Indian Independence Day Quiz _Steel Club Durgapur

2. Rules of Independence Day Quiz:
Quiz is open to all.
Kindly raise your hands before answering.
All the questions based on Indian freedom
struggle, famous personalities & India.

3. Q1. ‘Khudai Khidmatgar’, which literally translates
as the ‘servants of God’, represented a non-
violent struggle against the British Empire by the
Pashtuns of the North-West Frontier Province of
British India (now in Pakistan).
Who led the movement?

4. Answer 1:

5. Q 2. He is remembered to be the
patriarch for the India’s most
powerful political dynasty which has
since produced “Three Prime
Ministers”. Identify him?

6. MotiLal Nehru
Answer 2:

7. Q3. Popularly called as
“Deshbandhu”, he was an Indian
politician and founder leader of
Swaraj Party under British Rule
Identify him?

8. Answer 3:
Chittranjan Das

9. Q4. In her early childhood, she
founded the Bal Charkha sangh
and in 1930’s, the Vanar Sena of
children to help the congress party
during the Non-Cooperation
Movement. Name her.

10. Indira Gandhi
Answer 4:

11. Q5. This palace served as a prison for Gandhiji, his
wife, his secretary Mahadev Desai & Sarojini
Naidu. It is also the place where Kasturba &
Mahadev Desai died. Which palace we are talking
about ?

13. Agha Khan Palace, Pune
Answer 5:

14. Q6. Many notable activists were imprisoned
here during the struggle for the India's
independence. Today, the complex serves as
a national monument. Identify what it is ?

16. Andaman Cellular Jail
Answer 6:

17. Q7. He was the main person
involved in the “Swadeshi
movement” along with Lal,
Bal and Pal. Who is he ?

18. Sri Arubindo Ghosh
Answer 7:

19. Q8. Benares Hindu University located in
Varanasi. Established in 1916 by Indian
educationist & politician notable for his role
in the Indian Independence movement.
Name the person ?

20. Madan Mohan Malviya
Answer 8:

21. Q9. She was an Indian freedom fighter,
worked with Gandhiji, elected to the
Constituent Assembly and was part of the
subcommittee that declared the Indian
Constitution. She became the first woman to
be elected Chief Minister of an Indian state.
Who is she ?

23. Sucheta Kriplani
Answer 9:

24. Q10. During freedom struggle, who led the
Salt march in the Eastern Coast in
Tiruchirappalli to the coastal village of
Vedaranyam on the 30th day of April, 1930?

25. Answer 10:

26. Q11. Identify the great
patriot who killed
Michael O’ Dwyer on the
13th of March, 1940.

27. Answer 11:

28. Q12. Maulana Hasrat Mohani (1 January 1875
– 13 May 1951) was an Indian activist in the
Indian Independence Movement, and a
noted poet of the Urdu language. He coined
something in 1921 which has a great part in
the independence movement. What?

29. Answer 12:

30. Q13: X was an Indian freedom fighter and socialist leader. He was
elected Mayor of Bombay in 1942 while he was imprisoned in
Yerawada Central Prison. He was the founder of the National Militia,
Bombay Youth League and the Congress Socialist Party and played
a role in several peasant and trade union movements. He coined
the term 'Simon Go Back'. He coined the term “Quit India“ and was
part of the Quit India Movement along with Mahatma Gandhi for
India's last nationwide campaign for independence from the British
Empire. Identify X

32. Answer 13:
Yusuf Meherally

33. Q 14: What does the three
colors of national flag
represent?

34. Answer 14:
Our national flag consists of stripes of three
colors - Saffron, White and Green from top to
bottom. These three colors represent –
“Sacrifice (Saffron), Peace (White) and
Prosperity (Green)” .

35. Q15: Why is the
26th day of January, 1930
important in India’s
history?

36. Answer 15:
Indian National Congress, in an electrifying
resolution declared “Purna Swaraj” —
complete freedom from the British Raj.

37. Which great revolutionary leader
founded the ‘Naujawan Bharat
Sabha’ in Lahore ?
Q16:

38. Answer 16:
Bhagat Singh

39. Q17:
Pramathanath Mitra was the
Director of this revolutionary
outfit founded by Satish
Chandra Basu. Identify the
Organisation.

40. Answer 17:

41. Q 18:
Who was the first Education
Minister of independent
India?

42. Answer 18:

43. Q 19: In India, whose Flag is this?

44. Answer 19:

45. Q 20:
The lady in concern is known as the
‘Heroine’ of Quit India Movement.
Identify her.

47. Answer 20:
ARUNA ASAF ALI