INDIA QUIZ-15 August 2010

INDIA QUIZ

12 August 2010
Theme-Indian Freedom Struggle Time- 1 Hour
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1. Who among the following gave Congress its name?-
a.M K Gandhi b.Jawaharlal Nehru
c.Dadabhai Naoroji d.A O Hume

2. Which was the National Animal of India before Tiger?
a.Lion b.Elephant c. Cow d. Leopard

3. The National Song of India has been extracted from-
a.Geetanjali b.Tatva Bodhini Patrika c.Anand Math d. Satyarth Prakash

4. What is the ratio of the length and breadth of the National Flag?
a.1:2 b.2:3 c.1:3 d.3:5

5. It was Rabindranath Tagore who returned his knighthood,in order to show his resentment against-
a.Simon Commission b.Communal Award c.Jalianwala Bagh Massacre d.Veranacular Press Act

6. How many spokes are there in the “Chakra’ of National Flag?
a.22 b.24 c.26 d21

7. Baba Ram Chandra Organized Peasants in
(a) Oudh (b) Bihar
© Bengal (d) Andhra

8. Which extremist said that ‘we will not achieve any success in our labours if we croak once in a year’-
a.B G Tilak b.bipin Chandra Pal c.Lala Lajpat Rai d.None of these

9. Moplah Rebellion is associated with which of the following states?
a.Kerala b.Tamil Nadu c.Bombay d.Bengal

10. Who was the President of Congress during Quit India Movement-
a.Jawaharlal Nehru b.J.B.Kriplani c.Pattabhi Sitaramayya d.None

11. The first official census was conducted during the tenure of which Viceroy?-
a.Lord Lytton b.Lord Rippon c.Lord Mayo d.Lord Amherst

12. Calcuuta, Delhi and then New Delhi have been the capitals of India. Tell us when was New Delhi formally made the capital of India?
a.1912 b.1947 c.1931 d.1970

13 Ahemdabad TextileLabour Association was founded by
(A) Mridula Sarabhai (b) N M Joshi (c) V V Giri (d) M K Gandhi

14. He called,Md.Ali Jinnah,the ambassador of Hindu Muslim Unity and was a mentor to both Gandhi and Jinnah. Who we are talking about?
a.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel b.Rabindranath Tagore c.G K Gokhale

15. During the First World War, assistance was organized through few centers abroad. Which among the following was not such a centre?
a.Kabul b.New York c.London d.Berlin

16 The Asiatic society of Bengal was founded by
(a) Ram mohan Roy (b) Sir William Jones (C) W W Hunter (d) William Bentick

17. Mahatma Gandhi used for the first time hunger strike as a weapon during –
a.Champaran Satyagrah b.Kheda Satyagrah c.Rowlatt Satyagrah d.Ahmedabad Mill Strike

18. On which occasion the slogan ‘Nagpur Chalo’ was raised-
a.Kheda Andolan b.Bardoli Stayagrah c.Jhanda Andolan d.Champaran Satyagrah

19. Which among the following was died during the protest against Simon Commission?
a.Chandrashekhar Azad b.Rajguru c.Ramprasad Bismil d.Lala Lajpat Rai

20. This was also an Indian state under British rule. Its capital was Bhuj. The former state was scene of military clash between India and Pakistan-
a.Junagadh b.Kutch c.Durg d.Kathiawar

21.Who among the following was not the member of the Cabinet Mission sent to India?
a.Pethwick Lawrence b. Stafford Cripps c. A V Alexander d.C Attlee

22.Who among the following is not associated with Kanpur Bolshevik Conspiracy-
a.Shaukat ali Usmani b.S A Dange c.Nalini Gupta d.Prafful Chakki

23.Which among the following movement was not started in Tamil Nadu?
a.Justice Party Movement b.Self Respect Movement c.Nadar Movement d.Ezhave Movement

24.Who addressed Gandhiji as the Father of the Nation for the first time?-
a.Subhash Chandra Bose b.Rabindranath Tagore
c. Jawahar Lal Nehru d Vallabh bhai patel
25.Who wrote the classic book on “drain theory” called,Poverty and Un British Rule in India?
a.Dadabhai Naoroji b.Lala Lajpat RAi c. B G Tilak d Arvind Ghosh
26.Who among the following was the first muslim to be elected as congress president?-
a.Badruddin Tayyabji b.Hasan Imam c.Sir Allama Iqbal d.Nawab Syed Mohd. Bahadur

27.Who called the 1857 Revolt as “Sepoy Mutiny”-
a.M C Majumdar b.S N Sen c.Malleson d.V D Savarkar

28.Who was the longest serving Viceroy of India?
a.Lord Elgin b.Lord Linlithgow c.Lord Reading d.Lord Irwin

