15th August 2024- 30 Most Important General Knowledge
1. Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?
a) Lord Mountbatten
b) C. Rajagopalachari
c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: a) Lord Mountbatten
2. Which year was the Non-Cooperation Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi?
a) 1919
b) 1920
c) 1921
d) 1922
Answer: b) 1920
3. Who was the Viceroy of India during the Quit India Movement?
a) Lord Linlithgow
b) Lord Wavell
c) Lord Mountbatten
d) Lord Irwin
Answer: a) Lord Linlithgow
4. The famous ‘Dandi March’ led by Mahatma Gandhi was a part of which movement?
a) Civil Disobedience Movement
b) Non-Cooperation Movement
c) Quit India Movement
d) Swadeshi Movement
Answer: a) Civil Disobedience Movement
5. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress at the time of independence?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Sardar Patel
d) J.B. Kripalani
Answer: d) J.B. Kripalani
6. When did the Indian National Congress launch the ‘Purna Swaraj’ resolution?
a) 1927
b) 1928
c) 1929
d) 1930
Answer: c) 1929
7. Who wrote the famous book ‘Hind Swaraj’?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: b) Mahatma Gandhi
8. The slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ was popularized by which freedom fighter?
a) Bhagat Singh
b) Subhas Chandra Bose
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Sardar Patel
Answer: a) Bhagat Singh
9. Who was the last British Viceroy of India?
a) Lord Wavell
b) Lord Mountbatten
c) Lord Linlithgow
d) Lord Irwin
Answer: b) Lord Mountbatten
10. When was the Indian Independence Act passed by the British Parliament?
a) 15th June 1947
b) 18th July 1947
c) 20th August 1947
d) 14th August 1947
Answer: b) 18th July 1947
11. Who was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress?
a) Annie Besant
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Indira Gandhi
d) Aruna Asaf Ali
Answer: b) Sarojini Naidu
12. The ‘Jallianwala Bagh Massacre’ took place in which year?
a) 1918
b) 1919
c) 1920
d) 1921
Answer: b) 1919
13. Which Indian leader is known as the ‘Father of the Nation’?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Subhas Chandra Bose
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) B.R. Ambedkar
Answer: c) Mahatma Gandhi
14. The Partition of Bengal was annulled in which year?
a) 1911
b) 1912
c) 1913
d) 1914
Answer: a) 1911
15. Who founded the ‘All India Forward Bloc’?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Bhagat Singh
c) Subhas Chandra Bose
d) C. Rajagopalachari
Answer: c) Subhas Chandra Bose
16. The Simon Commission, which was boycotted by Indians, arrived in India in which year?
a) 1927
b) 1928
c) 1929
d) 1930
Answer: b) 1928
17. Who was the British Prime Minister when India gained independence?
a) Clement Attlee
b) Winston Churchill
c) Harold Macmillan
d) Neville Chamberlain
Answer: a) Clement Attlee
18. The slogan ‘Do or Die’ was given during which movement?
a) Quit India Movement
b) Non-Cooperation Movement
c) Civil Disobedience Movement
d) Khilafat Movement
Answer: a) Quit India Movement
19. The Cripps Mission, which aimed to secure Indian cooperation during World War II, was sent to India in which year?
a) 1940
b) 1942
c) 1943
d) 1944
Answer: b) 1942
20. Who was the last Governor-General of independent India?
a) Lord Mountbatten
b) Rajendra Prasad
c) C. Rajagopalachari
d) Sardar Patel
Answer: c) C. Rajagopalachari
21. Who coined the term ‘Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it’?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Bipin Chandra Pal
Answer: b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
22. The ‘Khilafat Movement’ was launched to protest against the humiliation of which empire?
a) British Empire
b) Ottoman Empire
c) Mughal Empire
d) Russian Empire
Answer: b) Ottoman Empire
23. Which session of the Indian National Congress adopted the resolution of ‘Purna Swaraj’?
a) Calcutta Session
b) Lahore Session
c) Bombay Session
d) Karachi Session
Answer: b) Lahore Session
24. Who was the first Indian to become a member of the British Parliament?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
c) B.R. Ambedkar
d) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: a) Dadabhai Naoroji
25. Who was the leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
26. The Cabinet Mission Plan was sent to India in which year?
a) 1942
b) 1945
c) 1946
d) 1947
Answer: c) 1946
27. The Chauri Chaura incident led to the suspension of which movement?
a) Non-Cooperation Movement
b) Civil Disobedience Movement
c) Quit India Movement
d) Swadeshi Movement
Answer: a) Non-Cooperation Movement
28. Who was the first Indian to hold the post of Governor-General of independent India?
a) C. Rajagopalachari
b) Rajendra Prasad
c) Sardar Patel
d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: a) C. Rajagopalachari
29. Who gave the famous slogan ‘Jai Hind’?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Subhas Chandra Bose
c) Bhagat Singh
d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: b) Subhas Chandra Bose
30. The ‘Round Table Conferences’ were held in which city?
a) Delhi
b) Bombay
c) Calcutta
d) London
Answer: d) London
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