Facts about India -Questions and Answers -10
1801. Under whose leadership the British government's Chittagong armoury located in present Bangladesh was attacked on April 18, 1930?
Surya Sen
1802. Who was known as 'Master Da'?
Surya Sen
1803. When did Surya Sen was hanged?
Januaryl2, 1934
1804. S.A. Dange was accused of which conspiracy case?
Meerut Conspiracy Case
1805. ln which name Chandrasekhar Tiwari became famous?
Chandrasekhar Azad
1806. Who was known as the Lion of Punjab?
Lala Lajpat Rai
1807. Name the woman revolutionary who was known as 'Agni Kanya' (Daughter of Fire).
Beena Das
1808. Name the woman revolutionary who shot at Bengal Governor Stanley Jackson at the convocation ceremony of the Calcutta University on February 6,1932?
Beena Das
1809. Who published the article 'Philosophy of Bomb'?
Bhagavati Charan Vohra
1810. Who was the leader of extremists in INC?
Bal Gangadhara Tilak
1811. Name the British writer who dubbed Bal Gangadhara Tilak as the 'Father of Indian Unrest'?
Sir Valentine Chirol
1812. Name the revolutionary who killed himself after shooting down Tirunelveli District Collector Robert Ashe at Maniyachi Railway Station in Madras Province on June 17, 1911?
Vaanchi Iyer
1813. Who is the father of the political theory 'Radical Humanism'?
M.N.Roy
1814. Who authored the book 'A Life of Captivity', which is considered as the 'Bible of Indian revolutionaries'?
Sachindra Nath Sanyal
1815. Name the national leader who had been awarded 'Bharat Ratna' posthumously, but had to be withdrawn?
Subhas Chandra Bose
1816. Uncompleted autobiography of Subhas Chandra Bose:
An Indian Pilgrim
1817. Name the revolutionary who penned poems in the pen name of Hazrat?
Ashfaqulla Khan
1818. Which book that Tilak wrote while he was lodged at the Mandala Jail?
Gitarehasyam
1819. Who is admired as the 'Prince among the martyrs'?
Bhagat Singh
1820. Who organised 'Shivaji Utsav', 'Ganeshotsav' in Maharashtra with the aim of strengthening nationalism among people?
Bal GangadharTilak
1821. Who was known as the Maratha Kesari?
Bal GangadharTilak
1822. Who was known as Shaheed- E Azam?
Bhagat Singh
1823. Who penned the book 'Unhappy India'?
Lala Lajpat Rai
1824 Who was known as 'Kappalottiya Tamilian?
V.O. Chidarnbaran Pillai
1825. Following which violent incident did Gandhiji withdraw the Non-Co-operation movement?
Chauri Chaura incident
1826. Who is the author of Indian Struggle'?
Subhash Chandra Bose
1827 Name the Communist leader who was popularly known as Kakababu?
Muzaffar Ahmed
1828. Who authored the book '1857 The War of Indian Independence?
V.D. Savarkar
1829. Name the publication launched by Barindra Kumar Ghosh and Bhupendranath Dutt in 1906?
Yugantar
1830. Who wrote 'India in Transition'?
M.N.Roy
1831. Who defended Bhagat Singh in the Lahore Conspiracy case?
Asaf Ali
1832. Name the brave heroine of Manipur during the Civil Disobedience Movement?
Rani Gaidinliu
1833. Which tribal leader was regarded as an incarnation of God and father of the world?
Birsa Munda
1834. What was the pseudo name that Uttam Singh adopted to revenge the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
Ram Muhammad Singh Azad
1835. The founder of Indian National Congress:
A.O.Hume
1836. The nationality of A.O. Hume:
Scotland (One of the constituents of the United Kingdom)
1837. The oldest political party in India:
Indian National Congress
1838. Which political party ruled India for the longest period?
Indian National Congress
1839. In which year Indian National Congress was founded?
1885
1840. Which city was the venue of the first session of the Indian National Congress?
Bombay
1841. The number of woman who attended the first session of the Indian National Congress:
No woman attended
1841. Which institution in Mumbai was the venue of the first congress session?
Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College
1842. Thenumberofdelegatesthat attended the first session of Indian National Congress held on 1885 December 28-31?
Seventy-two
1843. Who was the first president of the Indian National Congress?
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
1845. Who suggested the name Indian National Congress?
Dadabhai Naoroji
1846. Who moved the first motion in the first session of the Indian National Congress?
G. Subramanya Iyer
1847. What was the demand in the first motion by G. Subramanya Iyer in the first session of the Indian National Congress?
What was the demand in the first motion by G. Subramanya Iyer in the first session of the Indian National Congress?
