Independence Day Special - Q and A

INDEPENDENCE DAY SPECIAL

(01) What significance do July 22, 1947 holds?

The Constituent Assembly adopts the flag of the Indian National Congress (INC) as the National Flag, after replacing the spinning wheel with the Chakra

(02) Who chose the date August 15 as Independence Day for India?

Lord Mountbatten

(03) Why August 15 was chosen as the Independence Day for India?

August 15 is chosen as it commemorated the second anniversary of the Japan’s surrender to the Allied Forces ending World War II

(04) Every Year Prime Minister of India, hoist the National Flag at the Red Fort. Who built that fort?

Shah Jahan

(05) Who is credited to the design of Red Fort?

Ustad Ahmad

(06) Name the viceroy who declared India’s entrance into World War II without consulting the provincial governments?

Viceroy Linlithgow

(07) The much famed Kakori Conspiracy was led by

Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil

(08) Subash Chandra Bose renamed which part of India as “Shahid” (martyr) and “Swaraj” (Independence) respectively?

Andaman and Nicobar islands

(09) J B Kriplani was the President of INC in 1947. At that time, INC held election to select Prime Minister. J B Kripalni got second place. Who won that election? (Clue: it’s not Nehru)

Saradar Vallabhai Patel

(10) Four countries in the world celebrate their independence day on August 15. One is India, the remaining three are

South Korea (1945); Republic of Congo (1960) and Bahrain (1971)