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Quiz Competition

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who designed the national flag of India?

a)

Pingali Venkayya

b)

Gopal Krishan Gokhale

c)

Dadabhai Naroji

d)

Pherozeshah Mehta

2.

The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place on which date?

a)

April 10, 1919

b)

April 13, 1919

c)

May 13, 1919

d)

April 13, 1921

3.

What is the theme for 75 years of Independence Day celebrations?

a)

Self-reliant India

b)

Promote India's culture

c)

Nation First, Always First

d)

None of the above

4.

Who will raise the flag during national level Independence day function in 2022 at Red Fort?

a)

Narendra Modi

b)

Rajnath Singh

c)

Ram Nath Kovind

d)

Draupadi Murmu

5.

East India Company started trade with India from which city?

a)

Bombay (Mumbai)

b)

Calcutta (Kolkata)

c)

Madras (Chennai)

d)

Surat

6.

Who was the first Viceroy of British India?

a)

William Bentick

b)

Charles Canning

c)

Louis Mountbatten

d)

Warren Hastings

7.

Who ruled Goa before it was integrated into India?

a)

British

b)

French

c)

Portuguese

d)

French

8.

Who was the founder president of 'Ghadar Party'?

a)

Subash Chandra Bose

b)

Lala Har Dayal

c)

Kartar Singh Sarabha

d)

D) Kesar Singh

9.

What does the three colours of national flag represent?

a)

Sacrifice, Peace and Prosperity

b)

Religion, Peace, Trees

c)

Justice, Selflessness, Agriculture

d)

None of These

10.

Who put forward the theory of 'Drain of Wealth'?

a)

Rabindranath Tagore

b)

Bipin Chandra Pal

c)

Lala Lajpat Rai

d)

Dadabhai Naoroji

11.

Who wrote the famous book 'India Wins Freedom'?

a)

Jawaharlal Nehru

b)

Bipan Chandra

c)

Sekhar Bandyopadhyay

d)

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

12.

On 15 August 1947, who raised the national flag during independence day event at Red Fort?

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Jawaharlal Neheru

c)

DadaBhai Naroji

d)

Satyendranath Tagore

13.

The splitting of Congress into two groups in the year 1907 is generally referred by which of the following names?

a)

Division of Bengal

b)

Bombay Split

c)

Surat Split

d)

Great Divide

14.

Who wrote the poem Saare Jahan Se Achha?

a)

Muhammad Iqbal

b)

Sahir Ludhianvi

c)

Gulzar

d)

Rabindranath Tagore

15.

Which of the following songs is the national song of India?

a)

Rangde Basanti Chola

b)

Vande Mataram

c)

Jana Gana Mana

d)

Saare Jahan Se Acha

16.

The independent legislative assemblies in all provinces of British India were established by which act?

a)

Indian Council Act, 1892

b)

Rowlett Act

c)

Mont-Ford Reforms

d)

Government of India Act 1935

17.

When did The Constitution of India came into effect?

a)

26 November 1949

b)

26 January 1950

c)

26 January 1949

d)

26 January 1947

18.

Which Indian city is known as the City of Prime Ministers?

a)

Varanasi

b)

Bhopal

c)

Allahabad

d)

Ahmedabad

19.

Who is considered as the main architect of the constitution of India?

a)

Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar

b)

Sachidananda Sinha

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

Mahatma Gandhi

20.

During the British Raj, which law or section was often used against the newspapers?

a)

Section 124 A of IPC

b)

Section 107 & 151 of CrPC

c)

Vernacular Press Act

d)

Rowlatt Act

21.

Who formed Indian National Army (INA)?

a)

Mohan Singh

b)

Subhash Chandra Bose

c)

Chandra Shekhar Azad

d)

Veer Savarkar

22.

Who established Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)?

a)

Zakir Husain

b)

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

c)

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

d)

Mohammad Hamid Ansari

23.

In which year was New Delhi made capital of India?

a)

26 January 1911

b)

15 July 1918

c)

1 November 1921

d)

13 February 1931

24.

