1.Who was the first Prime Minister of Independent India?

Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

2. What is the time duration of the national anthem of India?

Answer: Approximately 52 seconds

3. In which year did India achieve its independence?

Answer: 1947

4. Which British monarch was reigning at the time of India’s independence?

Answer: King George VI

5. What is the ratio of the width to the length of the Indian flag?

Answer: 2:3

6. Who designed the Indian National Flag?

Answer: Pingali Venkayya

7. On which date was the Indian constitution adopted?

Answer: 26th November 1949

8. What does the wheel in the center of the Indian flag represent?

Answer: The Dharma Chakra or the “wheel of law”

9. Who gave the slogan ‘Jai Hind’?

Answer: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

10. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of Independence?

Answer: Lord Louis Mountbatten

11. How many spokes are there in the Dharma Chakra on the national flag?

Answer: 24

12. Which famous speech did Jawaharlal Nehru deliver on the eve of India’s Independence?

Answer: Tryst with Destiny

13. In which city is the Indian Independence Day celebrated every year, and the Prime Minister hoists the national flag?

Answer: New Delhi

14. Which historical monument serves as the backdrop for the Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi?

Answer: Red Fort

15. Who composed the Indian National Anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’?

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

16. What is the meaning of ‘Satyameva Jayate’ inscribed at the bottom of the National Emblem of India?

Answer: Truth Alone Triumphs

17. What was Mahatma Gandhi’s role during the Independence Day celebrations on August 15, 1947?

Answer: He wasn’t part of the celebrations, he was in Calcutta (now Kolkata) on a mission to stop communal violence.

18. Who was the only Governor General of Independent India?

Answer: C. Rajagopalachari

19. How many times has the Preamble of the Constitution of India been amended?

Answer: Once, in 1976

20. Who wrote the book ‘Discovery of India’ which reflects on the history of India?

Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

21. Who was the President of India at the time of its Golden Jubilee Independence Day celebrations in 1997?

Answer: Shankar Dayal Sharma

22. In which year was the first Republic Day parade held?

Answer: 1950

23. Who was the first woman to hoist the Indian National Flag at an International forum?

Answer: Madame Bhikaji Cama

24. What are the four animals depicted on the National Emblem of India?

Answer: Lion, Bull, Horse, and Elephant

25. Who was the British Prime Minister when India got Independence?

Answer: Clement Attlee