Top 50 Independence Day GK Questions for SSC, Railway & Banking Exams

India celebrates its 80th Independence Day on August 15, 2026, after completing 79 years of independence after 1947. Independence Day is the day when India got its freedom from the British Empire, and this day celebrates those who have sacrificed their lives for the sake of freedom. Right from the Indian Independence Act and the national flag, to the Quit India Movement, Constitution and important events that have taken place after 1947, these 50 questions will provide you some crucial information.

Independence Day 2026: Top 50 MCQs

1. When did India gain independence from British rule?

(a) August 15, 1945
(b) August 15, 1946
(c) August 15, 1947
(d) January 26, 1950

Answer: (c) August 15, 1947

2. Which Independence Day will India celebrate on August 15, 2026?

(a) 78th
(b) 79th
(c) 80th
(d) 81st

Answer: (c) 80th

3. How many years of independence will India complete on August 15, 2026?

(a) 77 years
(b) 78 years
(c) 79 years
(d) 80 years

Answer: (c) 79 years

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

(a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) Dr Rajendra Prasad
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) C. Rajagopalachari

Answer: (c) Jawaharlal Nehru

5. Where does the Prime Minister traditionally hoist the National Flag on Independence Day?

(a) India Gate
(b) Parliament House
(c) Red Fort
(d) Rashtrapati Bhavan

Answer: (c) Red Fort

6. At which gate of the Red Fort did Jawaharlal Nehru raise the National Flag on August 15, 1947?

(a) Delhi Gate
(b) Lahori Gate
(c) Kashmiri Gate
(d) Ajmeri Gate

Answer: (b) Lahori Gate

7. Who was the last Viceroy of British India?

(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Wavell
(c) Lord Mountbatten
(d) Lord Irwin

Answer: (c) Lord Mountbatten

8. Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?

(a) C. Rajagopalachari
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Dr Rajendra Prasad

Answer: (b) Lord Mountbatten

9. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of India?

(a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) Dr Rajendra Prasad
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Answer: (c) C. Rajagopalachari

10. Which Act provided for the creation of India and Pakistan as independent dominions?

(a) Government of India Act, 1935
(b) Indian Councils Act, 1909
(c) Indian Independence Act, 1947
(d) Rowlatt Act, 1919

Answer: (c) Indian Independence Act, 1947

11. In which month and year was the Indian Independence Act passed by the British Parliament?

(a) August 1947
(b) July 1947
(c) June 1947
(d) January 1947

Answer: (b) July 1947

12. Who gave the famous “Tryst with Destiny” speech?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose

Answer: (b) Jawaharlal Nehru

13. Which plan became the basis for the Partition of British India?

(a) Macaulay Plan
(b) Atlee Plan
(c) Montagu-Chelmsford Plan
(d) Mountbatten Plan

Answer: (d) Mountbatten Plan

14. Who was the British Prime Minister when India became independent?

(a) Winston Churchill
(b) Clement Attlee
(c) Ramsay MacDonald
(d) Anthony Eden

Answer: (b) Clement Attlee

15. Who was the British monarch at the time of Indian Independence?

(a) George V
(b) Edward VII
(c) George VI
(d) Edward VIII

Answer: (c) George VI

16. Who designed the basic form of the Indian National Flag?

(a) Nandalal Bose
(b) Pingali Venkayya
(c) Abanindranath Tagore
(d) Mahatma Gandhi

Answer: (b) Pingali Venkayya

17. When did the Constituent Assembly adopt the National Flag?

(a) July 22, 1947
(b) August 15, 1947
(c) January 26, 1950
(d) November 26, 1949

Answer: (a) July 22, 1947

18. How many spokes does the Ashoka Chakra have?

(a) 12
(b) 18
(c) 24
(d) 32

Answer: (c) 24

19. What is the length-to-height ratio of the Indian National Flag?

(a) 2:1
(b) 3:2
(c) 4:3
(d) 5:3

Answer: (b) 3:2

20. Which colour forms the upper band of the Indian National Flag?

(a) Green
(b) White
(c) Saffron
(d) Blue

Answer: (c) Saffron

21. Who wrote “Vande Mataram”?

(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose

Answer: (b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

22. Who wrote the lyrics of India’s National Anthem, “Jana Gana Mana”?

(a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Subramania Bharati
(d) Sarojini Naidu