29.V D Savarkar organized a secret society of revolutionaries in 1904 .What was this society?
a.Abhimanyu b.Ubharta Bharat c.Abhishek d.Abhinav Bharat

30.Who was the convener of the Round Table Conferences?
a.Lord Irwin b.M K Gandhi c.Ramsay Mc Donald d.Lord Wavell

31. Which of the following theories is related with the formation of Congress?
a.Dickie Bird Plan b.Two Nation Theory c.Safety Valve Theory d. Drain Theory

32. During Quit India movement, parallel governments were established in different parts of India. the first among them were established in?
a.Ballia,U P b.Prati Sarkar, Satara c.talcher d.Tamluk jatoya Sarkar,Midnapore

33. The President of the Indian National Congress at the time of Indian Independence was
(a) Maulana Avul Kalam Azad (b) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) Dr Rajendre Prasad (d) J B Kriplani

34.Which was Gandhiji’s first All India Satyagrah?
a.Kheda bChamparan c.Rowlatt Satyagrah d.Bardoli Satyagrah

35. Rani Gaidiliu , a rebel leader against the British, was born
(a) Tripura (b) Assam
© Nagaland (d) Manipur
36. Which was the following states was least affected by the “Revolutionary Movement”
(a) Maharastra (b) Bihar
© Punjab (d) Bengal
37. Who among the following was a pioneer in spreading revolutionary ideas in London?
(a) Madame Cama (b) Ajit Singh
© Shyamji Krishanverma (d) V D Savarkar

38.The system of Competitive Examination for Civil Service was accepted in Principle in the year
(a) 1833 (a) 1853
© 1858 (d) 1882

39. Shillong was made the capital of this district in 1874 .It’s a state in India today. Name the state?
a.Meghalaya b.Assam c. Tripura d.Nagaland

40. This former India state is now a part of MP state .Capital: Lashkar .It used to be one of the 5 chief Indian states and was ruled by the Marathas family-
a.Raisen b.Dhar c.Indore d.Gwalior

41. This island was a British crown colony .It became an independent state in 1948 and changed its name in 1972 .Tell me its name-
a.Myanmar b.SriLanka c.Nepal d.Bhutan

42.Who among the following was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament by a British constituency?
a.SAtyendra Nath b.Bipin Chandra Pal c.G K Gokhale d.Dadabhai NAoroji

43. This is a former province of British India but is today divided between India and Pakistan.Capital of this province was Simla .When divided, Lahore became capital of Pakistani-
a.Punjab b. NWFP c.Rajasthan d.Gujarat

44. “Indigo Agitation”of 1859-69 against the British rule took place in-
a.Tamil Nadu b.Maharahtra c.Gujarat d.Bengal

45. According to Bal GAngadhar Tilak ,where do the Aryans trace their origin –
a.Arctic region b.Himalayas c.Egypt d.Ganga valley

46. The Federation of Indian Cahmbers of Commerec and Industry (FICCI)was founded in 1927 by
a.Tata s b. Birla and Tata c.Birla and Thakurdars d.None of the above

47. During the National Movement agitation and dissention was displayed using NewsPapers and Journals too. Which of the following was one of the papers published in Paris,France?
a.Indian Sociologist b.BAnde Matram c.Ghadr d.Talvar

48. Which of the following songs was so dear to Gandhi that he wrote, “That one song is enough to sustain me even if I were to forget the Bhagwad Gita”
a.Jana Gana Man Adhinayak..
b.Saare Jahan se Achha ..
c.Vaishnava Jana to tene KAhiye..
d.Allah tero naam..

49.In 1939 ,Gandhi for the first time tried out his special techniques of controlled mass struggle in a native state.He allowed a close adjutant of his to lead a satyagrah .Who was he?
a.KT Bhashyam,Mysore
b.Jmanalal Bajaj,Jaipur]
c.Vallabh Bhai Patel,Rajkot
d.NEbakrishna Chaudhary,Dhenkanal

50.Which pair threw a bomb at a carriage that they believed was occupied by Kingsford,the unpopular judge of Muzaffarpur?
a.Ramprasad Bismil,Surya sen
b.Khudiram Bose,Prafulla Chakki
c.jatindra NAth Das,Ashfaqullah Khan]
d.None of the above

51.Many of Gandhiji’s associates joined him in poltical career during the course during the course of several activities undertaken by him.Match the following –
A.Champaran Indigo Cultivation 1. Anasuya Behn
B.Ahmedabad Mill Strike 2.Vallabh Bhai Patel
C.Kheda Peasants 3. Rajendra Prasad
D.South Africa 4. Gokhale

a.A-3,B-2,C-1,D-4
b.A-3,B-1,C-2,D-4
c.A-1,B-3,C-2,D-4
d.A-4,B-1,C-2,D-3

52.Gandhiji initiated a limited satyagrah on an individual basis in every locality,the first individual styagrahi was-
a.jawaharlal Nehru b.Vallabh Bhai Patel c.Vinoba Bhave d.Maulan Azad

53.The Mac Donald Award of August 1932 caused Gandhi to undertake fast unto death in Yervada jail because-
a.it extended reservation of seats to many more sections of the populace than the earlier Act,
b.it provided a separate electorate for depressed classes.
c.it provided separate electorate for separate classes.
d.of all the above.

