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India Since Independence - Questions and Answers (Chapter 01)

India Since Independence - Questions and Answers (Chapter 01)

1. Mission Indradhanush’ launched by the Govt. of India pertains to: immunization of children and pregnant women

2. The first Chairman of Knowledge Commission was: 
Sam Pitroda

3. The first environment movement in India:
Chipko Movement

4. Obra city is famous for: 
Thermal Power Plant

5. With which country India signed a deal on the sharing the waters of Teesta and Feni rivers: 
Bangladesh

6. In which year Nehru’s birthday was declared ‘Children’s day’:
1957

7. In which year the first rocket from Thumba was launched: 
1963 November

8. A grant given by the Government of India to the princely states of India was known as: 
Privy Purses

9. Atomic Energy Commission was formed in: 
1948

10. How many years Jawaharlal Nehru served as the prime minister of India: 
17

11. Imperial Bank of India was nationalised in: 
1955

12. In which year Damodar Valley Corporation was founded?
1948

13. ln which year, the first socio-economic caste census started in India:
2011

14. The Right to Education Act came into force except for the state of: 
Jammu & Kashmir

15. Whose birthday is celebrating as National Women's Day on February 13?
Sarojini Naidu

16. In which year Life Insurance Corporation was inaugurated: 
1956

17. In which year Territorial Army was inaugurated? 
1949

18. In which year the king of Kashmir signed in the Instrument of Accession? 
1947

19. In which year, the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish ‘2nd.’ October as the International Day of  Non-Violence?
2007

20. Indian Parliament passed the Untouchability Offences Act in: 
1955

21. Name the Indian Prime Minister who was called the ‘founder of Commonwealth’ by the British Prime Minister Harold Wilson:
Jawaharlal Nehru

22. The plan formulated by the then Chief Minister of Madras in 1963 whereby the senior ministers were asked to leave government and work to rejuvenate the party, is known as: 
Kamaraj Plan

23. The seat of Tobacco Board: 
Guntur

24. The Space Commission was set up in:
June 1972

25. Who was the Prime Minister when Sangeeth Natak Academy was established? 
Jawaharlal Nehru

26. Mandal Commission was constituted during the tenure of which Prime
Minister? 
Morarji Desai

27. National Green Tribunal (NGT) was established in:
2010

28. The headquarters of  Antrix Corporation Limited, the apex marketing agency under Department of Space:
Bangalore

29. Which committee recommended the establishment of Central Vigilance
Commission: 
Santhanam

30. Which party in India has more or less the same symbol as that of the Republican Party of USA? 
BSP

31. The United Progressive Alliance was formed in: 
2004

32. Which is the highest honour among the Padma Awards conferred on eminent personalities by the Government of India every year? 
Padma Vibhushan’

33. Which is the oldest regiment of Indian Army? 
The Madras Regiment

34. The Prime Minister of India who launched the Family Planning Programme? 
Jawaharlal Nehru

35. The prime minister who was voted out of power by the Parliament was: 
V.P Singh

36. Lord Mountbatten remained in office as the Governor-General of free India up to:
20th June 1948

37. The Hindu Marriage Act of _____ abolished bigamy and permitted
dissolution of marriage on specific grounds: 
1955

38. Which Principle was instrumental for India in playing a leading role in the non-alignment movement? 
PanchSheel

39. Who was the official candidate of the Indian National Congress in the 1969 presidential elections? 
Sanjiva Reddy

40. Who was the president of India during the Janatha Party regime? 
N.Sanjiva Reddy

41. Which ship has the nickname ‘the raging rhino’? 
INS Brahmaputra

42. Who called Rajendra Prasad as “the symbol of Bharat”? 
Jawaharlal Nehru

43. Where did India’s first U.N. Technology innovation lab set up?
Thiruvananthapuram

44. In which year Indira Gandhi signed in the Indo-Soviet Agreement? 
1971

45. In which year Parliament enacted a law conferring statutory status to the Central Vigilance Commissioner? 
2003

46. Sadakat Ashram Memorial in Patna is dedicated to which former president of India? 
Dr.Rajendraprasad

47. The founder-director of CSIR-Centre for Cellular Molecular Biology: 
P. M. Bhargava

48. Indo-Bangladesh Friendship treaty was signed for the first time in: 
1972

49. ‘Socialistic pattern’ of Indian society comes through: 
Mixed economy

50. On which date internal emergency was declared by Fakruddin Ali Ahmed on the advice of prime minister Indira Gandhi :
June 25, 1975
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