Independence Day Quiz 2K17 - School India Quiz

Independence Day Quiz 2K17 - School India Quiz

1. Independence Day Quiz 2K17 Kashyap and Rishi Karthikeyan 8 C

2. RULES A direct question carries 10 points. Each Pass Question carries 5 Points . Rounds will go clockwise and anti-clockwise alternately. Quiz Master’s decision is final.

3. Round 1 - Clockwise

4. 1. Which was the last state to become part of Independent india?

5. Answer Sikkim

6. 2. Y involved himself in the Indian freedom movement in his young age and he participated in many struggles in the Indian freedom movement. Y started “Desa Bandhu Youth Association” by grouping the youths and young persons from Tamil Nadu to struggle against the British government to get freedom. A memorial statue for Y was erected in the park which is near to Tiruppur Railway station. He is called “Kodi Katha” because he died holding the indian flag. Who is Y?

7. Answer : Tirupur Kumaran

8. 3. When the sepoys found out about the rumor that the new cartridges were made with beef or pork, who was the first to act out?

9. Answer Mangal Pandey

10. 4. M.K.Gandhi had a meeting with Lord Frederick William and the meeting was not very important but a picture taken after the meeting is important. Why? Everyone of you sees it everyday. Picture follows.

11. Answer

12. 5 . Who swore in Jawaharlal Nehru as the First Prime Minister of Independent India?

13. Answer Lord Mountbatten

14. 6. Who led the Independence Movement from the Northwest Frontier Province? He was called Frontier Gandhi and is one of the 3 non-indians to have on the Bharat Ratna.

15. Answer Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

16. 7. This is the Murud Janjira an island fort in the Arabian Sea. What is its significance? Picture follows.

17. Answer It was never captured by any ruler until independence

18. 8. Who was the first Indian to become a member in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by successfully contesting election?

19. Answer Dada Bhai Naoroji

20. Round 2 - Anti-Clockwise

21. 1. This was the Central Legislative Assembly in New Delhi. What event took place here on 8th April 1929?

22. Answer This the place where Bhagat Singh exploded a few bombs

23. 2. Id.

24. Answer Jallianwala Bagh

25. 3. Who was known as the Grand-old lady of Indian Independence? She is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan in Bombay during the Quit India Movement. She is also known as the Heroine of the Quit India Movement. Who?

26. Answer Aruna Asaf Ali

27. 4. I was elected as the president of the Indian National Congress twice and started the newspaper Swaraj with Chittaranjan Das. I also established Azad Hind Radio Station in Germany. I travelled around the world looking for brave soldiers. I was born in Cuttack and ‘died’ in Taiwan. Who am I ?

28. Answer Subhas Chandra Bose

29. 5. This act was a legislation passed by the Imperial Legislative Council, the legislature of British India. The act allowed certain political cases to be tried without juries and permitted internment of suspects without trial. Name this act.

30. Answer Rowlatt act

31. 6. This map shows a 24-day journey that went through all of these places. Name the journey.

32. Answer Dandi March

33. 7. When Rakesh Sharma was asked how India looked from space, he answered “Saare Jahan Se Accha”. Who wrote the song Saare Jahan Se Accha Who composed it?

34. Answer Writer- Mohamed I qbal Composer- Pandit Ravi Shankar

35. 8. ID the person based on the quote. “I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved”

36. Answer Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

37. Scores

38. Round 3 - Clockwise

39. 1. Who was the first woman president of the Indian National Congress? Clue: She is Connected to Chennai

40. Answer Annie Besant

41. 2. Who were the duo who started the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association in 1928?

42. Answer Chandrashekar Azad and Bhagat Singh

43. 3. If Gandhiji led the Dandi march from Ahmedabad who led the Vedaranyam march from Trichy with same intention to oppose the Salt tax laid down by the British ?

44. Answer C. Rajagopalachari

45. 4. I was sent to jail multiple times due to my participation in several movements. I was also the president of the constituent assembly that drafted the constitution and I am the only president to be elected twice for this post. Who am I?

46. Answer Dr. Rajendra Prasad

47. 5. X was a Tamil Independence activist he is most famous for shooting Robert William Ashe, the Tax Collector of Tirunelveli. A railway station in the Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu is named after him. Who is X?

48. Answer Vanchinathan

49. 6. At which place did the British Government arrest Gandhiji for sedition for the first time?

50. Answer Ahmedabad

51. 7. Who found the Indian National Congress?

52. Answer A.O.Hume

53. 8 Who started the Ganapati festival or Ganesh Chaturthi during India’s freedom movement?

54. Answer Bal Gangadhar Tilak

55. Audience Ready?

56. 1. ID

57. Answer Indian National Congress

58. 2. Who was the president of Indian National Congress at the time of Gandhi-Irwin pact in Mar 5, 1931?

59. Answer Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

60. 3. The port in Tuticorin is named after a famous South Indian Freedom Fighter who is also known as Kappalottiya Tamilan. He launched the first indigenous Indian shipping service between Tuticorin and Colombo with the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company , competing against British ships

61. Answer V.O. Chidambaram Pillai

62. 4 . This is a blind red cat fish and its scientific name is Horaglanis X. X is a famous Indian who also served as the President of India. Identify X.

63. Answer DR. APJ ABDUL KALAM

64. Scores