Freedom Quiz

FREEDOM QUIZ
BY BHARATA MATA QUIZ CLUB

• No negative marks
• Four rounds of torture
• A general masala round on India
• A bouncing trivia round
• A visual round..(Surprise)
• And finally a round of rapid-fire for a clean death
• Quiz master is the king and he says
• No mobile Phones please!!!
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A Few Instructions

HAPPY QUIZZING TO ALL
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Question 1
•Who wrote the book ‘Freedom at
Midnight’?
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Question 1-Answer
Dominique Lapierre
and
Larry Collins
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Question 2
24 merchants assembled at ‘Leadenhall Street’ on
24th September 1599.
What was the outcome of this meeting?
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Question 2-Answer
• They began the East India Company with 125 share
holders and a paid-up capital of 72000 pounds.
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Question 3
• The British historian who said the words "It is, I believe,
no exaggeration to say that all the historical information
which has been collected from all the books written in
the Sanskrit language is less valuable than what may be
found in the most paltry abridgement used at
preparatory schools in England” is remembered for
mainly two contributions of his to India. The first is
western education. What is the other?
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Question 3-Answer
• Thomas Babington Macaulay or Lord Macaulay was
behind the introduction of Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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Question 4
• The first person to give the two-nation formula?
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Question 4-Answer
• Rahmat Ali on Jan 28th 1933
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Question 5
• Who were the Razakars?
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Question 5-Answer
• The Razakars were a private militia organised by
Qasim Razvi during the rule of Nizam Osman Ali
Khan, Asaf Jah VII. They also resisted the
integration of Hyderabad State into the Dominion
of India. They also had plans to make the Nizam
accede his princely state to Pakistan instead of
India.
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Question 6
• Who was known as Quad-e-Azzam?
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Question 6-Answer
• Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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Question 7
• Identify the person
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Question 7-Answer
• Sir Cyril Radcliffe
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Question 8
• Who wrote the novel Anandamath ?
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Question 8-Answer
• Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
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Question 9
• The university established by Rabindranath Tagore?
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Question 9-Answer
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Question 10
• First chief minister of Madras state?
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Round 2
” A rose between two thorns”
A trivia round where anything under the sun ,even remotely related
to Indian freedom struggle could be asked.
So Buckle up for a bumpy ride…….

First half of the questions will be clockwise and
the next half opposite
20 points for each correct answer
Questions can be passed
Passed questions will carry 15 points

Question 1
Identify the words in the context of Indian
Freedom Struggle?
“A rose between two thorns”

Question 1- Answer
“A rose between two thorns”

Question 2
First Indian to become a member
of British Parliament?

Question 2- Answer
Grand old Man of India- Dadabhai Naoroji
Naoroji

Question 3
First and only Malayalee to become President
of Indian National Congress?

Question 3-Answer
C. Sankaran Nair

Question 4-Answer
Richard Attenborough
Director of the movie ‘Gandhi’

Question 5
What is the ‘Star of India’?

Question 5-Answer
British India Flag

Question 6
What was the alleged reason for Mountbatten
to choose August 15 as the day of transfer of
power?

Question 6-Answer
It was exactly 2 years back During the World
War II, on Aug 15, 1945 (Japanese time zone)
that the Japanese Army had surrendered
before him (Lord Mountbatten was the
commander of the allied forces).

Question 7
Whom did Mountbatten refer to as the ‘One
man Boundary force’?

Question 7-Answer
Mahatma Gandhi for effectively stopping the
partition riots on the eastern side

Question 8
Where was the tricolor hosted in India for the
first time?

Question 8-Answer
India Gate
Indian flag was hoisted on Red fort only on
August 16th morning

Question 9
Which was the largest princely state in India?

Question 9-Answer
Jammu & Kashmir

Question 10
On receiving Gandhiji’s call for Quit India
movement ,who officially began the
movement by hoisting the national flag at
Gowalia tank Maidan in 1942?

Question 11
No of princely states which had
acceded to India at the time of
independence?

Question 11-Answer
565 princely states
The Chamber of Princes comprised of their
representatives

Question 12
Significance of Gurdaspur?

Question 12-Answer
The ‘chicken’s neck’ connecting
Indian mainland to Kashmir valley.

