Basic Facts
Q1. Where was the Civil disobedience movement launched in 1922?
Ans. Bardoli
Q2. At which session of the Indian National Congress was “Vande Mataram” sung for the first time?
Ans. 1896 Session
Q3. When the Republic of India was officially proclaimed?
Ans. 26 January 1950
Q4. Who is father of the Nation?
Ans. Mahatma Gandhi
Q5. The colors of our Indian Flag hold a special significance. What does the blue wheel positioned in the center of the Flag signifies?
Ans. Wheel of Law
Q6. Indian National Congress was founded by?
Ans. Allan Octavian Hume
Q7. This PM pioneered the slogan “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan”. He got part of his name from Kashi Vidya Peetha. Who is he?
Ans. Lal Bahadur Shastri
Q8. Name the Prime minister who gave a very famous speech “A Tryst with Destiny”?
Ans. Jawaharlal Nehru
Q9. When the Salt March and civil disobedience started?
Ans. 11 March and 6 April 1930
Q10. When did Gandhiji start the Sabarmati Ashram?
Ans. 1916
Q11. Name the viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was repealed?
Ans. Lord Reeding
Q12. Who wrote the book “The origin of the Indian National Congress”?
Ans. Pattabhi Sita Ramayya.
Q13. In which act, the rule of East India Company ended in India?
Ans. Govt. of India Act, 1858.
Q14. Which year onwards Gandhi Jayanthi is celebrated as international non violence day?
Ans. 2007
Q15. When did India attain Independence?
Ans. 15 August 1947
Q16. “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it” is the slogan given by which famous leader?
Ans. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q17. Who gave Gandhi the title “Mahatma”?
Ans. Rabindranath Tagore
Q18. Who was the First President of Independent India?
Ans. Rajendra Prasad
Q19. When Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place?
Ans.April 13, 1919
Q20. Who was the viceroy of India when Montague- Chelmsford reforms were introduced?
Ans. Lord Chelmsford
Q21. Whose famous motto was: “Give me blood and I will give you freedom”?
Ans. Subhas Chandra Bose
Q22. Among the following leaders who was appointed as the viceroy of Independent India?
Ans. Lord Mountbatten
Q23. Who wrote the National Anthem of India?
Ans. Rabindranath Tagore
Q24. When was the English East India Company established?
Ans. 1600 A.D
Q25. Who was the Governor General of India when the first war of India’s independence broke out in 1857?
Ans. Lord Canning
Q26. Who wrote the book “India’s First War of Independence”?
Ans. Vinayak Samodar Savarkar
Q27. Who was the Lal in Lal, Bal, Pal?
Ans. Lala Lajapathi Rai
Q28. Who created Indian National Army for Indian Independence?
Ans.Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Q29. Who set up the Indian Independence League?
Ans. Rash Bihari Bose
Q30. Who gave the slogan “Dilli Chalo” or “March to Delhi”?
Ans. Subhash Chandra Bose
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