Questions

1. Who was the last Mughal Emperor who was proclaimed the leader of the Revolt of 1857?
2. Who was the Governor-General of India during the Revolt of 1857?
3. Which female ruler led the revolt against British rule from Jhansi in 1857?
4. At which place in Uttar Pradesh did the Sepoy Mutiny officially begin on May 10, 1857?
5. Who wrote the book The Indian War of Independence 1857?
6. Who is universally regarded as the “Father of the Modern Indian Renaissance”?
7. Which British Governor-General formally abolished the practice of Sati in 1829?
8. Name the social reformer whose persistent efforts led to the Hindu Widows’ Remarriage Act of 1856.
9. Who founded the Arya Samaj in 1875 and gave the call “Go back to the Vedas”?
10. Who delivered the legendary speech at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago in 1893?
11. Who was the founder of the Aligarh Movement and the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College?
12. Who is known as the “Grand Old Man of India”?
13. Which book written by Dadabhai Naoroji detailed the ‘Drain of Wealth’ from India to Britain?
14. Who established the “Servants of India Society” in 1905?
15. Who was the political guru of Mahatma Gandhi?
16. Who founded the Indian National Congress (INC) in December 1885?
17. Who presided over the very first session of the Indian National Congress?
18. Where was the first session of the Indian National Congress held?
19. Who was the Viceroy of India responsible for the Partition of Bengal in 1905?
20. In which year was the Partition of Bengal revoked?
21. Which swadeshi movement was launched in 1905 as a direct reaction to the Partition of Bengal?
22. Who gave the famous slogan: “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it”?
23. Which three leaders were collectively popular as the ‘Lal-Bal-Pal’ trio?
24. In which year and at which session did the Indian National Congress split into Moderates and Extremists?
25. In which city was the All India Muslim League founded in 1906?
26. Which revolutionary party was founded in 1913 in San Francisco, USA, by Lala Har Dayal and Sohan Singh Bhakna?
27. The historic Lucknow Pact of 1916 was signed between which two major political organizations?
28. Who launched the Home Rule League movement in India alongside Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1916?
29. On what exact date did Mahatma Gandhi return to India from South Africa?
30. What was Mahatma Gandhi’s first civil disobedience movement (Satyagraha) in India?
31. The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was waged on behalf of farmers forced to cultivate which commercial crop?
32. In which year was the controversial Rowlatt Act passed by the Imperial Legislative Council?
33. On which date did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place in Amritsar?
34. Who was the British military officer responsible for ordering troops to fire on the peaceful gathering at Jallianwala Bagh?
35. Who renounced his British Knighthood in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy?
36. Who assassinated Michael O’Dwyer in London in 1940 to avenge the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
37. Which movement was launched in 1919–1920 by Indian Muslims in support of the Ottoman Caliphate?
38. In which year was the Non-Cooperation Movement formally launched under Gandhi’s leadership?
39. Due to which violent incident in February 1922 did Mahatma Gandhi call off the Non-Cooperation Movement?
40. Who were the two main founders of the Swaraj Party within the Congress in 1923?
41. In which town did the revolutionary Kakori Train Action take place in 1925?
42. Why was the Simon Commission (1927) widely boycotted across India?
43. Which prominent nationalist leader died following a brutal lathi charge during an anti-Simon Commission protest in Lahore?
44. Who authored the famous Nehru Report in 1928 outlining a draft constitution for India?
45. In which historic session of 1929 did the Congress declare ‘Purna Swaraj’ (Complete Independence) as its goal?
46. Who presided over the 1929 Lahore session of the Indian National Congress?
47. On which date was the first symbolic ‘Independence Day’ celebrated across India prior to 1947?
48. From which ashram did Mahatma Gandhi begin his historic Dandi March on March 12, 1930?
49. How many coastal miles did Gandhi walk during the Dandi March to defy the Salt Law?
50. Who led the Salt Satyagraha along the Vedaranyam coast in Tamil Nadu?
51. Which leader was popularly known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’?
52. What was the non-violent volunteer organization founded by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan called?
53. The landmark Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed in which year?
54. In which Round Table Conference in London did Mahatma Gandhi participate as the sole representative of the INC?
55. Who represented the Depressed Classes in all three Round Table Conferences?
56. What was the name of the agreement signed between Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi in 1932 regarding electoral reservation?
57. Who coined the word ‘Pakistan’ in a pamphlet published in 1933?
58. Which landmark Imperial Act introduced ‘Provincial Autonomy’ in British India?
59. Which organization was reorganized at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, in 1928 by Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad?
60. Who executed British police officer John Saunders in Lahore to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai?
61. Who along with Bhagat Singh threw non-lethal bombs inside the Central Legislative Assembly in 1929?
62. On which date were Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev executed by hanging in Lahore Jail?
63. Who popularized the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad” during the freedom struggle?
64. Who led the famous Chittagong Armoury Raid in 1930?
65. Who founded the All India Forward Bloc in 1939 after resigning from the Congress presidency?
66. Who was selected as the first Individual Satyagrahi by Mahatma Gandhi in October 1940?
67. Who was the second Individual Satyagrahi named by Mahatma Gandhi in 1940?
68. Which British proposal sent to India in 1942 was described by Gandhi as a “post-dated cheque on a crashing bank”?
69. On what date was the Quit India Resolution officially adopted by the Congress Working Committee in Bombay?
70. What iconic slogan did Mahatma Gandhi give to the nation during the Quit India Movement?
71. What code name was given to the secret operation launched by the British to arrest all major Congress leaders on August 9, 1942?
72. Who operated the underground ‘Congress Radio’ station during the Quit India Movement?
73. Who earned the title “Heroine of the 1942 Movement” for hoisting the Indian National Flag at Gowalia Tank Maidan?
74. Who originally founded the Indian National Army (INA) in Malaya in 1942?
75. Where did Subhash Chandra Bose proclaim the establishment of the Provisional Government of Free India (Azad Hind) in October 1943?
76. What was the name of the all-women combat regiment of the Indian National Army?
77. Who served as the commander of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment in the INA?
78. What famous inspiring slogan was given by Subhash Chandra Bose from Singapore?
79. In which city did the historic INA Trials of 1945–1946 take place?
80. In which branch of the armed forces did a major mutiny break out in Mumbai in February 1946?
81. Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when India achieved independence in 1947?
82. Which British delegation visited India in 1946 to negotiate the terms of constitutional transfer of power?
83. Who served as the Vice President of the Interim Government of India formed in September 1946?
84. On which day did the Muslim League observe ‘Direct Action Day’?
85. Who served as the President of the Constituent Assembly of India?
86. Who was appointed the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution?
87. Under which plan was the Partition of British India into India and Pakistan finalized?
88. What is the boundary demarcation line between India and Pakistan called?
89. Who drew the Radcliffe Line separating India and Pakistan?
90. Who served as the first Governor-General of independent India?
91. Who was the first and only Indian Governor-General of free India?
92. Who took oath as the first Prime Minister of independent India on August 15, 1947?
93. Who served as the first Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of independent India?
94. Which princely state was integrated into India through the military action codenamed ‘Operation Polo’ in 1948?
95. Who wrote the national song of India, “Vande Mataram”?
96. From which Bengali novel was “Vande Mataram” extracted?
97. Who composed India’s national anthem, “Jana Gana Mana”?
98. In which session of the Indian National Congress was “Jana Gana Mana” first publicly sung?
99. Who designed the original Tricolor National Flag of India?
100. At which location did Jawaharlal Nehru deliver his famous “Tryst with Destiny” speech on the midnight of August 14–15, 1947?

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