India After Independence

1. Who was the head of the States Reorganisation Commission constituted in 1953?  
Answer :- Fazal Ali

2. In which year the Fazal Ali Commission submitted its recommendations to the Government?
Answer :- 1955

3. Who were the members of the States Reorganisation Commission of 1953?
Answer :- Fazal Ali, K M Panikkar & H N Kunzru

4. In which year was the States Reorganisation Act came into effect?
Answer :- 1 November, 1956

5. How many states were reorganised under the linguistic basis in 1956?
Answer :- 14 States

6. Which was the first Indian state to be formed under the linguistic basis in 1953?
Answer :- Andhra

7. Who died following the hunger strike for the formation of the Andhra State on 15 December, 1952?
Answer :- Potti Sreeramulu

8. Which princely state was annexed to India through the military operation code named 'Operation Polo' in September 1948?
Answer :- Hyderabad

9. Which princely state of central India did not accede until Mardi 1948? Answer :- Piploda

10. Who was the ruler of Jammu & Kashmir at the time of India's independence?
Answer :- Maharaja Hari Singh

11. Who signed the Instrument of Accession of Jammu & Kashmir in October 1947?
Answer :- Maharaja Hari Singh

12. Who was the first Governor General of the independent India?
Answer :- Louis Mountbatten

13. Who was the last Governor General of the independent India?
Answer :- C Rajagopalachari

14. Who was the only Indian to become the Governor General of India?
Answer :- C Rajagopalachari

15. In which year was the first General Elections of independent India held?  Answer :- 1951-52

16. What was the total number of Lok Sabha seats won by Indian National Congress in first General Elections?
Answer :- 364 (out of 489)

17. Who was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India?
Answer :- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

18. Who was the second Deputy Prime Minister of India?
Answer :- Morarji Desai  

19.India's first & longest serving Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru died on: Answer :- 27 May, 1964

20. Who made the famous statement of 'No country or people who are slaves to dogma and dogmatic mentality can progress, and unhappily our country & people have become extraordinarily dogmatic and little-minded'? 
Answer :- Jawaharlal Nehru

21. Who was the second Prime Minister of India?  
Answer :- Lal Bahadur Shastri  

22.India & Pakistan signed the Tashkent Declaration on:
Answer :- 10 January 1966

23. Who were the leaders of India & Pakistan to sign the Tashkent Declaration?
Answer :- Lal Bahadur Shastri & Muhammad Ayub Khan

24. Who is the only Prime Minister of India to be died abroad?
Answer :- Lal Bahadur Shastri (11 January 1966, Tashkent)

25. In which year was the Sino- Indian war?
Answer :- 1962

26. Who was the Defence Minister of India at the time of Sino-India war?
Answer :- V K Krishna Menon

27. In which year India & China signed the Panchsheel Treaty?
Answer :- 1954

28. Who were the leaders of India and China to sign Panchsheel Treaty? Answer :- Jawaharlal Nehru & Zhou Enlai (Chinese Premier)

29. Who started the Bhoodan Movement in 1951 at Pochampally village at Telangana?
Answer :- Vinoba Bhave

30. Who is considered as the 'National Teacher of India & the Spiritual Successor of Gandhiji'?
Answer :- Vinoba Bhave . 

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