History - Modern India

Question 1

The First Independence Day was decided in this session.

Answer 1

Lahore session, 1929

Question 2

First independence day was decided as _____.

Answer 2

26th Jan, 1930

Question 3

Civil Disobedience movement happened in this year.

Answer 3

1930

Question 4

Dandi March happened on ____.

Answer 4

12 March, 1930

• from Sabarmathi Ashram to Dandi

Question 5

___ was known as frontier Gandhi.

Answer 5

Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

Question 6

The Pathans organised the ___ which meant ‘servants of God’ aka Red Shirts.

Answer 6

Khudai Khidmatgars

• pledged to non-violence through the freedom struggle

Question 7

This 13 year old took part in the freedom struggle and was captured in 1932.

Answer 7

Rani Gaidilieu

• released after independence

Question 8

The First Round Table Conference was summoned by the British in London on ____.

Answer 8

12 Nov, 1930

Question 9

The Delhi pact was a series of negotiations between ____.

Answer 9

Gandhi & Irwin

• March, 1931

Question 10

Who is known as Mother of Indian Revolutionaries?

Answer 10

Madam Cama

• credited with designing India’s first tricolour flag with green, saffron and red stripes

Question 11

On the suggestion of Rabindra Nath Tagore, the date of partition of Bengal (October 16, 1905) was celebrated as ___.

Answer 11

Rakhi Bandhan Day

Question 12

Who was father of renaissance of Western India?

Answer 12

MG Ranade

• one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress

Question 13

Lucknow pact was signed between Indian National Congress and _____ in 1916.

Answer 13

Muslim League

Question 14

Who is known as the “Saint of Dakhineshwar”?

Answer 14

Ramkrishna Paramahansa

Question 15

Satyagraha was started by Gandhi in 1919 to protest against the _____.

Answer 15

Rowlatt Act

• empowered the government to punish anyone without trial and judicial review

Question 16

The term ‘Boycott of British Goods’ was used in which of the movements?

Answer 16

Swadeshi Movement

Question 17

At which place was the All India Khilafat Conference held in 1919?

Answer 17

Delhi

Question 18

Which Union Territory of India was occupied by Japan during World War II?

Answer 18

Andaman and Nicobar

Question 19

Who among the following fixed August 16, 1946 as ‘Direct Action Day’?

Answer 19

Muslim League

• also known as Calcutta Killings was a communal violence between Muslims and Hindus in Calcutta

Question 20

Who was the editor of Bengal Gazette or the Calcutta General Advertiser, which was the first English language newspaper, and first printed newspaper, to be published in the Indian sub-continent?

Answer 20

James Augustus Hickey

Question 21

Who prepared the draft of Quit India Resolution?

Answer 21

Nehru

Question 22

This Act allowed for the establishment of the All India Federation.

Answer 22

Government of India Act, 1935

Question 23

Muslim League observed 22 Dec, 1939 as ____ day.

Answer 23

Deliverance Day.

Question 24

____ was the outcome of the August Offer to adhere the taste of freedom and was a movement not only to seek independence but also to affirm the right of speech.

Answer 24

Individual satyagarh

Question 25

Who was the first individual Satyagrahi?

Answer 25

Vinoba Bhave - Jawaharlal Nehru was second

Question 26

Who put forward the August Offer?

Answer 26

Lord Linlithgow - dominion in unforeseen future

Question 27

The Congress met here when it passed the Quit India Movement, 1942.

Answer 27

Gowaliya Tank, Bombay

Question 28

Gandhi gave the slogan Do or Die during this time.

Answer 28

Quit India Movement, 1942

Question 29

The first parallel government was set up in ____.

Answer 29

Balia, UP - by Chittu Pandeya

Question 30

The parallel government with the longest term was ____.

Answer 30

Satara, Maharashtra - by Chavan and Nana Patil

Question 31

'Qui India' term was coined by ____.

Answer 31

Yusuf Meherally

Question 32

____ was a plan for a new Executive Council in which all members except the Viceroy and the Commander in Chief would be Indians.

Answer 32

Wavell Plan, 1945 - aka Shimla Conference

Question 33

Jinnah proposed the Two-Nation theory in this session.

Answer 33

Lahore session, 1940 - for creation of Pakistan

Question 34

The idea for an Indian National Army was conceived by _____.

