Who was the first and only Indian-born Governor-General of India?
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Alladi Krishnaswamy Ayyar
KM Munshi
C. Rajagopalachari
TT Krishnamachari
The national motto of India “Satyameva Jayate” is extracted from which ancient text?
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Bhagavad Gita
Mundaka Upanishad
Atharvaveda
Rigveda
Which was the last princely state to join the Union of India, after a referendum held in April 1975?
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Arunachal Pradesh
Goa
Sikkim
Travancore
Who was the first defence minister of Independent India?
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N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
Baldev Singh
Abul Kalam Azad
V. P. Menon
At Sardar Patel's request, this singer rendered the full version of Vande Mataram on All India Radio's first Independence Day broadcast in 1947.
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Pt Omkarnath Thakur
Bhimsen Joshi
Lata Mangeshkar
MS Subbulakshmi
Which Indian violin maestro composed ‘Freedom Symphony' to commemorate 60th anniversary of India's Independence?
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Pt Ravi Shankar
VG Jog
Lalgudi Jayaraman
L Subramaniam
Which act formally abolished use of the title “His Majesty’s Government of India”?
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The Abolition of Imperial Titles Act, 1948
The Indian Titles Act, 1948
The Government of India (Adaptation of Laws) Order, 1947
The Indian Independence Act, 1947
Where did Subhas Chandra Bose hoist Tricolour in December 1943, declaring it Indian soil freed from British control?
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Moirang, Manipur
Port Blair, Andaman Islands
Kohima, Nagaland
Rangoon, Burma
This secretary in the Ministry of States was hand-picked by Patel in his quest to integrate all princely states into the Indian Union.
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VP Menon
Abul Kalam Azad
CCD Deshmukh
DKN Katju
Shortest Independence Day speech was 14 minutes. Which two Prime Ministers share this distinction?
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Vajpayee-Manmohan
Nehru-Vajpayee
Nehru-Indira
Shastri-Manmohan