2. First Woman president of Indian National Congress?

Annie Besant (1917)

7. When did the First war of Independence start?

1857 May 10

8. When was the Quit India movement started?

1942 August 8 at Bombay

10. Who said ”Swaraj is my birth right and I must have it”?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak

11. Jalianwala Bagh Massacre took place in the city of?

Amritsar, April 13, 1919

12. Mahatma Gandhi was referred to as the “Father of the Nation” first by?
Subhash Chandra Bose

13. Who composed the famous patriotic song “Sare Jahamse Acha”?
Mohammed Iqbal

14. When was the Dandi March started?

March 12, 1930

17. Who was the president of Indian National Congress at the time of Indian Independence?
Acharya Kripalani

19. Which was the summer capital of India during the British rule?
Simla

20. “Vanar Sena” which participated in freedom struggle of India was led by?
Indira Gandhi

21. Simon commission came to India in?

1928

23. First Indian Woman president of Indian National Congress?

Sarojini Naidu(1925)

27. Who represented Indian National Congress in the second round table conference in 1931?
Mahatma Gandhi

30. Subhash Chandra Bose was referred to as the “Nethaji” first by?
Mahatma Gandhi

31. Indian Independence Act passed in the British Parliament in?

1947 July 1

33. India’s National Anthem “Janaganamana” first sung in?

1911 December 27 at Calcutta session of Indian National Congress

34. India’s National Song “Vandematharam” first sung in?

1896 at Calcutta

35. Gandhiji was referred to as the “Mahatma” first by?

Ravindra Nath Tagore

38. How many followers of Gandhiji participated in Dandi March?

78

40. Gandhiji became the president of Indian National Congress in?

1924 at the Belgaum session of Indian National Congress

44. Which was the most decisive war that marked the initiation of British rule in India?
Battle of Plassey,

45. Who is known as the Heroine of Quit India Movement ?

Aruna Asaf Ali

47. In which year, Indian National Congress celebrated Independence Day for the fist time?
1930 January 26

 Who was the president of the Constituent Assembly that held the 'Independence Meeting'?

 Who was the viceroy of independent India?

 Name the first woman minister of Independent India.

 What does the navy blue wheel that appears in the Indian national flag stand for?

 The order of the colors of Indian national flag from top down is...
(Find the odd combination out)

 In 1997, the year of 50th anniversary of Indian independence, the US Senate passed
a resolution, designating it as a National(US) Day of celebration of...

 They are the national animal, bird, flower and fruit of India.
Pick out the right combination (in the same order).

 Since when India had been recognized as a republic?

 Who among the following was the last Governor General of Independent India?

 The first stanza of Tagore's 'Janagana Maana' has been selected asIndia's national anthem.
How many stanzas are there in the original song?

