani citizen is awarded Bharat Ratna?

a)

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

b)

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

c)

Liaquat Ali Khan

d)

Malala Yousafzai

24.

Which of the following financial institution/bank was founded by Lala Lajpat Rai?

a)

State Bank of India

b)

Punjab National Bank

c)

Indian Freedom Fund

d)

Swadeshi Bank

25.

What do the three colors of the national flag represent?

a)

Justice, Selflessness, Agriculture

b)

Religion, Peace, Trees

c)

Sacrifice, Peace and Prosperity

d)

None of these

26.

Which of the following Indian freedom fighters killed a British officer -

Michael O'Dwyer, in Britain?

a)

Bhagat Singh

b)

Chandra Shekhar Azad

c)

Udham Singh

d)

Lala Har Dayal