Independence Day of India Quiz | 50 Questions

1. When was the Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed?

A.

March 15, 1930


B.

March 5, 1921


C.

March 15, 1933


D.

March 5, 1931


Answer:

Option D: March 5, 1931



2. The Poona Pact was an agreement between Mahatma Gandhi and _____________.

A.

Jawaharlal Nehru


B.

B. R. Ambedkar


C.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel


D.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah


Answer:

Option B: B. R. Ambedkar



3. The Battle of Buxar was fought in which year?

A.

1724


B.

1764


C.

1799


D.

1810


Answer:

Option B: 1764



4. The First Round Table Conference was held in which year?

A.

1928


B.

1929


C.

1930


D.

1931


Answer:

Option C: 1930



5. Who was the last Emperor of British India?

A.

Edward VII


B.

Edward VIII


C.

George V


D.

George VI


Answer:

Option D: George VI



6. Who among the following visited Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa?

A.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak


B.

Gopal Krishna Gokhale


C.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel


D.

Subhas Chandra Bose


Answer:

Option B: Gopal Krishna Gokhale



7. The Indian National Congress was founded in which year?

A.

1875


B.

1880


C.

1885


D.

1890


Answer:

Option C: 1885



8. The Sharda Act is related to?

A.

Empowerment of Women


B.

Child Marriage


C.

Upliftment of Minorities


D.

Upliftment of Scheduled Tribes


Answer:

Option B: Child Marriage



9. Who threw two bombs, along with Bhagat Singh, at the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi on 8 April 1929?

A.

Chandra Shekhar Azad


B.

Batukeshwar Dutt


C.

Ram Prasad Bismil


D.

Sukhdev Thapar


Answer:

Option B: Batukeshwar Dutt



10. The Sepoy Mutiny broke out on 10 May 1857 at?

A.

Meerut


B.

Kanpur


C.

Delhi


D.

Lucknow


Answer:

Option A: Meerut



11. Which independence activist was called “The Father of the Indian Unrest” by the British?

A.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak


B.

Lala Lajpat Rai


C.

Bipin Chandra Pal


D.

Dadabhai Naoroji


Answer:

Option A: Bal Gangadhar Tilak



12. Who among the below led the revolt of 1857 in Lucknow?

A.

Tantia Tope


B.

Kunwar Singh


C.

Begum Hazrat Mahal


D.

Nana Sahib


Answer:

Option C: Begum Hazrat Mahal



13. “Poverty and un-British rule in India” is a book written by?

A.

Dadabhai Naoroji


B.

Mahatma Gandhi


C.

Rabindranath Tagore


D.

Lal Bahadur Shastri


Answer:

Option A: Dadabhai Naoroji



14. Who among the below Viceroys of India was murdered in office?

A.

Lord Curzon


B.

Lord Lytton


C.

Lord John Lawrence


D.

Lord Mayo


Answer:

Option D: Lord Mayo



15. Who among the below was not a member of the Simon Commission?

A.

Austin Hudson


B.

Donald Howard


C.

John Simon


D.

Clement Attlee


Answer:

Option A: Austin Hudson



16. Who among the below was born in Varanasi?

A.

Kunwar Singh


B.

Rani Lakshmibai


C.

Mangal Pandey


D.

Tantia Tope


Answer:

Option B: Rani Lakshmibai



17. Who among the below was not born in Kolkata?

A.

Dadabhai Naoroji


B.

Surendranath Banerjee


C.

Rabindranath Tagore


D.

Swami Vivekananda


Answer:

Option A: Dadabhai Naoroji



18. Who was the founder of the Sikh Empire?

A.

Maharaja Nau Nihal Singh


B.

Maharaja Kharak Singh


C.

Maharaja Ranjit Singh


D.

Maharaja Sher Singh


Answer:

Option C: Maharaja Ranjit Singh



19. Which Governor General was associated with the Doctrine of lapse?

A.

Lord Mountbatten


B.

Lord William Bentinck


C.

Lord Reading


D.

Lord Dalhousie


Answer:

Option D: Lord Dalhousie



20. Who defended Aurobindo Ghosh in the ‘Alipore Bomb Case’?

A.

Motilal Nehru


B.

Chittaranjan Das


C.

Bipin Chandra Pal


D.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel


Answer:

Option B: Chittaranjan Das



21. Who proposed the ‘CR Formula’ to solve the political deadlock between the Muslim League and the Indian National Congress?

A.

C. R. Narasimhan


B.

C. N. Annadurai


C.

Chittaranjan Das


D.

C. Rajagopalachari


Answer:

Option D: C. Rajagopalachari



22. Who said on the death of Mahatma Gandhi, “‘The Light Has Gone Out of Our Lives'”?

A.

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan


B.

Lala Lajpat Rai


C.

Rajendra Prasad


D.

Jawaharlal Nehru


Answer:

Option D: Jawaharlal Nehru



23. The Commonweal and New India were the newspapers started by?

A.

Bhikaiji Cama


B.

Sucheta Kripalani


C.

Annie Besant


D.

Sarojini Naidu


Answer:

Option C: Annie Besant



24. Who presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress in 1885?

A.

Umesh Chandra Banerjee


B.

Dadabhai Naoroji


C.

Badruddin Tyabji


D.

