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Important Days & Dates Quiz: National Days of India

  • 12 questions
  • 12 minutes
  • Difficulty: Medium
Useful for:SSCSSC CGLSSC CHSLSSC MTSSSC GD ConstableIBPSRRB NTPCRRB Group DState Exams
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This Important Days & Dates quiz on National Days of India puts 12 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.

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12 questions with answers and explanations

Q1.Important Days & DatesEasy

Republic Day is celebrated in India on 26 January because on this day in 1950

  1. A.India became independent
  2. B.the Constitution of India came into force
  3. C.the Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution
  4. D.the first general election was held
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Correct answer: B. the Constitution of India came into force

The Constitution took effect on 26 January 1950 and India became a sovereign republic. The date was chosen on purpose, because the Indian National Congress had declared Purna Swaraj, or complete independence, on 26 January 1930, and the founders wished to honour that pledge.

Q3.Important Days & DatesMedium

National Science Day is observed in India on 28 February to commemorate

  1. A.the founding of the Indian Science Congress
  2. B.the discovery of the Raman effect
  3. C.the launch of Aryabhata
  4. D.the first nuclear test at Pokhran
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Correct answer: B. the discovery of the Raman effect

Sir C. V. Raman announced his discovery of the scattering of light, now called the Raman effect, on 28 February 1928, and it won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930, the first for an Indian in the sciences.

Q8.Important Days & DatesMedium

National Technology Day is observed on 11 May every year in memory of

  1. A.the launch of Chandrayaan
  2. B.the nuclear tests at Pokhran
  3. C.the founding of ISRO
  4. D.the first flight of a Tejas aircraft
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Correct answer: B. the nuclear tests at Pokhran

India carried out nuclear tests at Pokhran in Rajasthan on 11 May 1998 under the operation known as Shakti, and a home-built aircraft was flight-tested and a missile fired on the same day.

Q9.Important Days & DatesMedium

Army Day is celebrated in India on 15 January because on this day in 1949

  1. A.the Indian Army was founded
  2. B.K. M. Cariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief
  3. C.the first Republic Day parade was held
  4. D.the National Defence Academy was set up
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Correct answer: B. K. M. Cariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief

On 15 January 1949, Lieutenant General K. M. Cariappa took over from the last British commander as Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, and that handover is what Army Day marks.

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