Deck 2: Trivia on Indian History and Constitution

Question 1

Glimpses of world History' was written by

A)nehru
B)gandhiji
C)thilak
D)ambedkar

Answer 1

nehru

Question 2

Who is the author of Discovery of India?

A)gandhiji
B)vivekananda
C)nehru
D)gokhale

Answer 2

nehru

Question 3

The fundamental principles of Pancha shila were laid down in the year;

A)1961
B)1955
C)1954
D)1950

Answer 3

1954

Question 4

B.R. Ambedker was born in

A)1891
B)1893
C)1898
D)1901

Question 5

A public meeting was held on 13th April 1919 at ................in a smallpark enclosed by buildings on all sides to protest against the Rawlatt Act.

A)jallianwala bagh
B)uttar pradesh
C)mumbai
D)delhi3

Question 6

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2nd October..............

A)1869
B)1859
C)1889
D)1900

Question 7

Gandhiji came back to India from South Africa, in the year...

A)1914
B)1915
C)1916
D)1917

Question 8

. .......................who led the Congress party, introduced Mahatma Gandhi to the concerns in India and the struggle of the people.

A)tej bahadur sapru
B)rabindranath tagore
C)mohammad ali jinnah
D)gopal krishna gokhale

Question 9

The Kheda Satyagraha and Champaran agitation in 1918 was one of...................first significant steps to achieve Indian independence.

A)rabindranath tagore's
B)gandhiji
C)motilal nehru's
D)mohammed ali jinnah's

Question 10

Mahatma Gandhi on August 8, .............gave the call for Quit India Movement.

A)1942
B)1920
C)1930
D)1940

Question 11

On 9th of August, 1942, Mahatma Gandhi and the entire Congress Working Committee were arrested in................

A)up
B)delhi
C)ahmedabad
D)mumbai

Question 12

During the First World War, ................joined the central powersagainst Britain.

A)america
B)britain
C)france
D)turkey

Question 13

A Khilafat Committee was formed under the leadership of Mahammad Ali, ....................Maulana Azad and Hasrat Mohini to organise a Country-wide agitation.

A)shaukat ali
B)qutubuddin ahmad
C)shamsuddin hussain
D)mohammed ali jinnah

Question 14

The main object of Khilafat Movement was to force the ..............Government to change its attitude towards Turkey and to restore the Sultan.

A)british
B)austrian
C)american
D)serbian

Question 15

October 17, ................was observed as Khilafat Day, when the Hindus along with Muslims in fasting observed hartal on that day.

A)1908
B)1909
C)1916
D)1919

Question 16

An All India Khilafat Conference was held at ..............on November 23,1919 with Gandhi as its president.

A)calcutta
B)punjab
C)gujarat
D)delhi

Question 17

Congress leaders, like Lokamanya Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi, viewed the ....................as an opportunity to bring about Hindu-Muslim unity against British.

A)khalifat movement
B)khudai khidmatgars
C)peasant movement
D)womens' movement

Question 18

.............visited Malabar in 1921, giving a further impetus to the Khilafat movement.

A)gandhiji
B)motilal nehru
C)bal gangadhar tilak
D)sri aurobindo

Question 19

The Constitution of ....................is the largest written liberal democratic constitution of the world.

A)india
B)america
C)pakistan
D)afghanistan

Question 20

The Constitution of ...................provides for a mixture of federalism andUnitarianism, and flexibility and with rigidity.

A)afghanistan
B)america
C)pakistan
D)india

Question 21

since its inauguration on 26th January..............the Constitution India has been successfully guiding the path and progress of India.

A)1905
B)1915
C)1930
D)1950

Question 22

Indian Constitution consists of ................ Articles divided into 22 Parts with 12Schedules and 94 constitutional amendments.

A)295
B)305
C)388
D)395

Question 23

The Constitution of India indeed much bigger than the US Constitution which hasonly 7 Articles and the ..................Constitution with its 89 Articles.

A)french
B)dutch
C)pakistan
D)afghanistan

Question 24

The constitution of India became fully operational with effect from 26thJanuary..........................

A)1905
B)1935
C)1947
D)1950

Question 25

India has an elected head of state (President of India) who wields power for a fixed term of ................... years.

A)2
B)3
C)4
D)5