451. The Lahore Session of Congress (1929) declared:
A. Poorna Swaraj as the goal
B. Support for Khilafat
C. Repeal of Rowlatt Act
D. Hindu-Muslim unity
Ans: A

452. The President of Congress at the 1929 Lahore Session was:
A. Gandhi
B. Sardar Patel
C. Motilal Nehru
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: D

453. The date 26 January was first celebrated in 1930 as:
A. Congress Day
B. Republic Day
C. Independence Day
D. Swaraj Day
Ans: C

454. The Civil Disobedience Movement began with:
A. Quit India Call
B. Swadeshi Resolution
C. Dandi March
D. Non-Cooperation
Ans: C

455. The Dandi March began on:
A. 12 March 1930
B. 26 January 1930
C. 5 April 1930
D. 13 April 1930
Ans: A

456. Gandhi broke the salt law at:
A. Sabarmati
B. Dandi
C. Ahmedabad
D. Surat
Ans: B

457. The first Round Table Conference was held in:
A. 1929
B. 1930
C. 1931
D. 1932
Ans: B

458. Gandhi attended the Second Round Table Conference in:
A. 1930
B. 1931
C. 1932
D. 1933
Ans: B

459. The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed in:
A. March 1930
B. July 1930
C. March 1931
D. August 1931
Ans: C

460. The Civil Disobedience Movement was withdrawn in:
A. 1931
B. 1932
C. 1934
D. 1935
Ans: C

461. The Communal Award was announced by:
A. Lord Irwin
B. Lord Linlithgow
C. Ramsay MacDonald
D. Lord Willingdon
Ans: C

462. The Poona Pact (1932) was between:
A. Gandhi and Nehru
B. Gandhi and Ambedkar
C. Gandhi and Jinnah
D. Congress and British
Ans: B

463. The Cripps Mission was sent to India in:
A. 1940
B. 1942
C. 1945
D. 1946
Ans: B

464. The Cripps Mission failed because:
A. Gandhi rejected it
B. Congress demanded complete independence
C. Muslim League opposed it
D. All of the above
Ans: D

465. The Quit India Movement was launched on:
A. 8 August 1942
B. 15 August 1942
C. 26 January 1942
D. 9 August 1942
Ans: D

466. The Quit India Movement was also called:
A. August Revolution
B. Salt Satyagraha
C. Poorna Swaraj
D. Bharat Chhodo Andolan
Ans: A

467. The slogan “Do or Die” is associated with:
A. Non-Cooperation
B. Civil Disobedience
C. Quit India
D. INA
Ans: C

468. The Indian National Army (INA) was originally founded by:
A. Subhas Chandra Bose
B. Mohan Singh
C. Ras Behari Bose
D. Captain Lakshmi
Ans: B

469. Subhas Chandra Bose re-organized INA in:
A. 1939
B. 1942
C. 1943
D. 1945
Ans: C

470. The famous slogan Jai Hind was given by:
A. Bhagat Singh
B. Subhas Chandra Bose
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Rajguru
Ans: B

471. The Rani Jhansi Regiment was part of:
A. Revolutionary groups
B. Congress Volunteer Corps
C. Azad Hind Fauj
D. Women’s Wing of INC
Ans: C

472. Bose’s government-in-exile was established in:
A. Burma
B. Singapore
C. Germany
D. Tokyo
Ans: B

473. Subhas Chandra Bose died in:
A. Plane crash
B. Naval battle
C. Jail
D. Execution
Ans: A

474. The Cabinet Mission Plan came to India in:
A. 1944
B. 1945
C. 1946
D. 1947
Ans: C

475. Cabinet Mission proposed:
A. Partition of India
B. Separate electorates
C. Grouping of provinces
D. Princely states independence
Ans: C

476. The Interim Government of India was formed in:
A. August 1946
B. October 1946
C. January 1947
D. March 1947
Ans: B

477. The Muslim League observed Direct Action Day on:
A. 14 August 1946
B. 16 August 1946
C. 15 August 1946
D. 17 August 1946
Ans: B

478. The last British Viceroy of India was:
A. Lord Wavell
B. Lord Linlithgow
C. Lord Mountbatten
D. Lord Irwin
Ans: C

479. The Mountbatten Plan proposed:
A. Independence by 1948
B. Formation of a Constituent Assembly
C. Partition of India
D. End of British trade
Ans: C

480. The Indian Independence Act was passed in:
A. June 1947
B. July 1947
C. August 1947
D. September 1947
Ans: B

481. India became independent on:
A. 15 January 1947
B. 26 July 1947
C. 15 August 1947
D. 26 January 1948
Ans: C

482. India’s first Governor-General after independence was:
A. Nehru
B. Rajendra Prasad
C. Lord Mountbatten
D. C. Rajagopalachari
Ans: C

483. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of independent India?
A. Rajendra Prasad
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Sardar Patel
D. C. Rajagopalachari
Ans: D

484. The Constituent Assembly was formed in:
A. 1945
B. 1946
C. 1947
D. 1948
Ans: B

485. The chairman of the Constituent Assembly was:
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. B.R. Ambedkar
C. Rajendra Prasad
D. Sardar Patel
Ans: C

486. The Drafting Committee chairman was:
A. Rajendra Prasad
B. B.R. Ambedkar
C. Nehru
D. Vallabhbhai Patel
Ans: B

487. The Indian Constitution was adopted on:
A. 15 August 1947
B. 26 November 1949
C. 26 January 1950
D. 26 January 1949
Ans: B

488. The Constitution of India came into force on:
A. 26 November 1949
B. 15 August 1947
C. 26 January 1950
D. 30 January 1950
Ans: C

489. The National Song Vande Mataram was composed by:
A. Rabindranath Tagore
B. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
C. Iqbal
D. Subramania Bharati
Ans: B

490. The National Anthem Jana Gana Mana was written by:
A. Bankim Chandra
B. Subramania Bharati
C. Rabindranath Tagore
D. Iqbal
Ans: C

491. Gandhi was assassinated in:
A. 1947
B. 1948
C. 1949
D. 1950
Ans: B

492. Gandhi’s assassin was:
A. Nathuram Godse
B. Madan Lal
C. Veer Savarkar
D. R.K. Karanjia
Ans: A

493. The Mountbatten Plan is also known as:
A. August Offer
B. 3rd June Plan
C. Wavell Plan
D. Cripps Proposal
Ans: B

494. The princely state that refused to join India initially:
A. Hyderabad
B. Mysore
C. Baroda
D. Travancore
Ans: A

495. The Iron Man of India is:
A. Rajendra Prasad
B. Subhas Chandra Bose
C. Vallabhbhai Patel
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: C

496. The first Prime Minister of independent India was:
A. Gandhi
B. Patel
C. Nehru
D. Rajendra Prasad
Ans: C

497. The first President of independent India was:
A. Nehru
B. Rajendra Prasad
C. S. Radhakrishnan
D. Zakir Husain
Ans: B

498. The song “Sare Jahan Se Achha” was composed by:
A. Tagore
B. Bankim Chandra
C. Iqbal
D. Bharati
Ans: C

499. The Constituent Assembly adopted the National Flag on:
A. 22 July 1947
B. 15 August 1947
C. 26 January 1950
D. 26 November 1949
Ans: A

500. The slogan Inquilab Zindabad was popularized by:
A. Subhas Bose
B. Bhagat Singh
C. Gandhi
D. Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans: B