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1
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The First Independence Day was decided in this session.

A

Lahore session, 1929

2
Q

First independence day was decided as _____.

A

26th Jan, 1930

3
Q

Civil Disobedience movement happened in this year.

A

1930

4
Q

Dandi March happened on ____.

A

12 March, 1930

  • from Sabarmathi Ashram to Dandi
5
Q

___ was known as frontier Gandhi.

A

Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

6
Q

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

A

Khudai Khidmatgars

  • pledged to non-violence through the freedom struggle
7
Q

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

A

Rani Gaidilieu

  • released after independence
8
Q

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

A

12 Nov, 1930

9
Q

The Delhi pact was a series of negotiations between ____.

A

Gandhi & Irwin

  • March, 1931
10
Q

Who is known as Mother of Indian Revolutionaries?

A

Madam Cama

  • credited with designing India’s first tricolour flag with green, saffron and red stripes
11
Q

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

A

Rakhi Bandhan Day

12
Q

Who was father of renaissance of Western India?

A

MG Ranade

  • one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress
13
Q

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

A

Muslim League

14
Q

Who is known as the “Saint of Dakhineshwar”?

A

Ramkrishna Paramahansa

15
Q

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

A

Rowlatt Act

  • empowered the government to punish anyone without trial and judicial review
16
Q

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

A

Swadeshi Movement

17
Q

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

A

Delhi

18
Q

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

A

Andaman and Nicobar

19
Q

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

A

Muslim League

  • also known as Calcutta Killings was a communal violence between Muslims and Hindus in Calcutta
20
Q

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?

A

James Augustus Hickey

21
Q

Who prepared the draft of Quit India Resolution?

A

Nehru

22
Q

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

A

Government of India Act, 1935

23
Q

Muslim League observed 22 Dec, 1939 as ____ day.

A

Deliverance Day.

24
Q

____ 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.

A

Individual satyagarh

25
Q

Who was the first individual Satyagrahi?

A

Vinoba Bhave

  • Jawaharlal Nehru was second
26
Q

Who put forward the August Offer?

A

Lord Linlithgow

  • dominion in unforeseen future
27
Q

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

A

Gowaliya Tank, Bombay

28
Q

Gandhi gave the slogan Do or Die during this time.

A

Quit India Movement, 1942

29
Q

The first parallel government was set up in ____.

A

Balia, UP

  • by Chittu Pandeya
30
Q

The parallel government with the longest term was ____.

A

Satara, Maharashtra

  • by Chavan and Nana Patil
31
Q

‘Qui India’ term was coined by ____.

A

Yusuf Meherally

32
Q

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

A

Wavell Plan, 1945

  • aka Shimla Conference
33
Q

Jinnah proposed the Two-Nation theory in this session.

A

Lahore session, 1940

  • for creation of Pakistan
34
Q

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

A

Mohan Singh

35
Q

INA Day

A

12 Nov, 1945

36
Q

16 August 1946 is considered as ____.

A

Direct Action Day

37
Q

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

A

Vallabhai Patel

38
Q

First Indian to demand Swaraj

A

Dadabhai Naoroji

  • aka Indian Gladstone / Grand ol’ Man of India
39
Q

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

A

Dadabhai Naoroji

40
Q

____ prepared the Lotus Son [English translation of Gita]

A

Annie Besant

41
Q

____ founded the Home Rule League.

A

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

  • ‘swaraj is my birthright’ guy
42
Q

First novel by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

A

Durgesnandini

43
Q

___ was titled ‘mightiest Prophet of Nationalism’ by Aurobindo Ghosh.

A

Bipin Chandra Pal

44
Q

Tagore’s first poem was published in the ____.

A

Amrita Bazar Patrika

45
Q

Tagore won the Nobel Prize in 1913 for this work.

A

Gitanjali

46
Q

Sher-a-Punjab (Lion of Punjab)

A

Lala Lajpat Rai

47
Q

First woman to participate in the Indian freedom struggle.

A

Sarojini Naidu

48
Q

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

A

Uttar Pradesh

49
Q

Books by Sarojini Naidu

A

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

50
Q

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari was awarded the ____ in 1954.

A

Bharat Ratna

51
Q

Architect of Modern India

A

Nehru

52
Q

Ambedkar introduced the ____ bill.

A

Hindu Code Bill

53
Q

_____ gave the slogan ‘Jai Hind’.

A

Subhash Chandra Bose

54
Q

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

A

Surat

55
Q

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

A

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

56
Q

Which newspapers were started by Annie Besant?

A

The Commonweal

New India

57
Q

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

A

Bhagat Singh

58
Q

Who founded the newspaper “The Tribune” in 1881?

A

Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

59
Q

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

A

22nd January, 1947

60
Q

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

A

Cannanore

61
Q

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

A

Golden Temple

62
Q

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

A

1893

63
Q

Who influenced Gandhiji by the philosophy of civil disobedience?

A

David Thoreau

64
Q

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

A

1947

  • started functioning in 1949
65
Q

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

A

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

66
Q

Which act was passed to suppress the Indigo revolt?

A

Act XI 1860

67
Q

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

A

1498

68
Q

Where is the tomb of Lord Cornwallis situated?

A

Ghazipur

69
Q

Which parties did not support Quit India Movement?

A

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

70
Q

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

A

Simon Commission

71
Q

Partition of Bengal took place in which year?

A

1905

72
Q

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

A

Karachi

73
Q

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

A

Liaqat Ali