1848. Which city had been proposed as the venue of the first session of the Indian National Congress but the venue was shifted because of the spreading of plague?
Pune
1849. In which month generally the annual sessions of Indian National Congress were held?
December
1850. The number of delegates attended the second session of Indian National Congress:
434
1851. The venue of the second annual session of the Indian National Congress?
Calcutta
1852. Who presided over the second annual session of Indian National Congress (1886)?
Dadabhai Naoroji
1853. Name an association that merged with the Congress in 1886?
Indian National Conference
1854. Name the prominent leader from Malabar who attended the second session of INC held at Kolkata?
Chenkulath Kunhirama Menon
1855. In which year an annual session of the Indian National Congress was held in South India for the first time?
1887
1856. Name the South Indian city which became the venue of the annual session of the Indian National Congress for the first time:
Chennai
1857. The number of delegates who attended the third session of the Indian National Congress:
607
1858. Who was the first Muslim to become Congress president?
Badruddin Tyabji ( 1887)
1859. Who founded Dharma Sabha?
Radhakant Deb
1860. Dharma Sabha was founded in 1830.
1861. Who was the first non-Indian to preside over the annual session of Indian National Congress?
George Yule
1862. In which year did George Yule become the president of the Indian National Congress?
- 1888
1863. Which city was the venue of the 1888 session of Indian National Congress?
Allahabad
1864. Name the Travancorean who attended the 1889 Mumbai session of INC:
Barrister G.P. Pillai
1865. In which year British Committee of the Indian National Congress was formed in London?
1889
1866. The publication launched by the British Committee of Indian National Congress in 1890:
India
1867. Who was the first president of the British Committee of the INC?
'Villiam Wedderburn
1868. Who was the first secretary of the British Committee of the Indian National Congress?
William Digby
1869. Name the first woman to address a session of INC?
Kadambini Ganguli (1889)
1870. Name the first South Indian to become the president of INC:
P. Ananda Charlu
1871. In which year did Ananda Charlu become the president of INC?
1891 (Nagpur)
1872. The first to become Congress president twice:
W.C. Bannerjee (1885, 1892)
1873. In which year did G.P. Pillai become the secretary of INC?
1894
1874. Who was the chairman of the Indian Police Commission appointed by Lord Curzon in 1902?
Andrew H.L. Fraser
1875. The Government of India passed the Prevention of Seditious Meeting Act in:
1907
1876. Who wrote the book 'Wake Up India '?
Annie Besant
1877. The Viceroy who created North-West Frontier Province from Punjab in 1901:
Curzon
1878. Name the Governor-General who adopted a policy of the Europeanisation of bureaucracy and an exclusion of Indians from higher posts:
Cornwallis
1879. During the reign of which Maratha ruler the position of the Peshwas became hereditary?
Sahu
1880. Who was the chairman of the Royal Commission which was appointed in 1895 to examine the military and civil expenditures incurred and the apportionment of those charges between the Government of Great Britain and Government of India?
Lord Welby
1881. The Universities of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras were established on the basis of the recommendation of:
Sir Charles Wood
1882. Holding of the ICS examination simultaneously in England and India was done for the first time in ----
1922
1883. Michael Madhusudan Dutt was a famous writer in the language of - ----
Bengali
1884. The British Resident who was killed at Lucknow during the Revolt of 1857:
Henry Lawrence
1885. The first 'Shakha' of Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (R.S.S.) was started in:
Nagpur
1886. The song of the Swadeshi Movement was:
Vande Mataram
1887. From which University in the USA, B.R. Ambedkar received his PhD?
Columbia
1888. The Governor-General who founded the Royal Asiatic Society:
Warren Hastings
1889. Where did B.R. Ambedkar established the Depressed Classes Institute?
Mumbai
1890. Who drafted the Pakistan resolution in 1940 which was moved by Fazlul Haq?
Sikander Hayat Khan
1891. Who was the Viceroy when the Non-Cooperation movement was repealed?
Reading
1892. Which of these books was translated into English by Annie Besant?
Bhagavat Gita
1893. Name the Governor-General who introduced Permanent Revenue Battlement:
Cornwallis
1894. After the pact between Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Irwin in March 1931 many leaders became critical of Mahatma Gandhi's leadership. What was the main reason?
