Which Lieutenant Governor was among the guests at the Sardar Katha programme?
- A.Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
- B.Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
- C.Praful Patel, Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli
- D.R. K. Mathur, Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh
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Explanation
The correct answer is Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, who attended the programme at Uprashtrapati Bhavan along with other invited guests. Options B, C and D name heads of other Union Territory administrations, and while each is a real office, none of them figures in this event. The programme itself was held on Rashtriya Ekta Diwas to mark the 151st birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, with the Vice-President in attendance and the narration presented by Katha Vachika Dr Shobhana Radhakrishna. In his address the Vice-President held up truth, simplicity, courage, discipline and service to the last person as values to keep, asked the young to turn their energy towards nation-building, and closed with the line that Bharat is One and shall always remain One.
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Practice Questions
Who presented the Sardar Katha attended by the Vice-President at Uprashtrapati Bhavan?
- A.Dr Shobhana Radhakrishna
- B.Sudha Murty
- C.Dr Kiran Bedi
- D.Chitra Mudgal
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Her account carried the life, the ideals and the contribution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to the audience gathered at Uprashtrapati Bhavan, and the Vice-President thanked her and her team at the close for bringing that legacy nearer through the tradition of katha.
Read the full explanation →Rashtriya Ekta Diwas on 31 October 2026 marked which birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel?
- A.148th
- B.150th
- C.151st
- D.152nd
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Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, or National Unity Day, falls on 31 October because that is the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and in 2026 the country marked his 151st. Options A, B and D give nearby numbers, and the one most likely to tempt a reader is the round 150th…
Read the full explanation →According to the Vice-President's address, how many princely states had to be integrated into the Indian Union at the time of Independence?
- A.More than 350
- B.More than 450
- C.More than 550
- D.More than 650
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Recalling the position in 1947, the Vice-President said Partition had left the country in uncertainty and that this many princely states had to be brought into the Indian Union, a task Sardar Patel completed through determination, persuasion, administrative ability and statesmanship.
Read the full explanation →The National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA), the flagship initiative of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, supports the paperless functioning of which bodies?
- A.State Legislatures
- B.District courts
- C.Gram panchayats
- D.Central universities
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NeVA is described as the flagship initiative of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and it carries the paperless working of State Legislatures, which makes legislative business quicker and cuts the use of paper.
Read the full explanation →How many e-files did the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs close under Special Campaign 6.0?
- A.58
- B.117
- C.134
- D.200
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The ministry reviewed 200 electronic files during the campaign and closed 117 of them.
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