54.A London branch of of the All India Muslim League was established in 1908 under the presidency of-
a.Aga khan b.Justice Ameer Ali c.Liaquat Ali Khan d.M A Jinnah

55.Which of the following is matched correctly?-
a.C R Das –Deenbandhu
b.C F Andrews-Deshbandhu
c.Lala LAjpat RAi-Sher-e-Punjab
d.All are correctly matched

56.Arrange the following in chronological order-
1.Observance of Direct Action Day by the Muslim League
2.Visit of simon Commission to India
3.Transfer of control from East India company to crown
4.Chauri Chaura incident
a.1,2,3,4 b.3,2,1,4 c.3,4,2,1 d.4,3,2,1

57.Which newspaper was published by the Indian Muslim League?
a.Qaumi Awaz b.Pakistan Voice c.Star of India d.Muslim India

58. “Downward Filtration Theory” referred to which policy of the British?-
a.Cultural Policy b.Social Policy
c.Administrative Policy d.Education Policy

59. Who said “The Congress here and its british Committee in London are both begging institutions”
(a) B G Tilak (b) Aruvindo Ghosh
© Bipin Chandra Pal (d) Lala Lajpat Rai

60.In 1905,who among the following raised the demand for Swarajya or self-government within the British Empire,from the congress platform?
a.B G Tilak b.G K Gokhale c.Dadabhai Naoroji d.P Mehta

61.What were the Hindu counterparts of the movements of tabhlig And Tanzim?
a.Satya Shodhak Movement
b.Shudhi and snagathan
c.Self Respect Movemet
d.Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

62. Who is remembered as the pioneer of economic nationalism?
a.B C Pal b.G K Gokhale c.R C Dutt d.Madan Mohan Malviya

63.It led to the estrangement MA Jinnah ,who called it a parting of the ways with the congress,went back to the separate electorates and formnulated his famous 14 points.The reference here is to –
a.the failure of Second round Table Conference
b.the Nehru Report
c.teh failure of non-cooperation movement
d.none of the anove

64.Keasb Chabdra Sen is associated with which of the following movements-
a.Savara Rebellion b.Santhal rebellion c.Eka Uprising d.Pabna Uprising

65.The principle of election was first of all introduced by-
a.Indian Council Act of 1892
b.Indian Council Act of 1909
c.GOI Act 1919
d.GOI Act of 1858

66. Who was referred to as the ‘ambassador of hindu-muslim unity’ by Sarojini Naidu in the early years of Gandhian period ?
(a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (b) Shaukat Ali
(c) Maulana Azad (d) Abdul Ghaffar Khan

67. The boundary between India and Pakistan was demarcated by
(a) Lord Mountbatten (b) Sir Cyril Radcliffe
(c) Sir Stafford Cripps (d) Lawrence

68. Who was made the Home Minister when Jawahar Lal Nehru formed the interim Government in 1946?
(a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah (b) Baldev Singh
(c) Liaqat Ali Khan (d) Sardar Patel

69. In 1980, the first Indian woman graduate addressed the Congress session. Who was she?
(a) Kadambini Ganguly (b) Pandita Rama Bai
(c) Malvika Mukherjee (d) none of the above

70. Moderate politics was criticized in 1893-94 in a series of articles entitled ‘New Lamps for old” written by
(a) Bipin Chandra Pal (b) BG Tilak
(c) Ashwani Kumar (d) Aurobindo Ghosh

71. The headquarters of the Ghadar party was at
(a) Moscow (b) berlin
(c) San Fransisco (d) Karachi

72. Hunter Commission was appointed by the British to probe into the
(a) Bardoli satyagraha (b) Khilafat Agitation
(c) Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy (d) Chauri Chaura incident

73. In march 1908 who was elected as the “permanent” president of Muslim League
(a) Nawab Salimullah (b) Syed Ahmed Khan
(c) Aga Khan (d) Syed Amir Ali

74. At the Tripuri session of the Indian National Congress ( March 1939), Subash Chandra Bose defeated mahatma Gandhi’s official candidate for the Presidentship. Who was Gandhi’s nominee?
(a) Abdul kalam Azad (b) V Rajagopalachari
(c) Pattabhi Sitaramayya (d) Vallabh Bhai Patel
75. who of the following nationalist leaders has been referred to as ‘Lokhitwadi’?
(a) Motilal Nehru (b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Gopal Hari Deshmukh (d) Vishnukrishna Chiplunkar

