Modern Indian History Quiz

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The Indian independence movement and everything that followed: colonial rule and the resistance to it, key leaders and turning points in the freedom struggle, partition, and the major events of post-independence India. This is the most recent of our three era-specific history categories, and often the one players already know the most about coming in -- a good test of how solid that knowledge actually holds up under time pressure.

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Q1.In which year did the Revolt of 1857 begin?

Q2.In which year was the Indian National Congress founded?

Q3.Which leader gave the call 'Do or Die' during the Quit India Movement?

Q4.In which city did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place?

Q5.Who became the first Prime Minister of independent India?

Modern Indian History answers and explanations

  1. Q1.In which year did the Revolt of 1857 begin?

    The Revolt of 1857 began at Meerut on 10 May 1857, when Indian sepoys of the East India Company's army rose against the British. Resentment over the greased cartridges of the Enfield rifle was the immediate trigger.

  2. Q2.In which year was the Indian National Congress founded?

    The Indian National Congress was founded in December 1885 in Bombay. A. O. Hume played a key role, and W. C. Bonnerjee was its first president.

  3. Q3.Which leader gave the call 'Do or Die' during the Quit India Movement?

    Gandhi gave the 'Do or Die' call in his speech at Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay, on 8 August 1942, launching the Quit India Movement. Congress leaders were arrested the next morning.

  4. Q4.In which city did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place?

    On 13 April 1919, General Dyer's troops fired on an unarmed crowd that had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, killing hundreds of people. The massacre turned many Indians firmly against British rule.

  5. Q5.Who became the first Prime Minister of independent India?

    Jawaharlal Nehru became India's first Prime Minister on 15 August 1947 and held the office until his death in 1964, making him India's longest continuously serving Prime Minister.

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