Indian Independence Day – MCQs
1. When is Indian Independence Day celebrated?
A) 15th August
B) 26th January
C) 2nd October
D) 14th August
✅ Answer: A) 15th August
2. India got independence in which year?
A) 1945
B) 1946
C) 1947
D) 1950
✅ Answer: C) 1947
3. Who was the first Prime Minister of independent India?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Sardar Patel
D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
✅ Answer: B) Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Who hoisted the Indian national flag on 15th August 1947?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Lord Mountbatten
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) B.R. Ambedkar
✅ Answer: C) Jawaharlal Nehru
5. What was the theme of Independence Day 2023?
A) Nation First, Always First
B) Har Ghar Tiranga
C) Unity in Diversity
D) Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav
✅ Answer: A) Nation First, Always First
6. Which Viceroy of India announced the date of independence?
A) Lord Wavell
B) Lord Mountbatten
C) Lord Irwin
D) Lord Curzon
✅ Answer: B) Lord Mountbatten
7. Which act formally ended British rule in India?
A) Government of India Act 1935
B) Indian Independence Act 1947
C) Rowlatt Act 1919
D) Pitt’s India Act 1784
✅ Answer: B) Indian Independence Act 1947
8. Who was the last Governor-General of independent India?
A) C. Rajagopalachari
B) Lord Mountbatten
C) Rajendra Prasad
D) Sardar Patel
✅ Answer: A) C. Rajagopalachari
9. Who wrote the Indian national anthem?
A) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
B) Rabindranath Tagore
C) Subramania Bharati
D) Sarojini Naidu
✅ Answer: B) Rabindranath Tagore
10. Who wrote “Vande Mataram”?
A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Subhash Chandra Bose
✅ Answer: B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Indian Independence Day – MCQs
