| 1. | Who concerned the meeting of the Muslim leaders at the Muslim Educational Conference of 1906? | Nawab Vaqar-Ul-Mulk |
| 2. | Name the extremist Hindu organization formed in the early years of the twentieth century? | |
| 3. | Name the secretary of State of India in 1917? | Lord Mortague |
| 4. | Name the system of government introduced in 1919? | Diarchy |
| 5. | Who succeeded Lord Linlithgow as Viceroy of India in 1943? | Lord Wavell |
| 6. | In which city were the Gandhi - Jinnah talks of 1944 held? | Bombay |
| 7. | Who Jed the Congress Party at the time of the Simla Declaration of 1906? | Sir Pheroze Shah Mehta |
| 8. | In which year was the Indian Councils Act passed? | 1909 |
| 9. | What organization did M.A Jinnah join in 1913? | Muslim League |
| 10. | Name the park in Amritsar where a demonstration by Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs was held in 1919. | Jallianwala Bagh |
| 11. | Who called the Cripps Mission 'a post-dated cheque on a failing bank'? | Gandhi |
| 12. | Who was Viceroy of India at the time of the Shimla Conference of 1945? | Wavell |
| 13. | Who led the Unionist Party in Punjab in the elections of 1945-46? | Khizar Hyat |
| 14. | Which division of Bengal was merged with Dhaka, Chittagong and Myemsingh to form East Bengal in 1905? | Assam |
| 15. | For which event did Muslim delegates meet in Dhaka in 1906? | Mohammadan Educational Conference |
| 16. | Name the king who announced the reversal of the partition of Bengal in 1911. | George V |
| 17. | Who suggested that the capital of the British Indian Empire be moved to Calcutta? | Sir John Jenkins |
| 18. | Who represented Muslims at the Third Round Table Conference in 1932? | Aga Khan |
| 19. | Who became President of the Muslim League in 1934? | Jinnah |
| 20. | Who launched the 'Basic Education' scheme between 1937 and 1939? | Gandhi |
| 21. | Who was Prime Minister of Bengal in 1940? | Fazl-ul-Haq |
| 22. | Who was appointed Chairman of the Boundary Commission? | Radcliffe |
| 23. | With which province were Assam, Dhaka and Chittagong merged to from East Bengal in 1905? | Myemsingh |
| 24. | In which city did the Muslim League have their annual meeting in 1915? | Bombay |
| 25. | Who led the Congress party at the Lucknow Conference in 1916? | Ambeaka Charan Mahajan |
| 26. | In Which city was a peaceful demonstration held in jallianwala Bagh Park in 1919? | Amristan |
| 27. | Who persuaded Muhammad Al Jinnah to return to the Muslim cause in 1934? | Liaquat Ali Khan |
| 28. | In the elections of 1937 who led the ‘Redshirts’ to victory in the NWFP? | Dr Khan Sahib |
| 29. | What other name was given to the ‘Basic Education’ scheme launched by Gandhi? | Wardha Scheme |
| 30. | What was built on the spot in Lahore where the Muslim League Meeting passed the Pakistan Resolution in 1940? | Minar (Monument) |
| 31. | In which year was the first Khilafat Conference held? | 1919 |
| 32. | Who chaired the committee set up by the All Parties Conference in 1928 to look at a future Indian constitution? | Motlal Nehru |
| 33. | Who was Secretary of State for India in 1928? | Lord Birkenhead |
| 34. | Who was the Viceroy of India in 1930? | Lord Irwin |
| 35. | In which year was the second Round Table conference held? | 1931 |
| 36. | Who said that 'Hindustan was for Hindus' in 1937? | Jinnah |
| 37. | What was celebrated on 22 December 1939? | Day of Deliverance |
| 38. | What is a 'tehsil'? | Sub-district of a province |
| 39. | What was the state capital of Kashmir in 1947? | Srinagar |
| 40. | In which year was the Delhi Durbar held? | 1911 |
| 41. | Which British govemment report first mentioned the possibility of self-rule by the Indians? | Montague-Chelmsford Report |
| 42. | What name was given to the structure under which the Central Legislature was to be divided into two houses in the Montague-Chelmsford Report of 1919? | Bicameral structure |
| 43. | Who fought the 1923 elections under the name of 'Swarajists'? | Congress Party |
| 44. | Under the 'Basic Education' scheme introduced by Ghandi, what craft was made part of the school curriculum? | Spinning cotton (by hand) |
| 45. | Who said that East Bengal without Calcutta would be a 'man without lungs' the Cabinet Mission's visit to India in 1946? | Jinnah |
| 46. | Who succeeded Lord Minto as Viceroy of India in 1910? | Lord Hardinge |
| 47. | Who led the Congress party at the Lucknow Pact meeting in 1916? | Ambeka Charan |
| 48. | How many people were killed at the Jallanwala Bagh Massacre in 1919? | 400 |
| 49. | Which Muslim member of the committee responsible for the 1928 Nehru Report Officially disagreed with its findings? | Shoaib Qureshi |
| 50. | In which year was the Second Round Table Conference held? | 1931 |
| 51. | Who wrote the pamphlet ‘Now or Never’ In 1933? | Chaudhri Rehmat Ali |
| 52. | What did Gandhi Call the Cripps Plan in 1942? | A post-dated cheque (on a failing bank) |
| 53. | What was 16 August 1946 known as? | Direct Action Day |
| 54. | Who led the Unionist Party in the Punjab in 1947? | Khizar Hyat Tiwana |
| 55. | Name the Enquiry which was set up to investigate the Amritsar Massacre of 1919? | Hunter Committee |
| 56. | Which city on the sub-continent did the Prince of Wales visit in 1921? | Bombay |
| 57. | Name the Khalifa who was exiled by Kemal Attaturk in 1924? | Muhammad VI/Mehmet VI |
| 58. | Which political party in the sub-continent contested its first election in 1926? | Hindu Mahasabha |
| 59. | Who put forward the proposal which led to the 'Lahore Resolution' in 1940? | Maulvi Fazl-ul-Haq |
| 60. | Name the Secretary of State for India in 1946 | Lord Pethick-Lawrence |
| 61. | What was the population of Western Bengal in 1905? | 54 million |
| 62. | In which city did the Muhammadan Educational Conference meet in 1906? | Dhaka |
| 63. | Give the name of one of the two brothers who were imprisoned by the British in 1919? | Maulana Shaukat Ali or Maulana Muhammed Ali Jauhar |
| 64. | In which city was the second Khilafat Conference held in 1919? | Amritsar |
| 65. | Who founded the political party called the Hindu Mahasabha in 1923? | Pandit Mohan/Malaviya |
| 66. | Who wrote the pamphlet 'Now or Never' in 1933? | Chaudri Rehmat Ali |
| 67. | Who was Viceroy of India in 1939? | Lord Linlithgow |
| 68. | Name the Act of Parliament passed on 15 July 1947 | Indian Independence Act |
| 69. | Which organization declared in 1913 that its aim was “a form of self-government suitable for India”? | Muslim League |
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