Who was the first Indian Governor-General of India?

a)

Baldev Singh

b)

Rajendra Prasad

c)

C. Rajagopalachari

d)

Muhammad Iqbal

25.

Which was the first European country to start trade with India first?

a)

Britain

b)

Portugal

c)

France

d)

Dutch

26.

Which social reformer is known of his efforts for abolition of Sati?

a)

Raja Rammohan Roy

b)

Dayananda Saraswati

c)

Iswar Ch. Bidyasagar

d)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

27.

Who was the main architect to design New Delhi?

a)

Frank Lloyd Wright

b)

Edwin Lutyens

c)

Louis Sullivan

d)

Le Corbusier

28.

Taj Mahal is situated on the banks of which river?

a)

Chambal

b)

Ganga

c)

Yamuna

d)

Tngabhadra

29.

The picture of which of the following buildings is printed on the back of new bank notes of Rs.500 released in 2016?

a)

Parliament of India

b)

Dandi March Statue

c)

Taj Mahal

d)

Red Fort

30.

Which is the most populous city of India?

a)

New Delhi

b)

Mumbai

c)

Bangalor

d)

Kolkata

31.

'Vande Mataram' was first sung during which session of INC?

a)

1896

b)

1931

c)

1911

d)

1920

32.

Which date is known as Direct Action Day in british India's history?

a)

26 January 1930

b)

8 August 1942

c)

16 August 1946

d)

15 August 1947

33.

The 'Gateway of India' was built to commemorate which event?

a)

Arrival of Vasco da Gama in India

b)

War between Marathas and Mughals

c)

Memory of Mahatma Gandhi

d)

Landing of King George V in India

34.

The word 'socialist secular' were added to the Preamble of the constitution by which amendment?

a)

76th Amendment

b)

42nd Amendment

c)

1st Amendment

d)

44nd Amendment

35.

Who is the author of the famous book 'The Discovery of India'?

a)

Rabindranath Tagore

b)

William Dalrymple

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

Larry Collins

36.

Who was the last mughal emperor of India?

a)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

b)

Humayun

c)

Shah Alam II

d)

Razia Sultana

37.

When was 'first war of independence' fought?

a)

1757

b)

1930

c)

1911

d)

1857

38.

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

 

a)

Khilafat Movement

b)

Non-Cooperation Movement

c)

Quit India Movement

d)

Salt Satyagraha

39.

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

a)

Lord Mountbatten

b)

Clement Attlee

c)

Ramsay MacDonald

d)

Winston Churchill

40.

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

a)

Macaulay Plan

b)

Atlee Announcement

c)

Mountbatten Plan

d)

Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms

41.

Who presided over the 1905 Congress session in Banaras?

a)

Dadabhai Naroji

b)

Aurobindo Ghosh

c)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

d)

Gopal Krishan Gokhale

42.

In which session of the Congress both Extremist and Moderate leaders were united?

a)

Madras

b)

Lucknow

c)

Banaras

d)

Calcutta

43.

When was Gandhi Irwin Pact signed?

a)

3 March, 1930

b)

15 April, 1930

c)

5 March, 1931

d)

5 April, 1931

44.

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

45.

In which of the following Congress sessions, the Indian National Congress declared Purna Swaraj?

a)

Nagpur Session, 1929

b)

Lahore Session, 1929

c)

Calcutta Session, 1929

d)

Karachi Session, 1930

46.

When was India's first five-year plan launched?

a)

1947

b)

1950 

c)

1951

d)

1949

47.

The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology is situated at.

a)

Patna

b)

Jaipur

c)

New Delhi

d)

Hyderabad

48.

January 15 is celebrated as the Day of

a)

Republic Day

b)

Kargil Vijay Day

c)

Army Day

d)

Teachers' Day

49.

Who was known as Iron man of India?

a)

Jawaharlal Nehru

b)

Govind Ballabh Pant

c)

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

d)

Subhash Chandra Bose

50.

The ratio of width of our National flag to its length is

a)

2:4

b)

2:3

c)

3:5

d)

3:4