11. Which country was also partitioned on 15th August 1947?
A) Sri Lanka
B) Pakistan
C) Bangladesh
D) Burma
✅ Answer: B) Pakistan
12. Who designed the Indian national flag?
A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) Pingali Venkayya
C) Lala Hansraj
D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
✅ Answer: B) Pingali Venkayya
13. How many spokes are there in the Ashoka Chakra?
A) 20
B) 22
C) 24
D) 26
✅ Answer: C) 24
14. Which movement finally led to Indian independence?
A) Civil Disobedience Movement
B) Non-Cooperation Movement
C) Quit India Movement
D) Swadeshi Movement
✅ Answer: C) Quit India Movement
15. Who was the last British Viceroy of India?
A) Lord Wavell
B) Lord Irwin
C) Lord Mountbatten
D) Lord Reading
✅ Answer: C) Lord Mountbatten
16. Which city hosted the first official Independence Day celebration?
A) Mumbai
B) Kolkata
C) Delhi
D) Chennai
✅ Answer: C) Delhi
17. The partition of India created which two independent nations?
A) India & Nepal
B) India & Sri Lanka
C) India & Pakistan
D) India & Burma
✅ Answer: C) India & Pakistan
18. Who was the first President of India?
A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B) C. Rajagopalachari
C) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
D) Zakir Husain
✅ Answer: A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
19. What is the length of the Indian national flag in ratio to its width?
A) 2:1
B) 3:2
C) 4:3
D) 5:3
✅ Answer: B) 3:2
20. Which Prime Minister gave the speech “Tryst with Destiny” on Independence Day?
A) Lal Bahadur Shastri
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Rajiv Gandhi
✅ Answer: B) Jawaharlal Nehru
Indian Independence Day – MCQs
21. Which freedom fighter founded the Forward Bloc?
A) Bhagat Singh
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
✅ Answer: B) Subhas Chandra Bose
22. Who was the British Prime Minister when India got independence?
A) Winston Churchill
B) Clement Attlee
C) Harold Macmillan
D) Anthony Eden
✅ Answer: B) Clement Attlee
23. Which fort is associated with the Prime Minister’s Independence Day speech?
A) Red Fort
B) Agra Fort
C) Gwalior Fort
D) Chittorgarh Fort
✅ Answer: A) Red Fort
24. When was the first Independence Day celebrated in India?
A) 15th August 1947
B) 26th January 1948
C) 14th August 1947
D) 1st January 1948
✅ Answer: A) 15th August 1947
25. Which song is played after the national anthem on Independence Day?
A) Sare Jahan Se Achha
B) Vande Mataram
C) Jana Gana Mana (instrumental)
D) Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon
✅ Answer: A) Sare Jahan Se Achha
26. Which leader gave the slogan “Jai Hind”?
A) Bhagat Singh
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Sardar Patel
✅ Answer: B) Subhas Chandra Bose
27. Which Prime Minister started the tradition of addressing the nation from the Red Fort on Independence Day?
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Lal Bahadur Shastri
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Rajiv Gandhi
✅ Answer: C) Jawaharlal Nehru
28. The Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed by which parliament?
A) Indian Parliament
B) British Parliament
C) Constituent Assembly
D) League of Nations
✅ Answer: B) British Parliament
29. Which freedom fighter is known as the “Iron Man of India”?
A) Bhagat Singh
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
✅ Answer: C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
30. Who was the last British official to leave India after independence?
A) Lord Mountbatten
B) Clement Attlee
C) Sir Cyril Radcliffe
D) C. Rajagopalachari
✅ Answer: A) Lord Mountbatten
Indian Independence Day – MCQs
31. Who first called 26th January as “Purna Swaraj Day”?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
✅ Answer: A) Jawaharlal Nehru
32. Which freedom fighter’s birthday is celebrated as “National Youth Day”?
A) Chandrashekhar Azad
B) Swami Vivekananda
C) Bhagat Singh
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
✅ Answer: B) Swami Vivekananda
33. Who was known as the “Grand Old Man of India”?
A) Dadabhai Naoroji
B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D) Surendranath Banerjee
✅ Answer: A) Dadabhai Naoroji
34. What was the main reason behind the partition of India?
A) Economic reasons
B) Religious differences
C) Political instability
D) Language differences
✅ Answer: B) Religious differences
35. Which leader played a major role in integrating princely states after independence?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Sardar Patel
C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D) B.R. Ambedkar
✅ Answer: B) Sardar Patel
36. Which national leader was assassinated in 1948 after independence?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Sardar Patel
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
✅ Answer: B) Mahatma Gandhi
37. How many gun salutes are given to the national flag on Independence Day?
A) 15
B) 21
C) 17
D) 25
✅ Answer: B) 21
38. Which movement was launched in 1942 that hastened independence?
A) Non-Cooperation Movement
B) Quit India Movement
C) Swadeshi Movement
D) Dandi March
✅ Answer: B) Quit India Movement
39. Who is known as the “Nightingale of India”?
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Kasturba Gandhi
C) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
D) Annie Besant
✅ Answer: A) Sarojini Naidu
40. When was the Indian national flag adopted in its present form?
A) 15th August 1947
B) 22nd July 1947
C) 26th January 1950
D) 23rd March 1931
✅ Answer: B) 22nd July 1947
Indian Independence Day – MCQs
41. Who was the first Defence Minister of independent India?
A) Baldev Singh
B) Sardar Patel
C) V.K. Krishna Menon
D) Jagjivan Ram
✅ Answer: A) Baldev Singh
42. The Indian Independence Act 1947 came into force on?
A) 15th August 1947
B) 3rd June 1947
C) 18th July 1947
D) 26th January 1950
✅ Answer: A) 15th August 1947
43. Which leader gave the slogan “Do or Die”?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Bhagat Singh
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
✅ Answer: A) Mahatma Gandhi
44. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of independent India?
A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B) Lord Mountbatten
C) C. Rajagopalachari
D) Sardar Patel
✅ Answer: C) C. Rajagopalachari
45. Who among the following was not present during the Independence Day midnight session of the Constituent Assembly?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D) Sardar Patel
✅ Answer: A) Mahatma Gandhi
46. Which leader is called the “Father of the Nation”?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Sardar Patel
✅ Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi
47. Who was the first Railway Minister of independent India?
A) Lal Bahadur Shastri
B) John Mathai
C) Jagjivan Ram
D) Babu Jagjivan Ram
✅ Answer: B) John Mathai
Indian Independence Day – MCQs
48. Which freedom fighter’s slogan was “Inquilab Zindabad”?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Bhagat Singh
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
✅ Answer: B) Bhagat Singh
49. Who was the first Education Minister of independent India?
A) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
B) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
C) Rajendra Prasad
D) Zakir Husain
✅ Answer: A) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
50. How many years of British rule ended on 15th August 1947?
A) About 150 years
B) About 200 years
C) About 250 years
D) About 300 years
✅ Answer: B) About 200 years