First freedom struggle of India (also called mutiny of 1857)
100
Who wrote Jan Gan Man?
Rabindra Nath Tagore
100
When did Mahatma Gandhi become Indian prime minister?
Never
200
Name 2 famous personalities related to 1857
Mangal Pandey
Rani Laxmibai (Jhansi ki Rani)
200
Who is the person most credited with writing Indian Constitution?
Dr B. R. Ambedkar
200
Who was known as Punjab Kesri?
Lala Lajpat Rai
300
Imagine following election result:
party 1: 200 votes
party 2: 110 votes
party 3: 110 votes
who will become prime minister and how?
Assuming these are the total number of votes, no party gets clear majority. So, some alliance will have to be formed and leader of the alliance will be the prime minister. That elected leaders must become member of parliament within 6 months (if not already member of parliament)
300
Name 3 political parties of India
Congress
BJP
CPM/ CPI
300
Who became prime minister after Jawahar Lal Nehru?
Lal Bahadur Shastry
400
Who was known as "Desh-Bandhu"? What does "Desh Bandhu" mean?
Chittaranjan Das. Desh Bandhu means "Friend of the country"
400
Name 6 neighbors of India (bordering India). Which of them was formed in 1971?
Pakistan, Bangaladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Burma (Myanmar), China
400
Who recently donated $50 million to Harvard?
Tata Group. Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata is a graduate of Harvard. With annual sales of $71bn (£46bn), Tata is one of India's largest businesses.
500
What is the importance of battle of Plassey?
This was first major battle fought between British East India company and Indian rulers in Bengal. This can be called as the start of British rule in India
500
How can Indian prime minister be removed from his position? Tell at least 2 possibilities (excluding death of the prime minister)
1) No Confidence motion is passed against the ruling party and ruling party has to prove that they are still in majority
2) Ruling party is in majority but they decide to change their leader
3) Prime minister had to become member of Parliament within 6 months but he failed to [Very rare - has never happened]
500
How many times a prime minister can be re-elected? What happens if he/ she suddenly dies? Tell real examples of when it happened in Indian political history
No limit on re-election; a caretaker prime minister is appointed by the ruling party; it happened when Indira Gandhi died, Lal Bahadur Shastry died and Nehru died