INDIAN INDEPENDENCE HISTORY Flashcards
Why did the Indian Sepoy Mutant take place?
a) The British Policemen were burnt
b) Gandhi went on a strike
c) Pig Fat were used on cartridges
d) The East India Company came to India
c) Pig Fat were used on cartridges
Who was the first prime minister of India?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Mohandas Gandhi
c) Shah Rukh Khan
d) Krishna
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
Why did the Dandi March happen?
a) To get policemen from the British
b) To rescue Gandhi from Jail
c) To get Sticks from trees
d) To get salt from the ocean
d) To get salt from the ocean
What was the place which people went to save their lives during the Jallienwalla Bagh incident?
a) A tunnel
b) a hole
c) a well
d) a wall
c) a well
Who said this quote?
“They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience.”
a) Lord Mountbatten
b) Mohandas Gandhi
c) Mohammad Jinnah
d) Cyril Radcliffe
b) Mohandas Gandhi
Who was the last viceroy of India?
a) Cyril Radcliffe
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Lord Mountbatten
d) Narendra Modi
c) Lord Mountbatten
Who was the female leader of the Indian Mutiny?
a) Lakshmi Bai
b) Kasturba Gandhi
c) Sita
d) Kamala Khan
a) Lakshmi Bai
Which act partitioned British India into India and Pakistan?
a) The Indian Splitting act
b) The India-Pakistan act
c) The British India Act
d) The Indian Independence Act
d) The Indian Independence Act
Who was elected Leader of the Congress Party?
a) Gandhi
b) Nehru
c) Jinnah
d) Lord Mountbatten
b) Nehru
22 Policemen were burned to death, Which incident was this and where did it happen?
a) Jallienwalla Bagh in Amritsar
b) Dandi March at Dandi beach
c) Chauri Chauri in Gorakhpur
d) Mountbatten Plan in India
c) Chauri Chauri in Gorakhpur
What Movement by Gandhi started Non-Violence?
a) The Non-Coopiration Movement
b) The Non-Fighting Movement
c) The Peace Movement
d) The “it will work” Movement
a) The Non-Coopiration Movement
The East India Company was deprived of monopoly of trade with India except Tea Trade by which among the following acts?
[A] The Charter Act of 1813
[B] The Charter Act of 1833
[C] The Charter Act of 1853
[D] Government of India Act 1858
[A] The Charter Act of 1813
In the name of which among the following Mughal emperors, the East India Company struck the first coins in India?
[A] Jahangir
[B] Farrukhsiyar
[C] Muhammad Shah
[D] Jahandar Shah
[B] Farrukhsiyar
Which among the following articles was adopted by the constituent assembly with slogans of “Mahatma Gandhi ki Jai”?
[A] Article 39
[B] Article 17
[C] Article 14
[D] Article 45
[B] Article 17
Who of the following viceroy was the first to use Peterhoff, the official residency of Viceroys in India?
[A] Lord Mayo
[B] Lord Elgin
[C] Lord Lyton
[D] Lord Northbrook
[B] Lord Elgin
