25 quiz questions on Indian national moment

 Quiz on Indian National Moment: 1. ‘First War of Indian Independence’, who said this of the first time, regarding the revolt of 1857? 2. Who played a leading role in the founding of the Indian National Congress? 3. Who came to be know as the grand old may of India? 4. Who was the chairman of the British committee of the Indian national congress started in 1889? 5. “The congress is in reality a civil war without arms” who said this? 6. Why were Tilak and others imprisoned in 1897? 7. From where was the word “Congress” borrowed? 8. Who was the first Englishmen to preside over the Congress session at Allahabad in 1908? 9. What was the object of the Rowlatt Acts passed by the government in 1919? 10. When was the non-cooperation movement suspended? 11. Which movement was launched along with the Khilafat movement? 12. What was the aim of the Swarajists’ new policy of ‘Council entry’? 13. Why did B.K.Dutt and Bhagat singh throw a bomb on the Central Legislative assembly on April 8, 1929? 14. Who led the Chittagong armoury raid? 15. What was the significance of the ‘Quit India’ movement of 1942? 16. Which I.N.A. Officer was not tried by a British Court Martial in 1945-46? 17. Who presided over the Cabinet Mission? 18. Why was the Repubilc Day of India fixed on 26th January, 1950? 19. Who was the Prime Minister of England when India got Independence? 20. Who were called the “Liberators of the Indian Press”? 21. By whom was Aurobindo Ghosh defended in the Alipur bomb case? 22. Who were involved in throwing bomb at Lord Hardinge in 1912? 23. Who … [Read more...]

Literature Quiz questions

 10 Quiz Questions on Literature: Compiled by: Ankita Chakraborty 1. Who is the Nobel laureate writer of the legendary book "MY NAME IS RED"? 2. Akakii Akakievich is the central character from which short story? 3. Who is the creator of the magical nanny "Mary poppins"? 4. "Here lies one whose name was writ in water"-this epitaph belongs to which legendary poet? 5. Which famous play writer led the theatre of the absurd movement? 6. According to the natyadarpan how many "sarga" or part there should be in an Epic? 7. "Kafan" is a famous short story by which Indian writer? 8. Who was the first Indian to receive Pulitzer Prize in 1937? 9. The famous film "guide" by Dev Anand is an adoption from which Indian writer's novel? 10. Who was the first women writer to win Nobel prize for literature?  Answers to Literature quiz:  1. Orhan Pamuk 2. The Overcoat by Nicolai Gogol 3. P.L.Travers 4. John Keats 5. Samuel Beckett 6. Eight 7. Premchand Munshi 8. Govind Behari Lal 9. R.K.Narayan 10. Pearl.S.Buck By: Ankita Chakraborty  … [Read more...]