Independence Day Quiz with Answers 2023
Every year on 15 August Independence Day is observed across the country. Let us solve an interesting quiz based on Independence Day history, freedom fighters, etc. India launched year-long celebrations with a slew of programmes and projects to showcase ‘development, governance, technology, reform, progress, and policy over the years. Test your knowledge by solving the quiz based on Independence Day.
The nation is celebrating Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav and a series of events are being organized to mark the occasion across the country. Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav will be celebrated as a Jan-Utsav in the spirit of Jan-Bhagidari.
Independence Day Quiz with Answers 2023
1. What is the theme for 75 years of Independence Day celebrations?
(a) Self-reliant India
(b) Promote India’s culture
(c) Nation First, Always First
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)
2. Which of the following is/are true regarding the ratio of the national flag?
(a) The ratio of the length to the height of the flag shall be 3:2
(b) The ratio of the length to the width of the flag shall be 3:2
(c) The ratio of the length to the height of the flag shall be 2:3
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Ans. (d)
3. On Independence Day, the Prime Minister of India hoists our tricolour flag at:
(a) the Purana Qila, Delhi
(b) the Red Fort, Old Delhi
(c) the Red Fort, Agra
(d) the India Gate, New Delhi
Ans. (b)
4. Who among the following was the Prime Minister of Britain at the time of Independence?
(a) Lord Mountbatten
(b) Winston Churchill
(c) Clement Attlee
(d) Ramsay MacDonald
Ans. c
5. Who among the following was the first Governor-General of new Dominions of India until June 1948?
(a) Lord Mountbatten
(b) C. Rajgopalchari
(c) Dr. BR Amdedkar
(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Ans. (a)
6. The famous quote “a tryst with destiny” is given by
(a) Dr. BR Ambedkar
(b) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Abdul Kalam Azad
Ans. (b)
7. Which of the following Plan was known as the partition plan?
(a) Macaulay Plan
(b) Atlee Announcement
(c) Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
(d) Mountbatten Plan
Ans. (d)
8. Which of the following are the extremist leaders?
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d)
9. Who presided over the 1905 Congress session in Banaras?
(a) Gopal Krishan Gokhale
(b) Dadabhai Naroji
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Aurobindo Ghosh
Ans. (a)
10. When the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre take place?
(a) 10 April, 1917
(b) 13 April, 1918
(c) 9 April, 1916
(d) 13 April, 1919
Ans. (d
11. Match the following is/are not correctly matched:
1. Champaran Satyagraha – 1917
2. Kheda Satyagraha – 1918
3. Ahmedabad Mill Strike – 1918
4. Rowlatt Act Satyagraha – 1919
(a) Only 1
(b) Both 2 and 3
(c) Only 2
(d) Both 2 and 4
Ans. (c)
12. Who presided over the 1907 Congress Session in Surat on the bank of the river Tapti?
(a) Pherozeshah Mehta
(b) Dadabhai Naroji
(c) Lala Hardayal
(d) Gopal Krishan Gokhale
Ans. (a)
13. In which session of the Congress both Extremist and Moderate leaders were united?
(a) Madras
(b) Lucknow
(c) Calcutta
(d) Banaras
Ans. (b)
14. When was Non-Cooperation Movement started?
(a) 1919
(b) 1920
(c) 1921
(d) 1922
Ans. (b)
15. When was Gandhi Irwin Pact signed?
(a) 3 March, 1930
(b) 5 March, 1931
(c) 5 April, 1931
(d) 15 April, 1930
Ans. (b)
16. Who among the following retained as the head of State until India transit a full republic?
(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(b) King George VI
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Queen Elizabeth II
Ans. (b)
17. The first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru raised the Indian National Flag on 15 August, 1947 which of the following gates of the Red Fort?
(a) Lahori Gate
(b) Delhi Gate
(c) Kashmiri Gate
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
18. Who among the following played Shehnai at the celebration of Indian Independence Day 1947?
(a) Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan
(b) Bismillah Khan
(c) Madhukar Dhumal
(d) Ahmed Ali
Ans. (b)
19. In which of the following Congress sessions, the Indian National Congress declared Purna Swaraj?
(a) Lahore Session, 1929
(b) Karachi Session, 1930
(c) Nagpur Session, 1929
(d) Calcutta Session, 1929
Ans. (a)
20. Who among the following did not participate in official events of Indian Independence Day 1947?
(a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Dr. B. R Ambedkar
Ans. (c)
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