GK questions for Independence Day 2024: With the 78th Independence Day for India to be celebrated on August 15, 2024, students shall check some of the general knowledge questions here. To know more about the country will always enlighten the students and knowledge is never enough. So, students shall learn a little more about the history of Independence and some of the latest questions associated with Independence day. 

Top 30 GK questions for Independence Day 2024

Here are some of the most important general knowledge questions for Independence Day 2024: 

1. For how many years India was under British Rule?
Ans- 200 years

2. What is the theme for the 78th Independence Day?
Ans- Viksit Bharat

3. On Independence Day, the Prime Minister of India hoists our tricolour flag at:
Ans- the Red Fort, Old Delhi

4. Who among the following was the Prime Minister of Britain at the time of Independence?
Ans- Clement Attlee

5. Who presided over the 1907 Congress Session in Surat on the bank of the river Tapti?
Ans- Pherozeshah Mehta 

6. Who is the most popular and greatest tribal Freedom Fighter in India?
Ans- Bhagwan Birsa Munda

7. How many states were there at the time of independence in 1947? 
Ans- At the time of independence in 1947, the Indian Union had 12 states.

8. Who designed the National Flag of India?
Ans- Pingali Venkayya

9. Who was the first British person to visit India?
Ans-  John Mildenhall in 1599, presented himself as the East India Company minister.

10. Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?
Ans- Lord Mountbatten 

11. Who wrote the slogan, "Sarfroshi Ki Tamanna Ab Hmare Dil Me Hai"?
And- Ram Prasead Bismil 

12. Who gave the slogan, “Aaram Haram Hai”?
Ans- Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

13. On the eve of Independence Day, who gave the speech, “Tryst with Destiny”?
Ans- Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

14. What is meant by Bal Pal Lal?
Ans- Lala Lajpat Rai of Punjab, Bal Gangadhar Tilak of Bombay, and Bipin Chandra Pal of Bengal were popularly known as Bal Pal Lal. They were known to have changed the political discourse of the Independence Movement. 

15. Who gave the slogan, "Satyamev Jayate"?
Ans- Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya

16. Which Indian leader is known for the Non-Cooperation Movement?
Ans- Mahatma Gandhi

17. Name the seven movements led by Mahatma Gandhi.
Ans- Champaran Movement (1917), Kheda Movement (1918), Khilafat Movement (1920), Non-cooperation Movement (1920), Civil-Disobedience Movement (1930), and Quit India Movement (1942).

18. Who was Sardar Udham Singh?
Ans- Sardar Udham Singh is known as the Hero of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre or Amrit Massacre who assassinated the former Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab in India, Michael O'Dwyer, on 13 March 1940. 

19.  Who presided over the 1905 Congress session in Banaras?
Ans- Gopal Krishna Gokhale

20. When was the Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed?
Ans- March 5, 1931.

21. Who retained as the head of state until India transitioned to a full republic?
Ans- King George VI.

22. Who played the Shehnai at the celebration of Indian Independence Day in 1947?
Ans- Bismillah Khan

23. Who introduced the strategy of Divide and Rule? 
Ans- Lord Minto (1905)

24. Which parts of India were not ruled by the British?
Ans- Telangana, Goa, Jammu, and Kashmir, Sikkim, and Rajasthan.

25. When was the Ashoka Chakra adopted in the Indian Flag?
Ans- The Ashoka Chakra was adopted on July 22, 1947, in the Indian Flag. 

26. What is the duration of the Indian National Anthem, "Jana Gana Mana"?
Ans- If played in full, the duration of the Indian National Anthem "Jana Gana Mana" is 52 seconds. 

27. Who was the first woman to hoist the Indian National Flag in a Foreign land?
Ans- Madam Bhikaji Cama on 22 August 1907. 

28. Who hoisted the Indian Flag during the Quit India Movement in 1942?
Ans- Aruna Asaf Ali hoisted the Indian Flag during the Quit India Movement in 1942 at the Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay. 

29. When was the Indian National Congress founded? 
Ans- 1885

30. Which date is marked as the India-Pakistan Partition?
Ans- August 14, 1947 marks the India-Pakistan Partition. It also marks the Independence Day for Pakistan.

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