1. Which city in India is known as the Diamond Capital?

Hyderabad
Surat - ANSWER
Bangalore
Mumbai wiz
2. Which architect designed Chandigarh; the first planned City of India?
Gustave Eiffel
Le Corbusier - ANSWER
Edwin Landseer Lutyens
Bonanno Pisano
3. Where can one find the collected stories of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the first guru of Sikhs?
Guru Granth Sahib
Adi Granth
Dasam Granth
Janamsakhis - ANSWER
4. "Tamasha/Lalvani" is the folk dance of which Indian State?
Assam
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra - ANSWER
Rajasthan
5. Which one of these is the trading post between India and China?
Nathula Pass - ANSWER
Khyber pass
Changla pass
Rohtang pass
6. Which Chief Justice of India also acted as President of India?
Justice K. N. Wanchoo
Justice P. N. Bhagwati
Justice M. Hidayatullah - ANSWER
Justice R. S. Verma
7. "DHANUSHKODI," the meeting point of Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean, is located at
Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu - ANSWER
Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
Kovalam, Kerala
Car Nicobar, A&N Islands
8. Which of the following folk dances is performed by women in Punjab?
Ghero
Goncha
Giddha - ANSWER
Garbha
9. Which of the following instruments is of Indian origin?
 Tabla
Mridangam - ANSWER
Sitar
Violin
10. The Indian flag was designed by
Motilal Nehru
Pingali Venkiah - ANSWER
Poti Sriramulu
Sarojini Naidu
12. Which of the following states is famous for its "Ruby Mica" deposits?
Jharkhand - ANSWER
Chattisgarh
Orissa
Andhra Pradesh
13. Which of the following is India's first submarine museum?
INS Vikrant
Sagar Kanya
INS Kursura - ANSWER
INS Virat
14. The Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award is given for
Environmental protection
Social upliftment of scheduled castes
Communal harmony
Emancipation of women - ANSWER
15. Which of the following cathedrals in Goa houses the preserved body of St. Francis Xavier?
Se Cathedral Church
Church of St. Francis of Assissi
St. Cajetan Church
Basilica of Bom Jesus - ANSWER
16. Gautama Buddha belonged to which of the following tribal clans?
Mon
Lichchavi
Sakya - ANSWER
Lepchas
17. The Indian football team made its first appearance at Olympics in
1948 - ANSWER
1936
 1952
1956
18. In which Indian state did the game of Polo originate?
Meghalaya
Rajasthan
Manipur - ANSWER
West Bengal
19. The first satellite launched by India was called
Bhaskara I
Aryabhatta - ANSWER
Bhaskara II
Rohini
20. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was founded by
Dr. Vikram A. Sarabhai - ANSWER
Homi J. Bhabha
Dr. Raja Ramanna
Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
21. The first telegraph line in India was laid between
Kolkata and Delhi
Kolkata and Agra - ANSWER
Kolkata and Mumbai
Delhi and Mumbai

Trivia about Indian Flag

The Indian flag has three equal horizontal bars (saffron, white and green) with a blue Dharma Chakra (the wheel
of law) in the center. The wheel has 24 spokes, representing the 24 hours in a day (at the end of each spoke is a
dark blue half-moon). The orange (deep saffron) symbolizes courage and sacrifice (saffron is the sacred color of
Hinduism). The white stands for peace, unity and truth. The green stands for fertility (although it originally
symbolized Islam). The blue symbolizes the sky and the ocean. The height of this flag is two-thirds the width.
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1. Who was the first President of India?
Ο Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Ο Jawaharlal Nehru
Ο Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Ο M. K. Gandhi
Answer Dr. Rajendra Prasad

2. Who built the Grand Trunk Road?

Ο Sher Shah Suri
Ο Humayun
Ο Shah Jahan
Ο Chandragupta Maurya
Answer Sher Shah Suri
3. Who built the Agra Fort?
Ο Akbar
Ο Shah Jahan
Ο Jehangir
Ο Humayun
Answer Akbar

4. Who built the Red Fort in Delhi?

Ο Shah Jahan
Ο Akbar
Ο Qutb-ud-din Aibak
Ο Sher Shah Suri
Answer Shah Jahan

5. Who built the Qutub Minar?

Ο Shah Jahan
Ο Sher Shah Suri
Ο Bahadur Shah Zafar
Ο Qutb-ud-din Aibak
Answer Qutb-ud-din Aibak

15. Who built the famous Sanchi stupa?

Ο Buddha
Ο Ashoka
Ο Vikramaditya
Ο Harsha
Answer Ashoka

19. What was Patna known as in ancient times?

Ο Ujjain
Ο Pataliputra
Ο Kanauj
Ο Panipat
Answer Pataliputra

22. Who was the first Viceroy of India?

Ο Lord Canning
Ο Lord Mountbatten
Ο Lord Dalhousie
Ο Lord Nelson
Answer Lord Canning

27. When did Jawaharlal Nehru die?

Ο 27th June 1954
Ο 27th May 1974
Ο 27th June 1959
Ο 27th May 1964
Answer 27th May 1964