George Yule


Answer:

Option A: Umesh Chandra Banerjee



25. Who played the lead role in the 2005 film “Mangal Pandey: The Rising”?

A.

Salman Khan


B.

Aamir Khan


C.

Shah Rukh Khan


D.

Saif Ali Khan


Answer:

Option B: Aamir Khan



26. The Indian Councils Act 1909 was commonly known as?

A.

Hindu Personal Law


B.

The Foreigners Act


C.

Morley-Minto reforms


D.

Bengal Regulation Act


Answer:

Option C: Morley-Minto reforms



27. Who among the below was executed by British in the year 1908?

A.

Bhagat Singh


B.

Khudiram Bose


C.

Mangal Pandey


D.

Veerapandiya Kattabomman


Answer:

Option B: Khudiram Bose



28. Mahatma Gandhi attended the ___________ Round Table Conference in London

A.

First


B.

Second


C.

Third


D.

Fourth


Answer:

Option B: Second



29. Kunwar Singh led the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in?

A.

Lucknow


B.

Bihar


C.

Kanpur


D.

Rajasthan


Answer:

Option B: Bihar



30. Who wrote the book “The Indian Struggle”?

A.

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan


B.

Sarojini Naidu


C.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel


D.

Subhas Chandra Bose


Answer:

Option D: Subhas Chandra Bose



31. Champaran is in which state of India?

A.

Gujarat


B.

Rajasthan


C.

Bihar


D.

West Bengal


Answer:

Option C: Bihar



32. All India Forward Bloc is a political party founded by?

A.

Subhas Chandra Bose


B.

Lala Lajpat Rai


C.

Bipin Chandra Pal


D.

Chittaranjan Das


Answer:

Option A: Subhas Chandra Bose



33. Who among the below represented Indian women in the Second Round Table Conference?

A.

Annie Besant


B.

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit


C.

Sarojini Naidu


D.

Aruna Asaf Ali


Answer:

Option C: Sarojini Naidu



34. Which Governor-General made the practice of Sati illegal in all jurisdictions of India?

A.

Lord Ellenborough


B.

Lord Canning


C.

Lord Dalhousie


D.

Lord William Bentinck


Answer:

Option D: Lord William Bentinck



35. Who among the below was born in Hyderabad?

A.

C. Rajagopalachari


B.

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan


C.

C. V. Raman


D.

Sarojini Naidu


Answer:

Option D: Sarojini Naidu



36. Who among the below was not an extremist?

A.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak


B.

Bipin Chandra Pal


C.

Gopal Krishna Gokhale


D.

Lala Lajpat Rai


Answer:

Option C: Gopal Krishna Gokhale



37. The Aga Khan Palace is located in which city?

A.

Nagpur


B.

Mumbai


C.

Pune


D.

Thane


Answer:

Option C: Pune



38. Who was the first Indian to become a member of the British Parliament?

A.

Gopal Krishna Gokhale


B.

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit


C.

Motilal Nehru


D.

Dadabhai Naoroji


Answer:

Option D: Dadabhai Naoroji



39. Who was the adopted son of Baji Rao II?

A.

Bahiroji Pingale


B.

Nana Sahib


C.

Balaji Vishwanath


D.

Amrut Rao


Answer:

Option B: Nana Sahib



40. In which year Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa?

A.

1900


B.

1910


C.

1912


D.

1915


Answer:

Option D: 1915



41. Which one of the below was the first English-language newspaper published in India?

A.

Bengal Gazette


B.

Samvad Kaumudi


C.

Hindoo Patriot


D.

Indian Mirror


Answer:

Option A: Bengal Gazette



42. Where was the first session of the Indian National Congress held?

A.

Calcutta


B.

Madras


C.

Allahabad


D.

Bombay


Answer:

Option D: Bombay



43. Who hoists the flag on Independence Day at Red Fort?

A.

President


B.

Prime Minister


C.

Chief Minister


D.

Chief Justice


Answer:

Option B: Prime Minister



44. The Quit India Movement was launched after the failure of?

A.

Cripps Mission


B.

Simon Commission


C.

Rowlatt Act


D.

Indian Independence Act


Answer:

Option A: Cripps Mission



45. Alfred Park at Allahabad was renamed after which one of the below freedom fighters?

A.

Subhas Chandra Bose


B.

Bhagat Singh


C.

Chandra Shekhar Azad


D.

Jatindra Nath Das


Answer:

Option C: Chandra Shekhar Azad



46. How many points were proposed by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in response to the Nehru Report in 1929?

A.

7


B.

10


C.

12


D.

14


Answer:

Option D: 14



47. Who was the first European to reach India by sea?

A.

Francisco de Almeida


B.

Bartolomeu Dias


C.

Vasco da Gama


D.

John Mildenhall


Answer:

Option C: Vasco da Gama



48. The Charter Act of 1833 is also known as?

A.

Pitt’s India Act


B.

Saint Helena Act 1833


C.

Regulating Act


D.

Christian Personal Law


Answer:

Option B: Saint Helena Act 1833



49. Bahadur Shah II was exiled to which place after the 1857 revolt?

A.

Nepal


B.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands


C.

Madagascar


D.

Rangoon


Answer:

Option D: Rangoon



50. Who is the author of the book “Mother India”?

A.

Ruskin Bond


B.

Katherine Mayo


C.

Gregory David Roberts


D.

Sam Miller


Answer:

Option B: Katherine Mayo



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