1) who is known as Kerala Gandhi?
K . Kelappan
2)For how long did the British dominate India?
Answer: Almost 200 years.
3) Why did foreigners come to India?
Answer: To buy spices and textiles.
4) How could the foreigners easily establish power in India?
Answer: Because of the disunity among Indian rulers.
5) Why were Indians unable to hold their own in struggles with the British?
Answer: Due to lack of unity and advanced weapons.
6. What were the protests against the British called?
Answer: The freedom struggle.
7)What did the people do to protest?
Answer: They broke laws, declared non-cooperation, and organised marches.
8) What was Salt Satyagraha?
Answer: A protest against the British salt tax.
9) Who organised the people against the salt tax?
Answer: Gandhiji.
10) Where did the march end?
Answer: At Dandi beach.
11) What did Gandhiji say while taking the salt?
Answer: "Even if these hands holding salt are crushed, they will not give up the salt."
12) When did Salt Satyagraha happen?
Answer: In 1930
13) When was the Quit India Movement started?
Answer: August 1942.
14) Where was the demand for Quit India presented?
Answer: At the Bombay Conference of the Indian National Congress.
15) Gandhiji came back to India from—--
Answer: South Africa
16) Where was the Salt Law violated in Kerala?
Answer: At Payyannur Beach in Kannur.
17) Who led the movement in Kerala?
Answer: K. Kelappan.
18) which day is observed as quit India day?
August 8
19) Name any other leaders(freedom fighters) from Kerala.
Answer: T.K. Madhavan, K.P. Kesavan Menon, Mohammad Abdu Rahman, A.K. Gopalan, Akkamma Cheriyan, Kuttimalu Amma.
20) Where was Gandhiji born?
Answer: Porbandar, Gujarat.
21) What was Gandhiji’s real name?
Answer: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
22) Where did he work before joining the freedom struggle?
Answer: As a lawyer in South Africa.
23) What did children call Gandhiji?
Answer: Bapuji.
24) Name some important movements led by Gandhiji.
Answer: Champaran Movement (1917)
Non-Cooperation Movement (1920)
Salt Satyagraha (1930)
Quit India Movement (1942)
25) Who was the first Prime Minister of India?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru.
26) What did children fondly call Jawaharlal Nehru?
Answer: Chachaji.
27) When is Nehru’s birthday celebrated?
Answer: 14th November, celebrated as Children’s Day.
28). What is the name of Nehru’s autobiography?
Answer: An Autobiography (also known as Toward Freedom).
29) Name some freedom fighters of India
Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Sarojini Naidu
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Bhagat Singh
Aruna Asaf Ali
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
30) Who was called the Nightingale of India?
Answer: Sarojini Naidu.
31) Who was hanged at age 23?
Answer: Bhagat Singh.
32) Who was the Queen of the Quit India Movement?
Answer: Aruna Asaf Ali.
33) Who was known as the Iron Man of India?
Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
34) Who formed the Indian National Army and was called Netaji?
Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose.
35) Who said “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it”?
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
36) Who guided Gandhiji into politics?
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale.
37) Who was known as Frontier Gandhi?
Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
38) When was India declared independent?
A: August 15, 1947
39) Who became the first Prime Minister?
A: Jawaharlal Nehru
40) Who wrote "Jana Gana Mana"?
A: Rabindranath Tagore
41) Where was the pillar built by Emperor Ashoka?
A: Sarnath
42) What prominent feature faces all four directions on the emblem?
A: Lions (4lions)
43) What is the wheel of Dharma called?
A: Dharmachakra
44) How many spokes does the Ashoka Chakra have?
A: Twenty-four
45) Who is known as the architect of the Indian Constitution?
A: Ambedkar
46) How many states does India currently have?
A: Twenty-eight
47) What is the administrative centre of each state called?
A: Capital
48) What are some regions called that don't have state status?
A: Territories (Union Territories)
49) How many Union Territories are there now?
A: Eight
50) What is our National Song?
A: Vande Mataram
51) Who wrote "Vande Mataram"?
A: Bankim Chandra Chatterji
52) When do we celebrate Independence Day?
A: January 26
53) Who led the drafting of the Constitution?
A: Ambedkar
54) When did the Constitution come into effect?
A: January 26, 1950
55) Which dance form is from Kerala?
A: Mohiniyattam
56) What is another National Symbol besides the Flag?
A: Anthem / Emblem / Song
57) What was the salt law
Answer: Those who made salt without paying the tax were imprisoned.
58) From where did Dandi March start?
Answer: Sabarmati ashram
59) Which day is observed as Quit India day
Answer: August 8
60) What is the meaning of the slogan quit India
Answer: Leave India
61) What was the exhortation of Gandhiji during quit India
Answer: Do or die
62) what was the punishment given for preparing salt without paying tax under British rule?
Imprisonment
63) Name the major freedom struggles that took place in Kerala?
Malabar rebellion, Vaikom Satyagraha, Guruvayur Satyagraha
64) Who declared the Independence of India?
Jawaharlal Nehru
While the world is asleep at midnight India is awakening to freedom and life Who said this?
Jawaharlal Nehru
65) First law minister of India?
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
66) mother tongue of Kerala?
Malayalam
67) what is the language spoken in our neighbouring state Tamil Nadu?
Tamil
68) What is the language spoken in our neighbouring state Karnataka?
Kannada
In Andhra Pradesh - Telugu
Telangana- Telugu
Maharashtra- Marathi
Odisha -Odia
State and Capital
Andhra Pradesh Amaravati
Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar
Assam Dispur
Bihar Patna
Chhattisgarh Raipur
Goa Panaji
Gujarat Gandhinagar
Haryana Chandigarh
Himachal Pradesh Shimla
Jharkhand Ranchi
Karnataka Bengaluru
Kerala Thiruvananthapuram
Madhya Pradesh Bhopal
Maharashtra Mumbai
Manipur Imphal
Meghalaya Shillong
Mizoram Aizawl
Nagaland Kohima
Odisha Bhubaneswar
Punjab Chandigarh
Rajasthan Jaipur
Sikkim Gangtok
Tamil Nadu Chennai
Telangana Hyderabad
Tripura Agartala
Uttar Pradesh Lucknow
Uttarakhand Dehradun
West Bengal Kolkata
India’s neighbouring countries:
✅ Pakistan
✅ China
✅ Nepal
✅ Bhutan
✅ Bangladesh
✅ Myanmar (Burma)
✅ Afghanistan (shares a small border in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir region)
✅ Sri Lanka (separated by sea – the Palk Strait)
Indian states that lie along the coast of the Arabian Sea:
✅ Gujarat
✅ Maharashtra
✅ Goa
✅ Karnataka
✅ Kerala
Indian states along the coast of the Bay of Bengal:
✅ West Bengal
✅ Odisha
✅ Andhra Pradesh
✅ Tamil Nadu
Goa is the smallest state in India
Uttar Pradesh is the Indian state that shares borders with the maximum number of states.
👉 It shares borders with 9 states
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