1. Who was affectionately called ‘ The Grand Old Man of India’ ?

Dadabhai Naoroji

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Rajendra Prasad

Bipin Chandra Pal

Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji

Explanation:

Dadabhai was affectionately known as the Grand Old Man of India. He is most famous for his drain of wealth theory.Dadabhai Naoroji, became the president of Indian National Congress(INC) three times.


2. When was Indian National Flag adopted ?

12 July, 1947

12 August, 1947

22 August, 1947

22 July, 1947

Answer: 22 July, 1947

Explanation:

The National Flag of India was adopted in its present form during the meeting of Constituent Assembly held on 22 July 1947, a few days before India's independence from the British on 15 August, 1947.


3. Who renounced his Knighthood against the Jallianwala Bagh atrocity ?

Syed Ahmad Khan

S Subramania Iyer

Mahatma Gandhi

Rabindranath Tagore

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

Explanation:

Rabindranath Tagore received the news of the massacre by 22 May 1919. He tried to arrange a protest meeting in Calcutta and finally decided to renounce his British knighthood as "a symbolic act of protest".


4. In which year was the Battle of Saragarhi fought ?

1880

1870

1897

1890

Answer: 1897

Explanation:

The fabled Battle of Saragarhi took place at a small British outpost in the Samana Ranges on 12 September 1897, when anywhere between 10,000 and 12,000 Pashtun tribes launched an all out attack for many days.


5. Who used the pseudonym 'Bhanusingha' ?

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

Sunil Gangopadhyay

Rabindranath Tagore

Michael Madhusudan Dutt

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

Explanation:

Rabindranath Tagore wrote his first substantial poems titled Bhanusimha Thakurer Padabali inBrajabuli under the pseudonym Bh?nusi?ha ("Sun Lion") when he was just sixteen.


6. The Gadar (or Ghadar) Party was formed in the year _____ ?

1918

1915

1913

1921

Answer: 1913

Explanation:

Gadar (or Ghadar) Party was formed in 1913 by Har dayal and sohan singh.


7. In which year was the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) founded ?

1926

1929

1930

1928

Answer: 1928

Explanation:

Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) established in 1928 at Feroz Shah Kotla New Delhi by Chandrasekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and others.


8. Who among the following was one of the founders of the Congress Socialist Party ?

C Natarajan Annadurai

SK Patil

Atulya Ghosh

Ram Manohar Lohia

Answer: Ram Manohar Lohia

Explanation:

Ram Manohar Lohia was one of the founders of the Congress Socialist Party.


9. Who gave the slogSol. ‘Dilli Chalo’ and ‘Give me blood and I will give you Freedom’ ?

Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

Jawaharlal Nehru

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Subhash Chandra Bose

Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose

Explanation:

Subhash Chandra Bose gave the slogSol. ‘Dilli Chalo’ and ‘Give me blood and I will give you Freedom’.


10. ______ was executed at Lahore in November 1915 for his role in the Ghadar Conspiracy in February 1915 ?

Kartar Singh Sarabha

Tantia Mama

Maganbhai Patel

Vijay Singh Pathik

Answer: Kartar Singh Sarabha

Explanation:

In November 1915 at Lahore, Karatar Singh was executed for his role in the Ghadar Conspiracy when he was just 18 years old.