Answer 34

Mohan Singh

Question 35

INA Day

Answer 35

12 Nov, 1945

Question 36

16 August 1946 is considered as ____.

Answer 36

Direct Action Day

Question 37

____ played the most important role in the integration of states.

Answer 37

Vallabhai Patel

Question 38

First Indian to demand Swaraj

Answer 38

Dadabhai Naoroji - aka Indian Gladstone / Grand ol' Man of India

Question 39

First Indian to be elected to House of Commons on liberal party ticket

Answer 39

Dadabhai Naoroji

Question 40

____ prepared the Lotus Son [English translation of Gita]

Answer 40

Annie Besant

Question 41

____ founded the Home Rule League.

Answer 41

Bal Gangadhar Tilak - 'swaraj is my birthright' guy

Question 42

First novel by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Answer 42

Durgesnandini

Question 43

___ was titled 'mightiest Prophet of Nationalism' by Aurobindo Ghosh.

Answer 43

Bipin Chandra Pal

Question 44

Tagore's first poem was published in the ____.

Answer 44

Amrita Bazar Patrika

Question 45

Tagore won the Nobel Prize in 1913 for this work.

Answer 45

Gitanjali

Question 46

Sher-a-Punjab (Lion of Punjab)

Answer 46

Lala Lajpat Rai

Question 47

First woman to participate in the Indian freedom struggle.

Answer 47

Sarojini Naidu

Question 48

Sarojini Naidu became the first woman to be the Governor of ____.

Answer 48

Uttar Pradesh

Question 49

Books by Sarojini Naidu

Answer 49

The Golden Threshold Feather of the Dawn Bird of Time Broken Wing

Question 50

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari was awarded the ____ in 1954.

Answer 50

Bharat Ratna

Question 51

Architect of Modern India

Answer 51

Nehru

Question 52

Ambedkar introduced the ____ bill.

Answer 52

Hindu Code Bill

Question 53

_____ gave the slogan 'Jai Hind'.

Answer 53

Subhash Chandra Bose

Question 54

The first British ‘Presidency’ in India was established at ____.

Answer 54

Surat

Question 55

The revolutionary organisation ‘Abhinav Bharat Society’ was founded in 1904 by ____.

Answer 55

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

Question 56

Which newspapers were started by Annie Besant?

Answer 56

The Commonweal | New India

Question 57

The Lahore Conspiracy Case (1928-31) was registered against whom?

Answer 57

Bhagat Singh

Question 58

Who founded the newspaper “The Tribune” in 1881?

Answer 58

Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

Question 59

On which date was the resolution for giving effect to Constitution of India adopted?

Answer 59

22nd January, 1947

Question 60

Where did Vasco Da Gama set up a factory when he came to India for the second time?

Answer 60

Cannanore

Question 61

One of the popular contributions of Ranjit Singh was the rebuilt of Harmandir Sahib. What is another name of Harmandir Sahib?

Answer 61

Golden Temple

Question 62

The Durand line agreement between India and Afghanistan was approved in which year?

Answer 62

1893

Question 63

Who influenced Gandhiji by the philosophy of civil disobedience?

Answer 63

David Thoreau

Question 64

In which year was the Press Trust of India Ltd established?

Answer 64

1947 - started functioning in 1949

Question 65

Rabindranath Tagore quoted “One wonders how God, in the process of producing forty million Bengalis, produced a man” about whom?

Answer 65

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Question 66

Which act was passed to suppress the Indigo revolt?

Answer 66

Act XI 1860

Question 67

In which year did Vasco da Gama discover the sea route to India?

Answer 67

1498

Question 68

Where is the tomb of Lord Cornwallis situated?

Answer 68

Ghazipur

Question 69

Which parties did not support Quit India Movement?

Answer 69

The Hindu Mahasabha The Communist Party of India The Unionist Party of Punjab

Question 70

The first effort at drafting a Dominion Status Constitution for India was made in response to this event.

Answer 70

Simon Commission

Question 71

Partition of Bengal took place in which year?

Answer 71

1905

Question 72

The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was endorsed in which session of the Congress?

Answer 72

Karachi

Question 73

Who was the finance minister in the interim government formed on 2 September 1946?

Answer 73

Liaqat Ali