Question 10-Answer
• P.S Kumaraswamy Raja
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‘Landmarks
of Freedom’
ROUND 3

Quiz master’s favorite-
A lot of points are up for grabs here
Identify the place (fully graphical POUNCE round)
5 pictures connected to the theme.
Identifying the place from the first picture earns 100 points and a 20-point
decrease for each additional clue.
Most number of points will be from this round.
A team can win as many as 600 points
Your sheets will be checked after every clue for the right answer
The round will continue for others even if a team has given the right answer

Clue 1:100 points
Question No 1

Clue 2:80 points
Question No 1

Clue 3:60 points
Question No 1

Clue 4:40 points
Question No 1

Clue 5:20 points
Question No 1

Clue 1:100 points
Question No 2

Clue 2:80 points
Question No 2

Clue 3:60 points
Question No 2

Clue 4:40 points
Question No 2

Clue 5:20 points
Question No 2

Clue 1:100 points
Question No 3

Clue 2:80 points
Question No 3

Clue 3:60 points
Question No 3

Clue 4:40 points
Question No 3

Clue 5:20 points
Question No 3

Clue 1:100 points
Question No 4

Clue 2:80 points
Question No 4

Clue 3:60 points
Question No 4

Clue 4:40 points
Question No 4

Clue 5:20 points
Question No 4

Clue 1:100 points
Question No 5

Clue 2:80 points
Question No 5

Clue 4:40 points
Question No 5

Clue 5:20 points
Question No 5

Clue 1:100 points
Question No 6

Clue 2:80 points
Question No 6

Clue 4:40 points
Question No 6

Clue 5:20 points
Question No 6

•Five questions to each team
•Total time will be 45 seconds
•Just choose to answer, or leave
•10 points for each correct answer
•Maximum you can score 50 points here

TEAM A
1. New name of the Viceroy’s house in India
2. Gandhiji’s comment “Post dated cheque on a failing bank” was
directed at?
3. Method chosen to protest against Rowlatt act by Gandhiji?
4. Independent India’s first Governor General?
5. Any one other country sharing our Independence day?

TEAM A
1. New name of the Viceroy’s house in India- Rashtrapati Bhavan
2. Gandhiji’s comment “Post dated cheque on a failing bank” was
directed at? –CRIPPS Mission
3. Method chosen to protest against Rowlatt act by Gandhiji?-Hartal
4. Independent India’s first Governor General? –Lord Mountbatten
5. Any one other country sharing our Independence day? – Ghana,
Bahrain and South Korea

TEAM B
1. In which year did the British shift the capital of India?
2. Who called Gandhiji “Half naked fakeer”?
3. Name of Jinnah’s house in India?
4. Which part of the Indian national flag was changed against
Gandhiji’s wishes?
5. Where was ‘Poorna Swaraj’ accepted as the aim of the
Congress?

TEAM B - ANSWERS
1. In which year did the British shift the capital of India? -1911
2. Who called Gandhiji “Half naked fakeer”? – Lord Winston Churchill
3. Name of Jinnah’s house in India? –South Court
4. Which part of the Indian national flag was changed against Gandhiji’s
wishes? – Charkha changed to Ashoka chakra
5. Where was ‘Poorna Swaraj’ accepted as the aim of the Congress?-Lahore

TEAM C
1. Viceroy who oversaw the partition of Bengal?
2. India’s diaspora day?
3. What does the K in Pakistan stand for?
4. President of India’s constituent assembly?
5. Winter capital of British India?

TEAM C- ANSWERS
1. Viceroy who oversaw the partition of Bengal? – Lord Curzon
2. India’s diaspora day? – January 9
3. What does the K in Pakistan stand for? -Kashmir
4. President of India’s constituent assembly? – Dr Rajendra Prasad
5. Winter capital of British India? - Shimla

TEAM D
1. British monarch at the time of Indian independence?
2. Who served for the longest period as Gandhiji’s private
secretary?
3. Line dividing India and Pakistan?
4. Exact place where Gandhiji was murdered?
5. Who called Gandhiji ‘Mahatma’ for the first time?

TEAM D- ANSWERS
1. British monarch at the time of Indian independence? – George VI
2. Who served for the longest period as Gandhiji’s private secretary?
-Mahadev Desai
3. Line dividing India and Pakistan? – Radcliffe Line
4. Exact place where Gandhiji was murdered?- Birla Mandir
5. Who called Gandhiji ‘Mahatma’ for the first time?- Tagore

TEAM E
1.Which party celebrated Direct Action Day?
2.Based on which philosopher’s writings did Gandhiji
formulate the idea of noncooperation?
3.Line dividing erstwhile NWFP and Afghanistan?
4.Station where Gandhiji was thrown out of a train for
travelling in I class?
5.No of provinces in British India?

TEAM E - ANSWERS
1. Which party celebrated Direct Action Day?-Muslim League
2. Based on which philosopher’s writings did Gandhiji formulate the
idea of noncooperation?- Henry David Thoreau
3. Line dividing erstwhile NWFP and Afghanistan? – Durand Line
4. Station where Gandhiji was thrown out of a train for travelling in
I class? - Pietermaritzburg
5. No of provinces in British India? -11

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