Answer: (b) Rabindranath Tagore

23. When was “Jana Gana Mana” adopted as India’s National Anthem?

(a) August 15, 1947
(b) November 26, 1949
(c) January 24, 1950
(d) January 26, 1950

Answer: (c) January 24, 1950

24. When did the Constitution of India come into force?

(a) August 15, 1947
(b) November 26, 1949
(c) January 24, 1950
(d) January 26, 1950

Answer: (d) January 26, 1950

25. Why is January 26 celebrated as Republic Day?

(a) India became independent on this date
(b) The Constitution was drafted on this date
(c) The Constitution came into force on this date
(d) The first general election was held on this date

Answer: (c) The Constitution came into force on this date

26. Who chaired the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly?

(a) Dr Rajendra Prasad
(b) B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Answer: (b) B.R. Ambedkar

27. Who presided over the Constituent Assembly?

(a) Dr Rajendra Prasad
(b) B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Answer: (a) Dr Rajendra Prasad

28. On which date is Partition Horrors Remembrance Day observed?

(a) August 14
(b) August 15
(c) January 26
(d) November 26

Answer: (a) August 14

29. Which movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1942?

(a) Non-Cooperation Movement
(b) Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) Quit India Movement
(d) Swadeshi Movement

Answer: (c) Quit India Movement

30. What was the famous slogan associated with the Quit India Movement?

(a) Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan
(b) Do or Die
(c) Inquilab Zindabad
(d) Swaraj is my birthright

Answer: (b) Do or Die

31. Who gave the slogan “Give me blood, and I will give you freedom”?

(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Answer: (c) Subhas Chandra Bose

32. Who was the most prominent leader of the Indian National Army?

(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Subhas Chandra Bose
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji

Answer: (b) Subhas Chandra Bose

33. What was another name for the Indian National Army?

(a) Bharat Sena
(b) Azad Hind Fauj
(c) Swaraj Army
(d) Hindustan Sena

Answer: (b) Azad Hind Fauj

34. Who is popularly known as “Netaji”?

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Answer: (c) Subhas Chandra Bose

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

(a) 1885
(b) 1905
(c) 1919
(d) 1920

Answer: (a) 1885

36. Who played a key role in founding the Indian National Congress in 1885?

(a) A.O. Hume
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer: (a) A.O. Hume

37. Who is associated with the slogan “Swaraj is my birthright”?

(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) Sardar Patel

Answer: (a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

38. Which movement was launched to protest against the Partition of Bengal?

(a) Non-Cooperation Movement
(b) Swadeshi Movement
(c) Quit India Movement
(d) Civil Disobedience Movement

Answer: (b) Swadeshi Movement

39. Who presided over the 1905 Congress Session at Banaras?

(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Aurobindo Ghosh

Answer: (a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

40. In which Congress session were the Moderates and Extremists reunited?

(a) Madras Session
(b) Lucknow Session
(c) Calcutta Session
(d) Banaras Session

Answer: (b) Lucknow Session

41. When did the Non-Cooperation Movement begin?

(a) 1919
(b) 1920
(c) 1921
(d) 1922

Answer: (b) 1920

42. When was the Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed?

(a) March 3, 1930
(b) March 5, 1931
(c) April 5, 1931
(d) April 15, 1930

Answer: (b) March 5, 1931

43. In which year did Mahatma Gandhi undertake the Dandi March?

(a) 1920
(b) 1928
(c) 1930
(d) 1942

Answer: (c) 1930

44. When did the Dandi March begin?

(a) March 12, 1930
(b) March 12, 1931
(c) April 12, 1930
(d) April 14, 1930

Answer: (a) March 12, 1930

45. When did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place?

(a) April 10, 1917
(b) April 13, 1918
(c) April 9, 1916
(d) April 13, 1919

Answer: (d) April 13, 1919

46. Where did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place?

(a) Delhi
(b) Lahore
(c) Amritsar
(d) Kolkata

Answer: (c) Amritsar

47. Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Subhas Chandra Bose
(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer: (c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

48. In which year did the Indian National Congress declare Purna Swaraj?

(a) 1927
(b) 1928
(c) 1929
(d) 1930

Answer: (c) 1929

49. Who was popularly known as the “Frontier Gandhi”?

(a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Hasrat Mohani
(d) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Answer: (a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

50. Which operation was launched in 1948 to integrate Hyderabad into the Indian Union?

(a) Operation Vijay
(b) Operation Polo
(c) Operation Meghdoot
(d) Operation Blue Star

Answer: (b) Operation Polo