In which year was the first Public Service Commission in India constituted?
- A.1919
- B.1924
- C.1926
- D.1935
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Explanation
The correct answer is 1926. India’s first Public Service Commission was constituted on 1 October 1926 as an advisory body, and the Commission therefore dates its own history from that year and completes a hundred years on 1 October 2026. Option A, 1919, is the year of the Government of India Act that merely provided for such a Commission; it created the legal opening, not the body itself. Option B, 1924, is the year the Lee Commission recommended that a statutory Public Service Commission be established at once, which is again a recommendation and not the establishment. Option D, 1935, is the year of the Government of India Act that transferred the power of appointment to the Governor-General and provided for a Federal Public Service Commission with Provincial Commissions, a later stage in the same story. Only 1926 marks the actual constitution of the body.
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Practice Questions
Which Part and Articles of the Constitution of India deal with the Union and State Public Service Commissions?
- A.Part XII, Articles 264 to 300
- B.Part XIII, Articles 301 to 307
- C.Part XIV, Articles 315 to 323
- D.Part XV, Articles 324 to 329
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Dr B. R. Ambedkar moved these draft articles in the Constituent Assembly in 1949, and they became the constitutional charter of the Public Service Commissions.
Read the full explanation →Who became the first woman Chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission?
- A.Kiran Bedi
- B.Rose Millian Bathew Kharbuli
- C.Pratibha Devisingh Patil
- D.Suman Sharma
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The correct answer is Rose Millian Bathew Kharbuli, who headed the Commission in 1992 and was the first woman to do so.
Read the full explanation →Which gallery of the Yuge Yugeen Bharat Museum is expected to open to the public first?
- A.Languages and Scripts
- B.Adornment
- C.Mathematics and Astronomy
- D.Bharat Connects - Trade and Ideas
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This gallery is expected to open to the public in the North Block in the later part of 2027, making it the first of the museum's galleries to receive visitors.
Read the full explanation →The museum plans more than one lakh square metres of display space. Which museum, with a display area of 73,000 square metres, is named for comparison?
- A.The British Museum
- B.The Hermitage
- C.The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- D.The Louvre
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The Yuge Yugeen Bharat Museum plans more than one lakh square metres of display space, which would make it the world's largest on that measure.
Read the full explanation →Which body approved the Yuge Yugeen Bharat Museum project on 11 November 2026?
- A.NITI Aayog
- B.Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
- C.Cabinet Committee on Security
- D.Archaeological Survey of India
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It cleared the museum project, with its estimated cost of Rs 3,230 crore, on 11 November 2026. This committee takes decisions on proposals that involve large public spending, which is why a cultural project of this size came before it.
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