Explanation: Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer who discovered the sea route from Europe to India in 1498. He landed in India at Calicut on 20 May 1498.

Explanation: British India had total 17 provinces at the time of independence.

Explanation: On August 2; 1858; Parliament passed the Government of India Act; transferring British power over India from the company to the crown.

Explanation: There are 5 countries celebrates Independence day on August 15; apart with India. They are The Republic of Congo; South Korea; North Korea; Liechtenstein and Bahrain.

Explanation: The Indian National Anthem; 'Jana Gana Mana'; takes approximately 52 seconds to sing when sung at the proper pace.

Explanation: Allahabad is known as the City of Prime Ministers because 7 PMs of India. They are Jawaharlal Nehru; Lal Bahadur Shastri; Indira Gandhi; Rajiv Gandhi; Gulzarilal Nanda; V.P. Singh and Chandra Shekhar have connections with this city.

Explanation: Allan Octavian Hume was the founder of INC. This organization was founded for the purpose of greater share of educated Indians in the government.

Explanation: Bal Gangadhar Tilak wrote this popular quote. He was the first leader of Indian Independence Movement.

Explanation: The East India Company was an English company formed for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India.

Explanation: Jatindra Nath Das died after 63 days of hunger strike in Lahore jail. He; Bhagat Singh and other revolutionaries lodged in Lahore Jail started a hunger strike against the bad treatment of political prisoners.

Explanation: Jawaharlal Nehru; the first prime minister of India; raised the national flag at Lahore Gate of Red Fort.

Explanation: The National Flag of India was adopted in its present form during the meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on 22 July 1947.

Explanation: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was awarded Bharat Ratna; India's highest civilian award; in year 1987. He was a famous independece activist during British rule in India. This was the first time when this award was given to a non-Indian citizen.

Explanation: After independence; the title of Viceroy of India was abandoned but the office of the Governor-General continued to exist; as a representative of the crown. Lord Mountbatten was the first Governor-General of independent India.

Explanation: The partition of British India into the two new independent dominions of India and Pakistan was accomplished by the United Kingdom Parliament's passage of the Indian Independence Act of 1947.

Explanation: The National Flag of India was designed by Pingali Venkayya in 1921.

Explanation: Prime Minister of India hoists the flag during national level Independence day celebrations held at the Red Fort.

Explanation: Gandhi ji called for 'Do or Die' during his Quit India Speech made on the eve of Quit India Movement in 1942.

Explanation: On the day of August 15; 1947; as India stepped into an era of sovereignty; its currency stood equal to the U.S. Dollar.

Explanation: Fort St. George at Chennai was the first fort built by East India Company. It was built in 1644. Today; this fort houses the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

Explanation: Supported by the Japanese army and led by Subhas Chandra Bose; the INA established its own provisional government and initiated an attack against the British in India.

Explanation: Surat in Gujarat was the first trade centre of the British East India Company in India. They also established trading centres at Bombay; Calcutta and Madras.

Explanation: Udham Singh; a great Indian revolutionary; assassinated the former british officer Michael O'Dwyer in London. Michael O'Dwyer was the governor of Punjab and was responsible for Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.

Explanation: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is the national leader who is called The Iron man of India.

Explanation: Young India was the name of the weekly journal published by Mahatma Gandhi when he was jailed in year 1922.