Conducted by Chirag Chaitanya and Debendra sanyal in cambridge school noida on 23rd january 2017 on the occassion of republic day.

1. India Since 1857
An Inter-Class Indian History and
Politics Quiz
For Classes VI, VII and VIII

2. General Rules
• 5 Rounds
• Specific instructions for each round, which
will be explained before the round starts
• Audience not to prompt answers
• Decision of the quiz masters final and
binding

3. Round 1
India Before
Independence

4. Rules for Round 1
• 5 questions in this round
• 10 for correct answer, 5 on the pass
• No negatives
• Time for each question- 15 secs

5. Question 1- Team A
Name Jawaharlal Nehru’s
father, who chaired the
famous Nehru Commission.

7. Motilal Nehru

8. Question 2- Team B
In 1896, at an INC session,
Vande Mataram was sung. It
went on to become our
national song. Name the place
where the song was sung.

10. Calcutta

11. Question 3- Team C
Who represented the Indian people in the
Second Round Table Conference held in
London in 1931?
(The first one was boycotted by the
Congress)

13. Mahatma Gandhi

14. Question 4- Team D
Calcutta- Gomoh railway station,
Bihar- X- Afghanistan- Soviet
Union
Identify X.

16. Peshawar

17. Question 5- Team E
What is so special about
the Radcliffe Line?

19. This line divided India and
Pakistan

20. Audience Question
Who is known as ‘Quaid-e-
Azam’ in Pakistan?

22. Mohammad Ali Jinnah

23. Round 2
India After Independence

24. Rules for Round 2
• 5 questions
• 10 for correct answer, 5 on the pass
• No negatives
• Time for each question- 15 secs

25. Question 1
In 1956, the map of India underwent a
huge change. This was the result of
which Act?

27. States Reorganisation Act,
1956

28. Question 2
On 19 December 1961, X became a new
addition to the territory of India. Name
X.

30. Goa

31. Question 3
In 1978, the then Prime Minister,
Morarji Desai, did something very
important which affected the Indian
economy. The same thing was repeated
by the current Prime Minister in 2016.
What is it?

33. Demonetisation

34. Question 4
In 1991, who was assassinated by LTTE
militants, when he was en route to an
election rally in Tamil Nadu?

36. Rajiv Gandhi

37. Question 5
Which former Prime Minister was the
Finance Minister of India in 1991, when
India liberalised its economy?

39. Dr. Manmohan Singh

40. Round 3
Pehchano
Kaun?

41. Rules
• 5 questions, each containing a
picture
• 10 points for correct answer, 5 on
the pass
• No negatives
• Time limit- 15 secs

42. Question 1
Why is this photo iconic?

44. The photo of Mahatma Gandhi
on the Indian currency note

45. Who is he?
Question 2

47. Nathuram Vinayak Godse

48. Identify the person.
Question 3

50. Dadabhai Naoroji

51. Identify this Indian martyr.
Question 4

53. Shaheed Bhagat Singh

54. Identify this Indian personality.
Question 5

56. Pandit Madan Mohan
Malviya

57. Audience question
Who?

59. Mitro Acche Din Aayenge

60. Round 4
Kya Aap
Jaante Hai?

61. Rules for Round 4
• 10 questions
• Bounce will be followed
• No negatives
• Time limit- 15 secs

62. His claim to Fame?
• Pingali Venkayya ( 2 August 1876- died 4 July 1963) was an Indian freedom fighter.
• A postage stamp was issued to commemorate him in 2009 and in 2011 it was proposed that he be
posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna.

64. He designedtheIndianNationalflag

65. Which city?
•On the marriage of Charles-II with Catherine de Braganza of Portugal,
the British received X as dowry from the Portuguese, the king later
leased it to British at an annual rest of 10 Pounds.

67. Bombay(LaterMumbai)

68. Flag of which entity?

70. The British East India
Company

71. Who composed the song “Saare jaha
se accha”?

73. Mohammad Iqbal

74. Which city, founded by Guru Ramdas as Ramdaspur,
derives its current name from a small pool there,
the name meaning “Pool of Nectar”?

76. Amritsar

77. The phrase ‘Satyameva Jayate’ on the national
emblem of India, is taken from which Upanishad?

79. Mundaka

80. Which Hindu reform movement was started by
Swami Dayanand Saraswati in 1875?

82. Arya Samaj

83. National Sports day is celebrated on August 29 in
commemoration of which legendary sportsperson's
birthday?

85. Major Dhyan Chand

86. Thelioncapital,whichformsIndia’snationalemblem
canbeseenatthearchaeologicalmuseumatwhich
place?

88. Sarnath

89. •Smith
• Warren
• Yardley
•Burton
•Brooks
•Willis
•North
•Harrison
•Wesson
•Benson
•Flynn
This is the team of England which toured India for a cricket match, who
captained the Indian side?