76. Who used the term ‘untouchable’ for Scheduled castes for the first time?
(a) J S Nesfield (b) Alfred Lyall
(c) W C Crooke (d) H H Risley

77. When did the practice of holding ICS examinations in India and England simultaneously begin?
(a) 1912 (b) 1922
(c) 1932 (d) 1935

78. Who said “So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor, who having been educated at their expense, pay not the least heed to them,”?
(a) Swami Vivekananda (b) M K Gandhi
(c) B G tilak (d) G K Gokhale

79. Who was the famous Urdu poet who witnessed the massacre of male civilians of Delhi by the British soldiers after it was recaptured?
(a) Firaq Gorakhpuri (b) Josh Malihabadi
(c) Mirza Ghalib (d) Mir Babar Ali Anis

80. Who was the British general who esteemed Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi as “the best and bravest military leader of the rebels?
(a) Sir Colin Campbell (b) Major General Havelock
(c) Sir James Outram (d) Sir Hugh Rose

81. Who among the following is popularly known as ‘Periyar’?
(a) C V Raman Pillai (b) C M Mudaliar
(c) E V Ramaswami Naicker (d) K Ramakrishna Pillai

82. Who was the secretary of state for India at the time of the foundation of Indian National Congress?
(a) Lord Morely (b) Lord Elgin
(c) Lord Hamilton (d) Lord Cross

83. Who was the first woman president of the Indian National Congress?
(a) Sarojini Naidu (b) Sucheta Kriplani
(c) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (d) Annie Besant

84. When did the British pass a Law making it offence to preach Nationalism ?
(a) 1890 (b) 1895
(c) 1898 (d) 1904

85. Who described Bal Gangadhar Tilak as the “Father of Indian Unrest” ?
(a)Valentine Chirol (b) Disraeli
(c) Minto 2nd (d) Chelmsford

86. When did Tilak declare “Swaraj is my birth right, and I will have it” ?
(a) 1905 (b) 1907
(c) 1914 (d) 1916

87. Who said: “The Congress movement was neither inspired by the people not devised or planned by them”?
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai (b) Sir Syed Ahmed
(c) Lord Curzon (d) Lord Dufferin

88. Who exclaimed: “When the Queen desires that none should die, when the governor declares that all should live.. will you kill yourselves by timidity and starvation?”
(a) Bipinchandra Pal (b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) B G Tilak (d) Gokhale

89. Who was the founder of the secret society ‘Abhinav Bharat’?
(a) Naren Bhattacharji (b) Jatin Mukherji
(c) Ganesh Savarkar (d) Damodar Chaperkar

90. Who was the revolutionary terrorist who ended his days as a Ramakrishna Mission Swami ?
(a) Arbindo Ghosh (b) Hemachanda Kanungo
(c) Ajit Singh (d) Jatindranath Bandopadhyay

91. Who among the following capitalist served as a AICC treasurer for many years and went to jail in 1930?
(a) G D Birla (b) Jamna Lal Bajaj
(c) J R D Tata (d) J J Wadia

92. Who made the “Deepavali Declaration” and when ?
(a) Lord Irwin in 1929 (b) Lord Linlithgow in 1940
(c) Gandhi in 1930 (d) Subhash Bose in 1941

93. Who said: ‘The Muslims were fools to ask for safeguards, and the Hindus were greater fools to refuse them’?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Muhammad Ali (d) Subhas Bose

94. When was the Federation of the Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) founded ?
(a) 1905 (b) 1907
(c) 1917 (d) 1927

95. The Indian Opinion, a mouthpiece of Gandhiji’s struggle in South Africa, was brought out in
(a)1896 (b) 1903
(c) 1906 (d) 1909

96. Who among the following opposed Gandhiji’s Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act ?
(a) M A Jinnah (b) Abdul Bari
(c) Annie Besant (d) None

97. What was the most important influence on the occurrence of the Gadar Revolution in 1914 ?
(a) Arrest of Lala Hardayal (b) Komagata-maru Incident
(c) Outbreak of World War First (d) Restriction on Indian Immigrants
entering Canada

98. Who was the first commander of the Indian National Army?
(a) Ras Bhari Bose (b) Mohan Singh
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose (d) P K Sehgal

99. Who amongst the following was not a founder of the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA)?
(a) Chandra Shekhar Azad (b) Sachchindra Nath Sanyal
(c) Jogesh Chatterji (d) Ram Prasad Bismil

100. On whose request did Gandhiji decided to visit Champaran ?
(a) Rajendra Prasad (b) J B Kriplani
(c) Raj Kumar Shukla (d) Brij Kishor Shukla

Prepared By- Farheen Siddiqui/Abhishek Pandey