The civil disobedience movement was called off
1895. Mahatma Gandhi attended the Congress session for the first time in 1901. It was held in:
Kolkata
1896. Muslim League observed 23rd March 1943 as:
Pakistan Day
1897. The Governor-General who suppressed the Thugs:
William Bentick
1898. What became the symbol of the freedom movement of India?
Khadi
1899. Who is called the 'Morning Star' of modern social reform movements?
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
1900. Jawaharlal Nehru attended the Congress session for the first time in 1912. it was held in:
Bankipur
1901 Between the period 1858-1947, how many Viceroys ruled over India?
Twenty
1902 How many Home Rule Leagues were formed in India in 1916?
Two
1903. Mahatma Gandhi resigned from Indian National Congress in the year:
1934
1905. Nehru Report, prepared by Motilal Nehru was a reaction to the:
Simon Commission
1906. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress when the first split occurred in 1907?
Rash Bihari Ghosh
1907. Kanpur Conference, which is regarded as the foundation of the Communist Party of India in 1925, was held under the pres residency of:
Singaravclu Chcttiar
1908. Who was known as 'Lion of Satara'?
Achyut Patwardhan
1909. Who sent B.R. Ambedkar to Columbia University for doctoral studies?
Gaekwad of Baroda
1910. The journals 'Al Hilal' and 'Al Balal' were launched by:
Abul Kalam Azad
1911. C.R. Das was elected the Mayor of the city of:
Kolkata
1912. What was the name of the newspaper published by the Indian Muslim League?
Star of India
1913. What was the symbol of the Swadeshi Movement?
Charkha
1914. The publication started by Gandhiji in South Africa:
Indian Opinion
1915. Who served as a member of the Central Legislative Assembly for 26 years and was called 'the father of the Assembly'?
Narayan Malhar Joshi
1916. Who founded the Indian Reform Association in 1870?
Keshab Chandra Sen
1917. Who presided over the Lucknow session in 1916 when the moderates and extremists united?
A.C. Majumdar
1918. Who was the person to be arrested in the Kanpur Conspiracy Case?
S.A. Dange
1919. Who launched the journal 'Pakhtoon?
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
1920 Who declared 'Plassey laid the foundation of the British Empire; Amritsar has shaken it"?
Mahatma Gandhi
1921. Mahatma Gandhi started the non-cooperation movement on:
1 August 1920
1922. The Viceroy to whom Mahatma Gandhi wrote a letter in 1930 putting him before an eleven point programme?
Irwin
1923. The Governor-General during the Sepoy Mutiny:
Canning
1924. The journal 'Bahishkrit Bharat' was started by:
B.R. Ambedkar
1925. Who said, "Not mercy, but service for man must be regarded as God"?
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
1926. During the reign of which Viceroy of India elections were held for the first time in 11 Indian states in:
Lord Linlithgo
1927. 'Bombay Chronicle' was started by:
Pheroz Shah Mehta
1928. Who drafted the historic resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic policy for the Karachi session of Indian National Congress held in 1931?
Jawaharlal Nehru
1929. The Governor-General during the Vellore Mutiny ( 1806):
George Barlow
1930. Who became the chief justice of the federal court of India which was started functioning on 1st October 1937?
Maurice Gwyer
1931. Who declared that " the corpse of Bhagat Singh shall stand between us and England"?
Jawaharlal Nehru
1932. The only Viceroy of British India who was assassinated:
Mayo
1933. Who served as Viceroy of India from 1864 to 1869 and was known as 'Saviour of Punjab'?
John Lawrence
1934. Members of the Constituent Assembly appended their signatures on the Constitution on:
24th January 1950
1935. The Dual System of Government in Bengal was a brainchild of:
Robert Clive
1936. 'Mookanayak' was started by:
B.R. Ambedkar
1937. The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Calcutta:
Elijah Impey
1938. The first English nobleman to come to India to undertake the office of Governor-General:
Cornwallis
1939. The importance of 22nd October 1764 in Indian History:
Battle of Buxar
1940. The leader who is related to the statement "Britain's peril is India's opportunity':
Subhash Chandra Bose
1941. The troops of which European power supported Siraj ud Daula in the battle of Plassey?
French
1942. Who was the president of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan:
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
1943. Who was the Viceroy who rejected Mahatma Gandhi's plea for the reprieve of Bhagat Singh and his two colleagues from the death sentence?
Irwin
1944. Who prepared the 'Dickie Bird Plan' for India's independence?
Lord Mountbatten
1945. 'Comrade' was launched by:
Muhammad Ali
1946. Who established Free India Centre in Berlin?
Subhash Chandra Bose
1947. The first newspaper in India 'Bengal Gazette' was started by:
James Hickey
1948. The Governor-General when Coorg was annexed to British India:
William Bentick
1949. The Viceroy who appointed Aitchison Commission on the Public Services in India?
Lord Dufferin
1950. During the freedom struggle 'Anusheelan Samiti' opened its branches in:
Bengal
1951. After which incident Mahatma Gandhi declared "Co-operation in any shape or form with this satanic government is sinful"?