91. Bhuvan, This is the British Team in the movie Lagaan

92. Audience Question
‘Lagaan’ was shot in
which state?

94. Gujarat

95. Round 5
Rapid Fire

96. Rules for Round 5
• Each team to be asked a set of 10 questions
• Each question is of 5 marks
• If team doesn’t know answer to a question, they
can pass. No points will be deducted.
• If team gives an incorrect answer, then it’s a -5.
• Time limit- 1 minute for each set

97. Team A
1. Which rifle was the cause of the Revolt of 1857?
2. Where was the first session of the INC held in 1885?
3. What horrific incident happened in Amritsar in 1919, under General Dyer?
4. Which movement was inspired by Gandhiji’s slogan of ‘Do or Die’?
5. Name India’s first acting Prime Minister.
6. Which party defeated Congress in 1977 elections, and formed India’s first non-
Congress government?
7. Who started the Vanar Sena in 1930 to help children freedom fighters?
8. From which place did Mangal Pandey start his rebellion against the British?
9. Who was Pal in Lal-Bal-Pal?
10.How do we know North East Frontier Agency today as?

99. Answers
1. Enfield Rifle
2. Bombay
3. Jallianwala Bagh massacre
4. Quit India Movement
5. Gulzari Lal Nanda
6. Janata Party
7. Indira Gandhi
8. Barrackpore
9. Bipin Chandra Pal
10.Arunachal Pradesh

100. Team B
1. Who led the Revolt of 1857 from Lucknow?
2. Which province did Lord Curzon decide to partition in 1905?
3. Which incident prompted Gandhiji to abandon the Non-Cooperation
Movement?
4. Which famous freedom fighter was put in Ahmednagar Jail during the Quit
India Movement?
5. Which former Prime Minister died in Tashkent in 1965?
6. Name the first Gujarati to become the Prime Minister of India.
7. Who was the Governor-General of India during the Revolt of 1857?
8. What did Rabindranath Tagore win in 1914?
9. Which state became a part of India in 1976?
10.Which state was carved out of Madhya Pradesh on November 1, 2000?

102. Answers
1. Begum Hazrat Mahal
2. Bengal
3. Chauri Chaura incident
4. Jawaharlal Nehru
5. Lal Bahadur Shastri
6. Morarji Desai
7. Lord Canning
8. Nobel Prize for Literature
9. Sikkim
10.Chhattisgarh

103. Team C1. Who led the Revolt of 1857 from Bihar?
2. Where was the first session of the Muslim League held in 1906?
3. Who was the leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha?
4. Name the Viceroy of India at the time of independence.
5. Which country was formed in 1971, after the Indo-Pak War?
6. Who succeeded Indira Gandhi in 1984?
7. Name the ‘Grand Old Man of India’.
8. Who was the President of INC at the time of independence?
9. Which mosque was destroyed in 1992 in Ayodhya?
10.Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, the youngest CM of an Indian state, hailed from
which state?

105. Answers
1. Kunwar Singh
2. Dacca (Dhaka)
3. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
4. Lord Mountbatten
5. Bangladesh
6. Rajiv Gandhi
7. Dadabhai Naoroji
8. JB Kripalani
9. Babri Masjid
10.Assam

106. Team D
1. Which Mughal emperor was proclaimed the leader of the Revolt of 1857?
2. Who, along with Annie Besant, founded the Home Rule League?
3. Beside which river was the 1929 Lahore Congress session held?
4. Which princely state was ruled by “Nizams”?
5. Name the first Field Marshal of India.
6. Name the first non-Indian to win Bharat Ratna.
7. Who is known as the father of Indian nationalism?
8. What was the name of Gandhiji’s ashram in South Africa?
9. Which place in Kashmir was the epicenter of the 1999 Indo-Pak War?
10.In which year was India’s capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?

108. Answers
1. Bahadur Shah Zafar
2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3. Ravi
4. Hyderabad
5. Sam Manekshaw
6. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
7. Surendranath Banerjea
8. Tolstoy Farm
9. Kargil
10.1911

109. Team E1. Where was Bahadur Shah Zafar deported to after defeat in Revolt of 1857?
2. Who revived the Ganapati and Shivaji festivals in Maharashtra?
3. From where did Gandhiji start the Dandi March?
4. Pondicherry was under the control of which country till 1954?
5. What historic measure did Indira Gandhi take in 1975?
6. Who was the only Indian Governor-General of India?
7. Name the first woman President of the INC.
8. Who gave Gandhiji the title of ‘Mahatma’?
9. Whose government lasted only 13 days at the Centre in 1996?
10.Which freedom fighter, according to a conspiracy theory, is known as
‘Gumnami Baba’?

111. Answers
1. Rangoon
2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3. Sabarmati Ashram
4. France
5. Emergency
6. C Rajagopalachari
7. Annie Besant
8. Rabindranath Tagore
9. Atal Behari Vajpayee
10.Subhash Chandra Bose

112. RESULTS

113. THANK YOU