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
1952. Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of British India assumed office on:
24th March 1947
1953. The last sovereign Nawab of Bengal:
Siraj Ud Daula
1954. The non-cooperation movement of Mahatma Gandhi came to an end on:
12th February 1922
1955. When was the First Factory Act passed?
1881
1956. Who served as a member of the Central Legislative Assembly and was called the 'father of the Assembly'?
Narayan Malhar Joshi
1957. Who authored 'The Story of My Deportation'?
Lala Lajpat Rai
1958. Who was known as 'Sarhadi Gandhi'?
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
1959. The home of ----- in Paris be came to the headquarters for the Indian revolutionaries around 1910:
Madam Cama
1960. The viceroy of India who was a poet, novelist and an essayist of repute:
Lord Lytton
1961. Which Act authorised the British government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in the court of law?
Rowlatt Act of 1919
1962. Who attended the Congress of Oppressed Nationalists at Brussels in 1927, on behalf of National Congress?
Jawaharlal Nehru
1963. Who prepared a leaflet titled 'Now or never' advocating separate nation for Muslims and privately circulated it from Cambridge in 1933:
Rehmat Ali
1964. Who urged Mountbatten to offer Muhammad Ali Jinnah the prime ministership of a united India rather than a separate Muslim nation?
Mahatma Gandhi
1965. Who was the founder of Divine Life Society?
Swami Sivananda
1966. Who was the Viceroy when the Cabinet Mission visited India?
Wavell
1967. Who was the Viceroy when the interim government assumed power on 2nd September 1946?
Wavell
1968. Who was the leader of the Congress party, who introduced Mahatma Gandhi to the concerns in India and the struggle of the people?
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
1969. Elections to the Constituent Assembly was held in the year:
1946
1970. The first All India Conference of Forward Bloc was held in 1940 at:
Nagpur
1971. The leader who was known as the 'Mango of Salem':
C. Rajagopalachari
1972. In how many provinces bicameralism was introduced through the Government of India Act 1935?
Six
1973. Which act separated Burma and Aden from India?
Government of India Act 1935
1974. Who once remarked 'Nehru is a patriot while Jinnah is a politician'?
Muhammad Iqbal
1975. Who was called 'The Hero of Salem'?
C. Vijayaraghavachariar
1976. Who was known as the 'Lion of South India'?
C. Vijayaraghavachariar
1977. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress during the Quit India movement?
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
1978. The British Prime Minister who appointed the Simon Cornmission:
Stanley Baldwin
1979. Name the Viceroy who was called the 'Aurangzeb of British India'?
Curzon
1980. The first Indian to go to jail for his journalistic duties?
Surendra Nath Banerjee
1981. The first Non-Indian to become the President of the Indian National Congress?
George Yule
1982. The second President of Indian National Congress:
Dadabhai Naoroji
1983. Who wrote the history of the Indian National Congress?
Pattabhi Scetharamaiah
1984. Who formed in 1929 the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha (BPKS) to mobilise peasant grievances against the zamindari attacks on their occupancy rights:
Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
1985. Who was the President of Indian National Congress when India got independence?
J.B. Kripalani
1986. With whom did the English concluded the Treaty of Surat in 1775?
Raghunath Rao
1987. The Viceroy during the first sitting of the Constituent Assembly held on 9th December 1946?
Wavell
1988. The English daily 'The Bengali' was started by:
Surendra Nath Bannerjee
1989. Who is called the father of Revolutionary thought in India:
Bipin Chandra Pal
1990. The founder of the Urdu daily 'Bande Matararn':
Lala Lajpat Rai
1991 The only Malayali to become the President of INC?
C. Sankaran Nair
1992. The Viceroy during INA Trial:
Wavell
1993. Which case is related to the throwing a bomb on Viceroy Lord Harding II during a ceremonial procession?
Delhi conspiracy
1994. Who became the President of Indian National Congress when Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose resigned in 1939?
Rajendra Prasad
1995. Who founded the Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan in Madras on 1 May 1923?
Singaravclu Chettiar
1996. Who was the Viceroy when the first Factory Act was introduced?
Ripon
1997. In which session of the Indian National Congress did Mahatma Gandhi become President?
Belgaum
1998. The first piece of Indian soil on which the English exercised sovereign authority:
Island of Bombay
1999. The war broke out in India as a result of the Seven Years' War between the French and the English in Europe:
The Third Carnatic War
2000. The war which took place not because of any local causes in India but because of the War of Austrian Succession in Europe:
The First Carnatic War
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